adj · name · noun · 5 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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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈpleɪbɔɪ/
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General-American:/ˈpleɪˌbɔɪ/
CMU ARPABET:P L EY1 B OY2
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Pertaining to a hedonistic philosophy and idealized women with exaggerated sexual characteristics.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
name
Meaning 2
A brand of adult magazines introduced in the United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A single man, especially a wealthy one, who devotes himself to a life of leisure and pleasure, often sexual, without commitments or responsibilities.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A Playboy magazine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
a man devoted to the pursuit of pleasure
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: man-about-town, Corinthian
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hedonist, pagan, pleasure seeker
History
Etymology
From play + boy.
Across languages
Translations
56 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
Пле́йбой
(Pléjboj)
— the adult magazine
German:
Playboy
— the adult magazine
Japanese:
プレイボーイ
(pureibōi)
— the adult magazine
Marathi:
प्लेबॉय
(plebŏy)
— the adult magazine
Portuguese:
Playboy
— the adult magazine
Arabic:
مُسْتَهْتَر
(mustahtar)
— man who devotes himself to pleasure
Belarusian:
плэйбой
(plejbój)
— man who devotes himself to pleasure
Bulgarian:
плейбой
(plejboj)
— man who devotes himself to pleasure
Chinese Mandarin:
花花公子
(huāhuāgōngzi)
— man who devotes himself to pleasure
Czech:
playboy
— man who devotes himself to pleasure
Czech:
svěťák
— man who devotes himself to pleasure
Czech:
flamendr
— man who devotes himself to pleasure
Dutch:
casanova
— man who devotes himself to pleasure
Dutch:
don juan
— man who devotes himself to pleasure
Dutch:
playboy
— man who devotes himself to pleasure
Esperanto:
bonvivanto
— man who devotes himself to pleasure
Esperanto:
donĵuano
— man who devotes himself to pleasure
Finnish:
playboy
— man who devotes himself to pleasure
Finnish:
rattopoika
— man who devotes himself to pleasure
French:
playboy
— man who devotes himself to pleasure
French:
play-boy
— man who devotes himself to pleasure
German:
Playboy
— man who devotes himself to pleasure
German:
Lebemann
— man who devotes himself to pleasure
German:
Salonlöwe
— man who devotes himself to pleasure
Bavarian German:
Fescha Kampe
— man who devotes himself to pleasure
Hebrew:
נַעַר שַׁעֲשׁוּעִים
(na'ar sha'ashu'im)
— man who devotes himself to pleasure
Hungarian:
playboy
— man who devotes himself to pleasure
Hungarian:
aranyifjú
— man who devotes himself to pleasure
Irish:
buachaill báire
— man who devotes himself to pleasure
Irish:
croíán
— man who devotes himself to pleasure
Italian:
playboy
— man who devotes himself to pleasure
Japanese:
遊び人
(asobinin)
— man who devotes himself to pleasure
Japanese:
やりちん
(yarichin)
— man who devotes himself to pleasure
Korean:
바람둥이
(baramdung'i)
— man who devotes himself to pleasure
Korean:
난봉꾼
(nanbongkkun)
— man who devotes himself to pleasure
Latin:
asōtus
— man who devotes himself to pleasure
Norwegian:
levemann
— man who devotes himself to pleasure
Persian:
عیاشی جوان
('ayâši joânne)
— man who devotes himself to pleasure
Persian:
پلیبوی
(playboy)
— man who devotes himself to pleasure
Polish:
playboy
— man who devotes himself to pleasure
Portuguese:
playboy
— man who devotes himself to pleasure
Russian:
ловела́с
(lovelás)
— man who devotes himself to pleasure
Russian:
пове́са
(povésa)
— man who devotes himself to pleasure
Russian:
плейбо́й
(plɛjbój)
— man who devotes himself to pleasure
Russian:
гуля́ка
(guljáka)
— man who devotes himself to pleasure
Spanish:
golfo
— man who devotes himself to pleasure
Spanish:
mujeriego
— man who devotes himself to pleasure
Swedish:
playboy
— man who devotes himself to pleasure
Swedish:
lebeman
— man who devotes himself to pleasure
Tagalog:
palikero
— man who devotes himself to pleasure
Tagalog:
pabling
— man who devotes himself to pleasure
Turkish:
playboy
— man who devotes himself to pleasure
Turkish:
kazanova
— man who devotes himself to pleasure
Turkish:
çapkın
— man who devotes himself to pleasure
Turkish:
hovarda
— man who devotes himself to pleasure
Vietnamese:
kẻ/người phóng đãng
— man who devotes himself to pleasure