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gameplay

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • /ˈɡeɪmˌpleɪ/
  • CMU ARPABET: G EY1 M P L EY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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noun

Meaning 1

The totality of player experiences during a game, such as the gaming environment and the competitive interaction with other players; often with reference to a video game or a board game.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From game + play.

Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: ге́ймплей (géjmplej) — player's gaming experience
  • Chinese Mandarin: 玩法 (wánfǎ) — player's gaming experience
  • Chinese Mandarin: 遊戲性 /游戏性 (yóuxìxìng) — player's gaming experience
  • Dutch: spelervaring — player's gaming experience
  • Dutch: gameplay — player's gaming experience
  • Finnish: pelattavuus — player's gaming experience
  • French: jouabilité — player's gaming experience
  • French: gameplay — player's gaming experience
  • Galician: xogabilidade — player's gaming experience
  • German: Spielablauf — player's gaming experience
  • Indonesian: jalan main — player's gaming experience
  • Italian: giocabilità — player's gaming experience
  • Japanese: ゲームプレイ — player's gaming experience
  • Japanese: ゲームメカニクス — player's gaming experience
  • Malay: تاتاماءين — player's gaming experience
  • Malay: tatamain — player's gaming experience
  • Polish: gra — player's gaming experience
  • Polish: rozgrywka — player's gaming experience
  • Polish: gameplay — player's gaming experience
  • Portuguese: experiência de jogo — player's gaming experience
  • Portuguese: jogabilidade — player's gaming experience
  • Russian: геймпле́й (gejmpléj) — player's gaming experience
  • Spanish: jugabilidad — player's gaming experience
  • Spanish: gameplay — player's gaming experience
  • Ukrainian: ґеймпле́й (gejmpléj) — player's gaming experience
  • Ukrainian: геймпле́й (hejmpléj) — player's gaming experience
  • Ukrainian: ігрови́й проце́с (ihrovýj procés) — player's gaming experience
  • Ukrainian: ігролад (ihrolad) — player's gaming experience
  • Bulgarian: ге́ймплей (géjmplej) — gameplay footage
  • Indonesian: gameplay — gameplay footage
  • Indonesian: video main — gameplay footage
  • Polish: gra — gameplay footage
  • Polish: rozgrywka — gameplay footage
  • Polish: gameplay — gameplay footage
  • Spanish: gameplay — gameplay footage
  • Spanish: metraje del juego — gameplay footage
  • Spanish: metraje de juegos — gameplay footage
Real reading context

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