play
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: broadcasting
entertainment
film
hobbies
lifestyle
media
music
sports
television
video-games
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-West Germanic *plehan
Old English pleġan
Proto-West Germanic *plegō
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti
Proto-Germanic *-ōną
Proto-West Germanic *-ōn
Proto-West Germanic *plegōn
Old English plegian
Middle English pleyen
Proto-West Germanic *plegō
Old English plega
Middle English pleye
English play
From Middle English pleyen (verb) and Middle English pleye (noun), from Old English plegian and plegan, plagian (“to play, exercise, etc.”), from Proto-West Germanic *plehan (“to care about, be concerned with”) and Proto-West Germanic *plegōn (“to engage, move”), of uncertain origin.
cognates and related terms
Cognate with Scots play (“to act or move briskly, cause to move, stir”), Saterland Frisian pleegje (“to look after, care for, maintain”), West Frisian pleegje, pliigje (“to commit, perform, bedrive”), Middle Dutch pleyen ("to dance, leap for joy, rejoice, be glad"; compare Modern Dutch pleien (“to play a particular children's game”)), Dutch plegen (“to commit, bedrive, practice”), German pflegen (“to care for, be concerned with, attend to, tend”). Related also to Old English plēon (“to risk, endanger”). More at plight, pledge.
The noun is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, plega, plæġa (“play, quick motion, movement, exercise; (athletic) sport, game; festivity, drama; battle; gear for games, an implement for a game; clapping with the hands, applause”), deverbative of plegian (“to play”); see above.
Inflected forms:
form: plays
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: playing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: played
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: played
pos: verb
tags: past
form: plays
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The children played in the park.
A youngster[…]listed some of the things his pet did not do:[…]go on vacation, play in the same way that he did with his friends, and so on.
2003, Anne-Nelly Perret-Clermont et al. (eds.), Joining Society: Social Interaction and Learning in Adolescence and Youth, Cambridge Univ. Press, p.52:
gloss: To toy or trifle; to act with levity or thoughtlessness; to be careless.
pos: verb
tags: especially
intransitive
examples: Don't play with your food!
He's just playing with her affections.
Thus Men are apt to play with their Healths and their Lives as they do with their Cloaths: [...]
gloss: To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
transitive
examples: He plays on three teams.
Who's playing now?
play football, play sports, play games
gloss: To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
transitive
examples: He plays left back for Mudchester Rovers
gloss: To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
transitive
examples: We're playing one of the top teams in the next round.
England will not be catapulted among the favourites for Euro 2012 as a result of this win, but no victory against Spain is earned easily and it is right they take great heart from their efforts as they now prepare to play Sweden at Wembley on Tuesday.
gloss: To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
transitive
examples: Look at the score now ... 23 plays 8!
gloss: To contend or fight using weapons, both as practice or in real life-or-death combats; to engage in martial games; to joust; to fence
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To act or behave in a stated way.
pos: verb
tags: copulative
intransitive
examples: to play safe, to play fair, to play dirty
His mother played false with a smith.
Now here you go again, you say you want your freedom / Well, who am I to keep you down? / It's only right that you should play the way you feel it / But listen carefully to the sound of your loneliness
gloss: To act or behave in a stated way.
pos: verb
tags: copulative
intransitive
examples: He plays dumb, but actually he's very clever.
Don't play the innocent with us.
Thou canst play the rational if thou wilt.
Playing hard to get is not the same as slamming the door in someone's face.
Now, surveying his final link, he had the nice advantage of being able to play coy with established port cities that desperately wanted his proven railroad.
Instead, they played dumb, remained silent, and did their classwork.
gloss: To act as (the indicated role).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Stop playing the fool.
No part of the brain plays the role of permanent memory.
In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual.
gloss: To act as (the indicated role).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Who played Scarlett O'Hara in 'Gone with the Wind'?
Mister Friel plays Virgil to the narrator's Dante, finding him an apartment, bringing him to the right parties and offering the last word on gay New York.
I'm not a doctor, but I do play one on TV.
An opening sequence, featuring a de-aged Ford playing a younger Indy, is a bold and nostalgic gambit, offering a glimpse of what you've missed.
gloss: To produce sound (especially music), moving pictures, or theatrical performance.
pos: verb
tags: especially
intransitive
transitive
examples: I'll play the piano and you sing.
Can you play an instrument?
I've practiced the piano off and on, but I still can't play very well.
gloss: To produce sound (especially music), moving pictures, or theatrical performance.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
transitive
examples: This piano plays out of tune.
If your guitar plays well on fretted strings but annoys you on the open ones, the nut's probably worn out.
gloss: To produce sound (especially music), moving pictures, or theatrical performance.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
transitive
examples: You can play the DVD now.
Don't play your radio so loud!
Play the audio clip to hear how the word is pronounced.
gloss: To produce sound (especially music), moving pictures, or theatrical performance.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
transitive
usually
examples: Do you know how to play Für Elise on the piano?
We especially like to play jazz together.
She keeps playing 'Achy Breaky Heart' over and over again on her stereo.
gloss: To produce sound (especially music), moving pictures, or theatrical performance.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
transitive
usually
examples: The juke box is playing our favourite song.
The radio was playing in the background.
This DVD is scratched and won't play.
Channel 9 is playing that old comedy series again.
My cassette player won't play this worn-out old tape.
gloss: To produce sound (especially music), moving pictures, or theatrical performance.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
transitive
examples: His latest film is playing in the local theatre tomorrow.
Some kind of lounge music was playing in the background.
gloss: To produce sound (especially music), moving pictures, or theatrical performance.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
transitive
usually
examples: The band is playing large arenas nationwide.
I got a hold of Louis (Satchmo) Armstrong's agent and I explained to him on the phone that, "I know you're playing London on Wednesday night. Why don't you come and play the Arena in Windsor on Saturday night?"
gloss: To produce sound (especially music), moving pictures, or theatrical performance.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
transitive
examples: to play a comedy
gloss: To move briskly, sweepingly, back and forth, in a directed manner, etc.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
transitive
examples: The fountain plays.
The leaves played in the wind.
All fame is foreign but of true desert, / Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart.
gloss: To move briskly, sweepingly, back and forth, in a directed manner, etc.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
transitive
examples: The torch beam played around the room.
They played the jet of water onto the seat of the fire.
to play cannon upon a fortification
[T]he ſetting Sun / Plays on their ſhining Arms and burniſh'd Helmets, / And cover's all the Field vvith Gleams of Fire.
The colonel and his sponsor made a queer contrast: Greystone [the sponsor] long and stringy, with a face that seemed as if a cold wind was eternally playing on it.
The Poet and the Painter / Casting shadows on the water / As the sun plays on the infantry / Returning from the sea.
gloss: To move briskly, sweepingly, back and forth, in a directed manner, etc.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
transitive
examples: the waving sedges play with wind
The heart beats, the blood circulates, the lungs play.
gloss: To bring into action or motion; to exhibit in action; to execute or deploy.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: That was a great shot he played!
He played the blue ball, but the green would have been a better choice.
When you're in a team, you have to play your part.
to play a trump in a card game, to play tricks, to play a joke
Nature here / Wantoned as in her prime, and played at will / Her virgin fancies.
The Bat—they called him the Bat.[…]. He'd never been in stir, the bulls had never mugged him, he didn't run with a mob, he played a lone hand, and fenced his stuff so that even the fence couldn't swear he knew his face.
gloss: To handle or deal with (a matter or situation) in a stated way.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The bank robbers have three hostages inside, so we're going to have to play this very carefully.
gloss: To handle or deal with (something) in a calculating manner intended to achieve profit or gain.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: He made a fortune on Wall Street, playing the markets.
In this business you have to play the percentages.
gloss: To be received or accepted (in a given way); to go down.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: This policy plays well with younger voters.
How will this play in the swing states?
gloss: To gamble.
pos: verb
examples: “I play, comparatively, very little; I don't drink a fifth part so much as half the people I live with; and I reckon myself, upon the whole, a very orderly, sober fellow.”
gloss: To keep in play, as a hooked fish in order to land it.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To manipulate, deceive, or swindle.
pos: verb
tags: colloquial
transitive
examples: You played me!
If this our song, you're the composer / I'm not a game, but you play me anyway
gloss: To kid; to joke; to say something for amusement; to act, or to treat something, unseriously.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: They don't play with the rules around here.
He grew serious. “Sorry, E.M. Just fucking around.”
“Well, I don’t play like that and you know it.”
gloss: To take part in amorous activity; to make love; see also play around.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Her proper face / I not descerned in that darkesome shade, / But weend it was my loue, with whom he playd.
Cheree, Cheree / Je t'adore, baby / I love you / Oh, come play with me
gloss: For additional senses in various idiomatic phrases, see the individual entries, such as play along, play at, play down, play off, play on, play out, play to, play up, etc.
pos: verb
gloss: Activity for amusement only, especially among the young.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Children learn through play.
She was fond of all boys' plays, and greatly preferred cricket […] to dolls […]
1964, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
You know, when I was around 7-11 years old, my favorite play would be "boys." One of us, Bridget, Maryellen, or I, would say "Let's play boys." We all had boy names, set up the pretend surroundings, and acted like boys.
gloss: Similar activity in young animals, as they explore their environment and learn new skills.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: This kind of play helps the young lion cubs develop their hunting skills.
gloss: The conduct, or course, of a game.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Play was very slow in the first half.
After the rain break, play resumed at 3 o'clock.
The game was abandoned after 20 minutes' play
gloss: The sphere or circumstance in which a playing implement, such as a ball, is played or available to be played (see also in play, out of play).
pos: noun
tags: also
figuratively
uncountable
examples: In potting the yellow ball, he's knocked the green into play.
When a chess piece is captured, it is removed from play.
That option has been removed from play.
Sure enough, the text also teases the return of the weapon in an upcoming dungeon. Honestly, we're so power crept these days it will probably need a buff to see play.
gloss: An individual's performance in a sport or game.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: His play has improved a lot this season.
gloss: A short sequence of action within a game.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: That was a great play by the Mudchester Rovers forward.
gloss: A short sequence of action within a game.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: AWARD is better than either WARED or WADER. However, there's an even better play! If you have looked at the two-to-make-three letter list, you may have noticed the word AWA.
gloss: A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: This book contains all of Shakespeare's plays.
gloss: A theatrical performance featuring actors.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: We saw a two-act play in the theatre.
My kids are acting in the school play this Christmas.
gloss: An attempt to move forward, as in a plan or strategy, for example by a business, investor, or political party.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: ABC Widgets makes a play in the bicycle market with its bid to take over Acme Sprockets.
Turpin signals the Metric Party's long-term play for housing reform
gloss: A geological formation that contains an accumulation or prospect of hydrocarbons or other resources.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: Movement (of a pattern of light etc.)
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: the play of light and shadow across the boy's face
the sum of mental and physical phenomena known by the conventional name “person” or “individual” is not at all the mere play of blind chance.
gloss: Freedom to move.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: give play to your imagination
gloss: Freedom to move.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: No wonder the fanbelt is slipping: there’s too much play in it.
Too much play in a steering wheel may be dangerous.
gloss: Sexual activity or sexual role-playing.
pos: noun
tags: informal
uncountable
examples: petplay
Sexy LF novice seeks seasoned top to spice up my play life. Teach me a lesson I won't forget.
The rarity of male domination in fantasy play is readily explained.
Palm Springs M seeks sane F 4 safe bdsm play
There were none of the usual restrictions on public nudity or sexual interaction in the club environment. Still, the night was young, and as he'd made his way to the bar to order Mistress Ramona a gin and tonic, he'd seen little in the way of play.
This type of play allows some people to relax and enjoy being given pleasure without having to think about giving pleasure back at the same time.
gloss: An instance of watching or listening to media.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: That video of my cat falling off the piano has had ten thousand plays.
The most-streamed artist of the year was British singer Ed Sheeran, who amassed 860 million plays with hits like “I See Fire.”
gloss: An instance or instances of causing media to be watched or heard, such as by broadcasting.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Their single got a play on the radio.
The song got a lot of play in the clubs.
gloss: A button that, when pressed, causes media to be played.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: press play
gloss: An instance of wordplay.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: play on words
The name Wiktionary is a play on the words wiki and dictionary.
gloss: Activity relating to martial combat or fighting.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
countable
in-compounds
uncountable
usually
examples: handplay, swordplay
Related words: outdoor
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: مَثَّلَ
roman: maṯṯala
lang: Armenian
word: խաղալ
roman: xaġal
lang: Assamese
word: ভাওনা কৰা
roman: bhaüna kora
lang: Bashkir
word: уйнау
roman: uynaw
lang: Bashkir
word: башҡарыу
roman: başqarıw
lang: Bengali
word: অভিনয় করা
roman: obhinoẏ kora
lang: Bulgarian
word: играя
roman: igraja
lang: Catalan
word: actuar
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 表演
roman: biǎoyǎn
lang: Czech
word: hrát
lang: Danish
word: optræde
lang: Danish
word: spille en rolle
lang: Dutch
word: optreden
lang: Esperanto
word: roli
lang: Finnish
word: näytellä
lang: French
word: jouer
lang: French
word: interpréter
lang: West-Frisian
word: spylje
lang: Galician
word: actuar
lang: German
word: spielen
lang: Greek
word: παίζω
roman: paízo
lang: Hebrew
word: שיחק \ שִׂחֵק
roman: sikhék
lang: Hungarian
word: játszik
lang: Icelandic
word: leika
lang: Ido
word: plear
lang: Italian
word: recitare
lang: Japanese
word: 演ずる
roman: enzuru
lang: Karelian
word: olla
lang: Karelian
word: ozutella
lang: Korean
word: 연기를 하다
roman: yeon'gireul hada
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: lîstin
lang: Latvian
word: tēlot
lang: Macedonian
word: глуми
roman: glumi
lang: Macedonian
word: игра
roman: igra
lang: Malayalam
word: കളിക്കുക
roman: kaḷikkuka
lang: Norman
word: jouer
lang: Pashto
word: لوبه کول
roman: loba kawəl
lang: Polish
word: grać
lang: Polish
word: występować
lang: Polish
word: grać
lang: Portuguese
word: atuar
lang: Portuguese
word: representar
lang: Portuguese
word: desempenhar
lang: Romanian
word: juca
lang: Russian
word: игра́ть
roman: igrátʹ
lang: Russian
word: выступа́ть
roman: vystupátʹ
lang: Russian
word: исполня́ть
roman: ispolnjátʹ
lang: Slovene
word: igrati
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: graś
lang: Spanish
word: actuar
lang: Spanish
word: hacer de
lang: Spanish
word: ejecutar
lang: Swedish
word: agera
lang: Swedish
word: spela en roll
lang: Turkish
word: oynamak
lang: Turkish
word: temsil etmek
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: تمثیل ایتمك
roman: temsil etmek
lang: Arabic
word: لَعِبَ
roman: laʕiba
lang: Armenian
word: խաղալ
roman: xaġal
lang: Azerbaijani
word: oynamaq
lang: Bashkir
word: уйнау
roman: uynaw
lang: Bengali
word: খেলা
roman: khela
lang: Bulgarian
word: играя
roman: igraja
lang: Burmese
word: ကစား
roman: ka.ca:
lang: Catalan
word: participar
lang: Catalan
word: jugar
lang: Cherokee
word: ᎠᎳᏍᎦᎵᎭ
roman: alasgaliha
lang: Cherokee
word: ᎠᏆᎾᏲᎯᎭ
roman: aquanayohiha
lang: Cherokee
word: ᎦᏓᏲᎯᎭ
roman: gadayohiha
lang: Chickasaw
word: chokoshkomo
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 參與 /参与
roman: cān yù
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 參加 /参加
roman: cān jiā
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 玩
roman: wán
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 踢
roman: tī
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 打
roman: dǎ
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 擲 /掷&(colloquial&informal) 扔
roman: zhì
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 推
roman: tuī
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 跑
roman: pǎo
lang: Ngazidja Comorian
word: hura
lang: Czech
word: hrát
lang: Danish
word: spille
lang: Dutch
word: spelen
lang: Dutch
word: meespelen
lang: Esperanto
word: partopreni
lang: Finnish
word: pelata
lang: Finnish
word: osallistua
lang: French
word: jouer (à)
lang: West-Frisian
word: spylje
lang: West-Frisian
word: boartsje
lang: Galician
word: xogar
lang: German
word: spielen
lang: German
word: schpile (als)
lang: Greek
word: παίζω
roman: paízo
lang: Hungarian
word: játszik
lang: Icelandic
word: spila
lang: Icelandic
word: leika
lang: Indonesian
word: bermain
lang: Ingrian
word: tiukkaa
lang: Ingrian
word: pelata
lang: Irish
word: imir
lang: Italian
word: giocare
lang: Javanese
word: dolanan
lang: Kabuverdianu
word: juga
lang: Karelian
word: kižata
lang: Khakas
word: ойнирға
roman: oynirğa
lang: Khmer
word: លេង
roman: leeng
lang: Kumyk
word: ойнамакъ
roman: oynamaq
lang: Central Kurdish
word: یاری کردن
roman: yarî kirdin
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: lîstin
lang: Latin
word: lūdō
lang: Lithuanian
word: žaisti
lang: Macedonian
word: игра
roman: igra
lang: Malayalam
word: കളിക്കുക
roman: kaḷikkuka
lang: Central Sierra Miwok
word: čatá·t-
lang: Neapolitan
word: jucà
lang: Pashto
word: لوبه کول
roman: loba kawəl
lang: Polish
word: grać w
lang: Portuguese
word: jogar
lang: Quechua
word: pukllay
lang: Romanian
word: juca
lang: Russian
word: игра́ть
roman: igrátʹ
lang: Slovene
word: igrati
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: graś
lang: Spanish
word: jugar a
lang: Swahili
word: -cheza
lang: Swedish
word: spela
lang: Swedish
word: lira
lang: Swedish
word: köra
lang: Tagalog
word: maglaro
lang: Thai
word: เล่น
roman: lên
lang: Turkish
word: oynamak
lang: Ukrainian
word: грати
roman: hraty
lang: Spanish
word: desempeñar
lang: Albanian
word: lojë
lang: Arabic
word: لَعِب
roman: laʕib
lang: Armenian
word: խաղ
roman: xaġ
lang: Azerbaijani
word: oyun
lang: Bangi
word: lisano
lang: Bashkir
word: уйын
roman: uyın
lang: Belarusian
word: гу́льня
roman: húlʹnja
lang: Belarusian
word: ігра́
roman: ihrá
lang: Bulgarian
word: игра́
roman: igrá
lang: Bulgarian
word: забавле́ние
roman: zabavlénie
lang: Catalan
word: joc
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 玩兒 /玩儿
roman: wánr
lang: Czech
word: hra
lang: Danish
word: leg
lang: Danish
word: spil
lang: Dutch
word: spel
lang: Esperanto
word: ludo
lang: Estonian
word: mäng
lang: Even
word: эвин
roman: əwin
lang: Evenki
word: эвин
roman: əwin
lang: Ewe
word: fefe
lang: Finnish
word: leikki
lang: Finnish
word: peli
lang: French
word: jeu
lang: Friulian
word: zogho
lang: Galician
word: xogo
lang: Georgian
word: თამაში
roman: tamaši
lang: German
word: Spiel
lang: Ancient Greek
word: παιγνία
roman: paignía
lang: Hebrew
word: מִשְׂחָק
roman: miskhák
lang: Hebrew
word: שַׁעֲשׁוּעַ
roman: sha'ashúa
lang: Hindi
word: खेल
roman: khel
lang: Hungarian
word: játék
lang: Icelandic
word: leikur
lang: Icelandic
word: spil
lang: Indonesian
word: permainan
lang: Irish
word: imirt
lang: Irish
word: súgradh
lang: Old Irish
word: spled
lang: Italian
word: gioco
lang: Japanese
word: 遊び
roman: asobi
lang: Kaitag
word: мя́та
roman: mə́ta
lang: Kaitag
word: уйу́н
roman: ujún
lang: Kazakh
word: ойын
roman: oiyn
lang: Khmer
word: ល្បែង
roman: lbaeng
lang: Khmer
word: ការលេង
roman: kaa leeng
lang: Korean
word: 놀이
roman: nori
lang: Central Kurdish
word: یاری
roman: yarî
lang: Central Kurdish
word: وازی
roman: wazî
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: yarî
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: lîstik
lang: Kyrgyz
word: ойноо
roman: oynoo
lang: Lao
word: ການຫຼິ້ນ
roman: kān lin
lang: Latgalian
word: kaita
lang: Latin
word: lūdus
lang: Latvian
word: spēle
lang: Latvian
word: rotaļa
lang: Lingala
word: lisano
lang: Lithuanian
word: žaidimas
lang: Lombard
word: giögh
lang: Lombard
word: giœugh
lang: Malayalam
word: കളി
roman: kaḷi
lang: Mongolian
word: тоглоом
roman: togloom
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠲᠣᠭᠯᠠᠭᠠᠮ
roman: toɣlaɣam
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: spill
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: spel
lang: Occitan
word: joc
lang: Dari
word: بَازِی
roman: bāzī
lang: Iranian Persian
word: بازی
roman: bâzi
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Spell
lang: Polish
word: zabawa
lang: Portuguese
word: jogo
lang: Portuguese
word: brincadeira
lang: Romanian
word: joc
lang: Russian
word: игра́
roman: igrá
lang: Sanskrit
word: लीला
roman: līlā
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: cleasachd
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ѝгра
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ìgra
lang: Slovak
word: hra
lang: Slovene
word: igra
lang: Somali
word: ciyaar
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: graśe
lang: Spanish
word: juego
lang: Swahili
word: mchezo
lang: Swedish
word: spel
lang: Swedish
word: lek
lang: Tagalog
word: laro
lang: Tajik
word: бозӣ
roman: bozi
lang: Thai
word: การเล่น
roman: gaan-lên
lang: Tibetan
word: རྩེད་མོ
roman: rtsed mo
lang: Tocharian B
word: kāñme
lang: Turkish
word: oyun
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: اویون
roman: oyun
lang: Turkmen
word: oýun
lang: Ukrainian
word: гра
roman: hra
lang: Urdu
word: کھیل
roman: khel
lang: Uyghur
word: ئويۇن
roman: oyun
lang: Uzbek
word: oʻyin
lang: Vietnamese
word: chơi
lang: Vietnamese
word: trò chơi
lang: Welsh
word: gêm
lang: Yiddish
word: שפּיל
roman: shpil
lang: Māori
word: tūtākaro
lang: Polish
word: gra