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English
Etymology
Deverbal from play off.
Noun
play-off (plural play-offs)
- Alternative spelling of playoff
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English play-off.
Noun
play-off m (plural play-offs)
- (sports) playoff
Slovak
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English play-off.
Pronunciation
Noun
play-off f or n (indeclinable)
- playoff
Further reading
- “play-off”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025