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player¹
- /ˈpleɪ.ə(ɹ)/ UK
- /ˈpleɪ.ɚ/ US
Rhymes with -eɪə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English pleyere, pleyer, from Old English pleġere (“player, athlete, wrestler”), from Proto-West Germanic *plegārī. Equivalent to play + -er.
noun players
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One who plays any game or sport.
He is a player for the Australian team.
Similar: laker
- An actor in a dramatic play. All the world's a ſtage, / And all the men and women, merely Players
- One who plays on a musical instrument.
- A gamer; a person of video games or similar. He is an avid Minecraft player.
- A gambler.
- A mechanism that actuates a player piano or other automatic musical instrument. But up to this time the application of the player mechanism had been confined to reed instruments, the piano manufacturers having successfully resisted the introduction of the player mechanism into the piano; but, in the meantime, the manufacturers of players had grown strong and the manufacturers w
- An electronic device that plays audio or video media. Is your CD player broken, or is this one disc damaged?
- A software application that plays audio or video media, such as a media player.
- One who is playful; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler.
- A participant; one involved in something. He thought he could become a player, at least at the state level.
- One who participates in a particular type of sexual play. In this space we explored lesbian sadomasochism, met other S/M women who were serious players, had access to safe equipment and, through watching other women, learned new techniques.
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A person who plays the field rather than having a long-term sexual relationship.
Thunder only happens when it’s rainin’ / Players only love you when they’re playin’ / Say women, they will come and they will go / When the rain washes you clean, you’ll know
Similar: adulterer, bed-hopper, carpetmonger, chamberer, debauchee, debaucher, fornicator, gallant, lecher, lewdster, libertine, hood rat
Player²
proper noun Players
- A surname originating as an occupation for a sportsman.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: role player, participant, histrion, thespian, actor, musician, instrumentalist, gambler, stakeholder, gamer, pawn, sport, ballplayer, basketball, soccer, football
Translations
Every language
noun participant
| 中文 | 參加者 /参加者 cānjiāzhě, 參與者 /参与者 cānyùzhě |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Player, Akteur |
| Italiano | protagonista |
noun one who plays any game or sport
| Español | jugador, jugadora |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 선수 seonsu, 플레이어 peulleieo |
| 日本語 | 選手 senshu, プレイヤー pureiyā |
| 中文 | 運動員 /运动员 yùndòngyuán, 競賽者 /竞赛者 jìngsàizhe, 選手 /选手 xuǎnshǒu, 玩家 wánjiā |
| हिन्दी | खिलाड़ी khilāṛī |
| Kiswahili | mchezaji |
| Português | jogador, jogadora |
| Français | joueur, joueuse |
| Deutsch | Spieler, Spielerin |
| Italiano | giocatore |
| Ελληνικά | παίκτης paíktis, παίκτρια paíktria |
| Română | jucător, jucătoare |
| Русский | игро́к igrók, игра́ющий igrájuščij, игра́ющая igrájuščaja |
| Tiếng Việt | cầu thủ |
| العربية | لَاعِب lāʕib |
| עברית | שַׂחְקָן sakhkán, שַׂחְקָנִית sakhkanít |
noun dramatic actor
| Español | actor |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 俳優 haiyū, 芸人 geinin |
| 中文 | 演員 /演员 yǎnyuán, 藝人 /艺人 yìrén |
| Português | ator |
| Français | acteur, actrice, comédien, comédienne |
| Deutsch | Schauspieler, Spieler |
| Italiano | attore |
| Ελληνικά | ηθοποιός ithopoiós |
| Română | actor, actriță, interpret |
| Русский | актёр aktjór, актри́са aktrísa, арти́ст artíst, арти́стка artístka, лицеде́й licedéj, лицеде́йка licedéjka |
noun one who plays a musical instrument
| Español | instrumentista, tañedor |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 奏者 sōsha |
| Português | tocador, instrumentista |
| Français | joueur, musicien, joueuse, musicienne |
| Deutsch | Spieler |
| Italiano | strumentista, suonatore, suonatrice |
| Ελληνικά | μουσικός mousikós |
| Română | solist instrumentist, muzician |
| Русский | музыка́нт muzykánt, исполни́тель ispolnítelʹ |
| עברית | נַגָּן nagán |
noun video games: gamer, gamester — see also gamer, gamester
| 中文 | 玩家 wánjiā |
|---|---|
| Português | jogador, jogadora |
| Français | gamer, gameur, gameuse |
| Deutsch | Spieler, Gamer |
| Italiano | giocatore |
noun mechanism that actuates a player piano or similar
| Deutsch | Vorsetzer |
|---|
noun electronic device
| Español | reproductor, lector |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 플레이어 peulleieo |
| 日本語 | プレーヤー purēyā |
| 中文 | 播放機 /播放机 bōfàngjī, 播放器 bōfàngqì |
| हिन्दी | प्लेयर pleyar |
| Português | tocador, leitor, player |
| Français | lecteur |
| Deutsch | Spieler, Abspieler, Abspielgerät, Wiedergabegerät, Player |
| Italiano | lettore |
| Română | player |
| Русский | пле́ер pléjer, прои́грыватель proígryvatelʹ |
| العربية | مَشْغَل mašḡal, جِهَاز jihāz, جَهَاز jahāz |
noun software application
| Español | reproductor |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 플레이어 peulleieo |
| 日本語 | プレーヤー purēyā |
| 中文 | 播放器 bōfàngqì |
| Português | player, reprodutor |
| Français | lecteur |
| Deutsch | Player, Spieler |
| Italiano | riproduttore |
| Русский | прои́грыватель proígryvatelʹ, пле́ер pléjer |
| العربية | مَشْغَل mašḡal |
noun one without serious aims
| 中文 | 懒惰者 lǎnduòzhě |
|---|---|
| Português | brincalhão |
| Français | fainéant, fainéante |
| Deutsch | Spielkind |
| Română | leneș |
| Русский | безде́льник bezdélʹnik, лентя́й lentjáj |
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