adj
Meaning 1
Able to be played.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- Not all compact discs are playable in car stereos.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
playable
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.
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/ˈpleɪəbəl/
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adj
Meaning 2
Of a move, giving a reasonable result; able to be played without losing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: games
Examples
- Is MAGICS a playable word in Scrabble?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Of a game, able to be played and enjoyed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: games
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A character in a game who may be chosen as the player character.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: video-games
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 5
capable of or suitable for being played or played on- P.H.Lang
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a playable lie in golf
- the baseball fan reached out and caught a foul that was judged playable
- the ball field was playable
- harpsichord music is readily playable
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: unplayable
History
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 Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English playable From play + -able.
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: speelbaar — able to be played
- Finnish: soitettavissa — able to be played
- Finnish: soittokelpoinen — able to be played
- French: jouable — able to be played
- Galician: xogable — able to be played
- Galician: reproducible — able to be played
- German: spielbar — able to be played
- Portuguese: jogável — able to be played
- Spanish: jugable — able to be played
- Spanish: reproducible — able to be played
- Swedish: spelbar — able to be played
- Asturian: xugable — able to be played and enjoyed
- Russian: играбельный (igrabelʹnyj) — able to be played and enjoyed
- Russian: увлекательный (uvlekatelʹnyj) — able to be played and enjoyed
- Russian: интересный (interesnyj) — able to be played and enjoyed
- Asturian: xugable — of a game, able to be played and enjoyed
- Dutch: speelbaar — of a game, able to be played and enjoyed
- French: jouable — of a game, able to be played and enjoyed
- Galician: xogable — of a game, able to be played and enjoyed
- German: spielbar — of a game, able to be played and enjoyed
- Portuguese: jogável — of a game, able to be played and enjoyed
- Spanish: jugable — of a game, able to be played and enjoyed
- Swedish: spelbar — of a game, able to be played and enjoyed
- Swedish: spelvärd — of a game, able to be played and enjoyed
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