PlayStation

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PlayStation¹

  • /ˈpleɪˌsteɪʃən/

Rhymes with -eɪʃən

Where it comes from

From play + station; coined by Sony Computer Entertainment.

noun PlayStations

  1. A video game console of the PlayStation brand. His dad bought him a Playstation 5 yesterday.
  2. The original PlayStation.

    Similar: PS

verb PlayStations · PlayStationing · PlayStationed

  1. intransitive, rare To play on the PlayStation video game console. Mark Bond, designer “25 years ago I was bouncing around on my Space-hopper, watching Thunderbirds and playing Kerplunk. 25 years later, I have just bought a Sacco bean-bag from Coexistence to sit on whilst Playstationing.^([sic])[…]”

Playstation²

noun Playstations

  1. misspelling Misspelling of PlayStation

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: station, ha-ha, xbone, handheld console, party, platformer, vita, playfield, gameboard, fifa, gameplaying, gaming, superplay, joypad, game, round

Translations

Every language

noun series of video game consoles

Españolplaystation
한국어플레이스테이션 peulleiseuteisyeon
日本語プレイステーション
हिन्दीप्लेस्टेशन plesṭeśan
PortuguêsPlayStation
FrançaisPlayStation
DeutschPlayStation
ItalianoPlayStation
RomânăPlayStation
Русскийплэйстэ́йшн plɛjstɛ́jšn, ПлейСте́йшен PlejStéjšen

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"PlayStation." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/playstation. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

PlayStation. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/playstation

Chicago

"PlayStation." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/playstation.

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@misc{playstation_2026,
  title = {PlayStation},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/playstation},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}