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playboy

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/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • 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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A Playboy magazine.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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
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