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English
Etymology
From play + ground. Compare Middle English playstede (“playground”) from Old English pleġstede.
Pronunciation
Noun
playground (plural playgrounds)
- (outdoors) A large open space for children to play in, usually having dedicated play equipment (such as swings and slides).
The kids have to go to the playground during recess, no matter the weather.
- (figuratively) Any physical or metaphysical space in which a person or organization has free rein to do as they please.
The exclusive tropical island was a millionaire's playground.
- (programming) A sandbox for testing calls to an application programming interface.
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Translations
large open space to play on, usually for children
- Arabic: مَلْعَب أَطْفَال m (malʕab ʔaṭfāl)
- Armenian: խաղահրապարակ (hy) (xaġahraparak)
- Azerbaijani: uşaq meydançası
- Basque: jolas parkea sg, jolastoki sg
- Belarusian: дзіця́чая пляцо́ўка f (dzicjáčaja pljacóŭka), дзетпляцо́ўка f (dzjetpljacóŭka)
- Bulgarian: де́тска площа́дка f (détska ploštádka), игри́ще (bg) n (igríšte)
- Burmese: ကစားကွင်း (my) (ka.ca:kwang:)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 操場／操场 (zh) (cāochǎng), 遊樂園／游乐园 (zh) (yóulèyuán), 遊樂場／游乐场 (zh) (yóulèchǎng)
- Czech: hřiště (cs) n, dětské hřiště n
- Danish: legeplads (da) c, åbent område n
- Dutch: speelplein (nl) n, speelterrein (nl) n, speeltuin (nl) m
- Esperanto: ludejo
- Estonian: mänguväljak
- Finnish: leikkikenttä (fi), leikkipuisto (fi)
- French: terrain de jeu (fr) m, aire de jeux (fr) f
- German: Spielwiese (de) f, Spielplatz (de) m, Kinderspielplatz (de) m
- Greek: παιχνιδότοπος m (paichnidótopos), παιδική χαρά (el) f (paidikí chará), παιδότοπος (el) m (paidótopos)
- Hebrew: גן שעשועים m (gan sha'ashuím), מגרש משחקים m (migrásh misẖaqím)
- Hindi: खेल का मैदान (khel kā maidān), क्रीड़ास्थल m (krīṛāsthal), बाज़ीचा (bāzīcā)
- Hungarian: játszótér (hu)
- Icelandic: leikvöllur (is) m
- Italian: parco giochi m, parco gioco m, parco (it) m
- Japanese: 遊び場 (ja) (あそびば, asobiba)
- Khmer: វិហារដ្ឋាន (vihaaratthaan)
- Korean: 놀이터 (ko) (noriteo)
- Lao: ສະໜາມເດັກຫຼິ້ນ (sa nām dek lin)
- Macedonian: игралиште n (igralište)
- Maori: papa tākaro
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: lekeplass (no) m, leikeplass m
- Nynorsk: leikeplass m
- Persian: زمین بازی (zamin-e bâzi)
- Plautdietsch: Spälplauz m
- Polish: plac zabaw (pl) m
- Portuguese: parque infantil (pt) m, parquinho m (Brazil)
- Romanian: teren de joc n, loc de joacă n
- Russian: де́тская площа́дка (ru) f (détskaja ploščádka), детплоща́дка (ru) f (detploščádka)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ѝгралӣште n
- Roman: ìgralīšte (sh) n
- Slovak: ihrisko n, detské ihrisko n
- Slovene: igrišče (sl) n
- Spanish: parque infantil m, espacio de recreación m, zona de juegos f
- Swahili: kiwanja (sw)
- Swedish: lekplats (sv) c
- Tagalog: palaruan
- Thai: สนามเด็กเล่น (sà-nǎam-dèk-lên)
- Turkish: oyun alanı (tr), oyun sahası (tr)
- Tuvan: please add this translation if you can
- Ukrainian: дитячий майда́нчик m (dytjačyj majdánčyk), дитмайда́нчик m (dytmajdánčyk)
- Vietnamese: sân chơi (vi)
- Welsh: buarth chwarae m
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open-air space on a school campus where the children can play
- Basque: jolastoki sg
- Bulgarian: двор (bg) m (dvor)
- Catalan: pati d'escola m, pati escolar m, pati d'esbarjo m, pati (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 操場／操场 (zh) (cāochǎng), 游樂園／游乐园 (yóulèyuán), 遊樂場／游乐场 (zh) (yóulèchǎng)
- Dutch: speelplein (nl) n, speelplaats (nl)
- Finnish: leikkipaikka, leikkikenttä (fi), leikkipuisto (fi)
- French: cour de récréation (fr) f, cour de récré (fr) f
- German: Schulhof (de) m
- Greek: αυλή (el) f (avlí)
- Icelandic: leikvöllur (is) m
- Maori: papa tākaro
- Norwegian: skolegård m
- Plautdietsch: Spälplauz m
- Portuguese: playground (pt) m (Brazil), recreio (pt) m (Portugal)
- Russian: шко́льный двор (ru) m (škólʹnyj dvor)
- Spanish: patio de recreo m, patio de colegio m, patio escolar m, patio (es) m
- Swedish: skolgård (sv) c
- Tagalog: palaruan
- Thai: สนามเด็กเล่น (sà-nǎam-dèk-lên)
- Turkish: okul bahçesi
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small area for children
- Basque: haur parkea sg
- Catalan: parc infantil m, àrea de joc infantil f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 操場／操场 (zh) (cāochǎng), 游樂園／游乐园 (yóulèyuán), 遊樂場／游乐场 (zh) (yóulèchǎng)
- Czech: hřiště (cs) n
- Danish: legeplads (da) c, sandkasse (da) c
- Dutch: speeltuin (nl) f, speelterrein (nl) n
- Finnish: leikkipaikka
- German: Spielplatz (de) m
- Greek: παιδότοπος (el) m (paidótopos), παιδική χαρά (el) f (paidikí chará)
- Macedonian: игралиште n (igralište)
- Norwegian: lekeplass (no) m
- Portuguese: parque infantil (pt) m, playground (pt) m (Brazil), parquinho (Brazil)
- Russian: де́тская площа́дка (ru) f (détskaja ploščádka)
- Serbo-Croatian: ìgralīšte (sh) n
- Spanish: juegos infantiles m, parque infantil m, área de juego infantil m or f pl
- Swedish: lekplats (sv) c, lekpark (sv) c
- Thai: สนามเด็กเล่น (sà-nǎam-dèk-lên)
- Turkish: oyun alanı (tr), oyun sahası (tr)
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space to do what one pleases
Translations to be checked
References
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English playground.
Pronunciation
Noun
playground m (plural playgrounds)
- (Brazil) playground (open-air space where the children can play)
- (Brazil, by extension) playground (space to do what one pleases)
