Phrase guide

play house

name · noun · verb · 6 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

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1

name

Meaning 1

A stage name for a Paris based DJ and electronic music producer active since 2022.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A dollhouse.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: doll's house

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: toy, house

3

noun

Meaning 3

A child's toy domestic dwelling, large enough for the child to enter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cubby house, toyhouse, Wendy house

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Alternative form of playhouse (“theater for performing plays”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To pretend to be a family in the household, acting out housekeeping and different family roles.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: children's games

Examples

  • They can keep all their things there and play house in their own way.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To live as if married without actually being legally married, cohabit

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From play + house.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Basque: afariketan egin — to act out family roles
  • Catalan: jugar a nines — to act out family roles
  • Catalan: jugar a fer mare i pare — to act out family roles
  • Chinese Mandarin: 玩過家家 /玩过家家 (wán guòjiājiā) — to act out family roles
  • Chinese Mandarin: 玩扮家家酒 — to act out family roles
  • Finnish: leikkiä kotia — to act out family roles
  • French: jouer au papa et à la maman — to act out family roles
  • German: Vater-Mutter-Kind spielen — to act out family roles
  • Italian: giocare a fare le faccende domestiche — to act out family roles
  • Japanese: ままごとをする (mamagoto o suru) — to act out family roles
  • Polish: bawić się w dom — to act out family roles
  • Portuguese: brincar de casinha — to act out family roles
  • Portuguese: brincar às casinhas — to act out family roles
  • Spanish: jugar a las casitas — to act out family roles
  • Catalan: tenir capítols de gos i amonestacions de muralla — to live unmarried as if being married
  • Finnish: elää avoliitossa — to live unmarried as if being married
  • German: wie ein Ehepaar tun — to live unmarried as if being married
  • German: wie ein Ehepaar zusammenleben — to live unmarried as if being married
  • German: in wilder Ehe leben — to live unmarried as if being married
  • German: einen auf Ehe machen — to live unmarried as if being married
  • Polish: bawić się w dom — to live unmarried as if being married