name
Meaning 1
A surname originating as an occupation for a sportsman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
player
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: /ˈpleɪ.ə(ɹ)/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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General-American: /ˈpleɪ.ɚ/
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rhymes with -eɪə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: P L EY1 ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
One that plays.
One who plays any game or sport.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He is a player for the Australian team.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: laker
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
One that plays.
An actor in a dramatic play.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
One that plays.
One who plays on a musical instrument.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
One that plays.
A gamer; a person of video games or similar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: games, gaming, video-games
Examples
- He is an avid Minecraft player.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
One that plays.
A gambler.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: gambling, games
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
One that plays.
A mechanism that actuates a player piano or other automatic musical instrument.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
One that plays.
An electronic device that plays audio or video media.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
Examples
- Is your CD player broken, or is this one disc damaged?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
One that plays.
A software application that plays audio or video media, such as a media player.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
One who is playful; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 11
A participant; one involved in something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He thought he could become a player, at least at the state level.
- a major player in the direct banking sector
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 12
A participant; one involved in something.
One who participates in a particular type of sexual play.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 13
A person who plays the field rather than having a long-term sexual relationship.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: adulterer, bed-hopper, carpetmonger, chamberer, debauchee, debaucher, fornicator, gallant, lecher, lewdster, libertine, hood rat, philanderer, rake, rantipole, rizzler, roué, player, seducer, voluptuary, wanton
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 14
a theatrical performer
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: actor, histrion, thespian, role player
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: performer, performing artist
Narrower terms: actress, barnstormer, playactor, play-actor, trouper, character actor, comedian, ham, ham actor, heavy, ingenue, leading man, mime, mimer, mummer, pantomimer, pantomimist, plant, reenactor, scene-stealer, screen actor, movie actor, star, principal, lead, supernumerary, spear carrier, extra, tragedian, understudy, standby, upstager, walk-on, Allen, Woody Allen, Allen Stewart Konigsberg, Astaire, Fred Astaire, Barrymore, Maurice Barrymore, Herbert Blythe, Lionel Barrymore, John Barrymore, Bogart, Humphrey Bogart, Humphrey DeForest Bogart, Booth, John Wilkes Booth, Burbage, Richard Burbage, Burton, Richard Burton, Cagney, Jimmy Cagney, James Cagney, Chevalier, Maurice Chevalier, Cooper, Gary Cooper, Frank Cooper, Coward, Noel Coward, Sir Noel Pierce Coward, Cronyn, Hume Cronyn, Hume Blake Cronyn, Crosby, Bing Crosby, Harry Lillis Crosby, Dean, James Dean, James Byron Dean, De Niro, Robert De Niro, Depardieu, Gerard Depardieu, Drew, John Drew, Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Elton Fairbanks, Julius Ullman, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Fonda, Henry Fonda, Gable, Clark Gable, William Clark Gable, Garrick, David Garrick, Gibson, Mel Gibson, Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson, Gielgud, Sir John Gielgud, Arthur John Gielgud, Grant, Cary Grant, Granville-Barker, Harley Granville-Barker, Guinness, Alec Guinness, Sir Alec Guinness, Hanks, Tom Hanks, Thomas J. Hanks, Harrison, Rex Harrison, Sir Rex Harrison, Reginald Carey Harrison, Heming, Hemminge, John Heming, John Hemminge, Hoffman, Dustin Hoffman, Hopkins, Anthony Hopkins, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Sir Anthony Philip Hopkins, Howard, Leslie Howard, Leslie Howard Stainer, Jolson, Al Jolson, Asa Yoelson, Karloff, Boris Karloff, William Henry Pratt, Kean, Edmund Kean, Keaton, Buster Keaton, Joseph Francis Keaton, Kelly, Gene Kelly, Eugene Curran Kelly, Laughton, Charles Laughton, Lee, Bruce Lee, Lee Yuen Kam, Lemmon, Jack Lemmon, John Uhler, Lloyd, Harold Lloyd, Harold Clayton Lloyd, Lorre, Peter Lorre, Laszlo Lowestein, Lugosi, Bela Lugosi, Bela Ferenc Blasko, Lunt, Alfred Lunt, Marshall, E. G. Marshall, Martin, Steve Martin, Mason, James Mason, James Neville Mason, Mitchum, Robert Mitchum, Moore, Dudley Moore, Dudley Stuart John Moore, Newman, Paul Newman, Paul Leonard Newman, Olivier, Laurence Olivier, Sir Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier of Birghton, O'Toole, Peter O'Toole, Peter Seamus O'Toole, Poitier, Sidney Poitier, Redford, Robert Redford, Charles Robert Redford, Richardson, Ralph Richardson, Sir Ralph David Richardson, Robinson, Edward G. Robinson, Edward Goldenberg Robinson, Scott, George C. Scott, Sellers, Peter Sellers, Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, Francis Albert Sinatra, Skinner, Otis Skinner, Stanislavsky, Konstantin Stanislavsky, Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavsky, Konstantin Sergeevich Alekseev, Stewart, Jimmy Stewart, James Maitland Stewart, Strasberg, Lee Strasberg, Israel Strassberg, Stroheim, Erich von Stroheim, Tracy, Spencer Tracy, Tree, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Ustinov, Sir Peter Ustinov, Peter Alexander Ustinov, Wayne, John Wayne, Duke Wayne, Welles, Orson Welles, George Orson Welles
noun
Meaning 15
someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: musician, instrumentalist
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: performer, performing artist
Narrower terms: accompanist, accompanyist, accordionist, bandsman, bassist, bassoonist, bell ringer, carillonneur, cellist, violoncellist, clarinetist, clarinettist, flutist, flautist, flute player, gambist, guitarist, guitar player, harmonizer, harmoniser, harpist, harper, harpsichordist, hornist, jazz musician, jazzman, keyboardist, koto player, lutist, lutanist, lutenist, oboist, organist, percussionist, pianist, piano player, piper, bagpiper, recorder player, rhythm and blues musician, rocker, rock 'n' roll musician, saxophonist, saxist, singer, vocalist, vocalizer, vocaliser, sitar player, soloist, trombonist, trombone player, trumpeter, cornetist, vibist, vibraphonist, violinist, fiddler, violist
noun
Meaning 16
a person who participates in or is skilled at some game
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: participant
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: contestant
Narrower terms: ballplayer, baseball player, billiard player, bowler, card player, chess player, dart player, football player, footballer, golfer, golf player, linksman, grandmaster, hockey player, ice-hockey player, lacrosse player, most valuable player, MVP, playmaker, pool player, scorer, seeded player, seed, server, shooter, soccer player, stringer, tennis player, volleyball player
noun
Meaning 17
an important participant (as in a business deal)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he was a major player in setting up the corporation
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: participant
noun
Meaning 18
a person who pursues a number of different social and sexual partners simultaneously
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
History
Etymology
From Middle English pleyer, playere, from Old English pleġere (“player, athlete, wrestler”), from Proto-West Germanic *plegārī. Equivalent to play + -er.
Across languages
Translations
433 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: lojtar — one who plays any game or sport
- Albanian: lojtare — one who plays any game or sport
- Southern Altai: ойынчы (oyïnčï) — one who plays any game or sport
- Arabic: لَاعِب (lāʕib) — one who plays any game or sport
- Arabic: لعاب (laʕʕāb) — one who plays any game or sport
- Arabic: لعايبي (lʕāybi) — one who plays any game or sport
- Aragonese: chugador — one who plays any game or sport
- Armenian: խաղացող (xaġacʻoġ) — one who plays any game or sport
- Aromanian: giucãtor — one who plays any game or sport
- Assamese: খেলুৱৈ (kheluoi) — one who plays any game or sport
- Asturian: xugador — one who plays any game or sport
- Azerbaijani: oyunçu — one who plays any game or sport
- Bashkir: уйынсы (uyınsı) — one who plays any game or sport
- Basque: jokalari — one who plays any game or sport
- Belarusian: гуле́ц (huljéc) — one who plays any game or sport
- Belarusian: ігрэ́ц (ihréc) — one who plays any game or sport
- Belarusian: ігро́к (ihrók) — one who plays any game or sport
- Bengali: খেলোয়াড় (khelōẇaṛ) — one who plays any game or sport
- Bhojpuri: खिलाड़ी (khilāṛī) — one who plays any game or sport
- Bulgarian: игра́ч (igráč) — one who plays any game or sport
- Bulgarian: игра́чка (igráčka) — one who plays any game or sport
- Burmese: ကစားသူ (ka.ca:su) — one who plays any game or sport
- Catalan: jugador — one who plays any game or sport
- Chinese Mandarin: 運動員 /运动员 (yùndòngyuán) — one who plays any game or sport
- Chinese Mandarin: 競賽者 /竞赛者 (jìngsàizhe) — one who plays any game or sport
- Chinese Mandarin: 選手 /选手 (xuǎnshǒu) — one who plays any game or sport
- Chinese Mandarin: 玩家 (wánjiā) — one who plays any game or sport
- Czech: hráč — one who plays any game or sport
- Czech: hráčka — one who plays any game or sport
- Danish: spiller — one who plays any game or sport
- Dutch: speler — one who plays any game or sport
- Dutch: speelster — one who plays any game or sport
- Estonian: mängija — one who plays any game or sport
- Finnish: pelaaja — one who plays any game or sport
- French: joueur — one who plays any game or sport
- French: joueuse — one who plays any game or sport
- Friulian: zuiadôr — one who plays any game or sport
- Friulian: ğujadôr — one who plays any game or sport
- Friulian: zugadore — one who plays any game or sport
- Galician: xogador — one who plays any game or sport
- Galician: xogadora — one who plays any game or sport
- Georgian: მოთამაშე (motamaše) — one who plays any game or sport
- German: Spieler — one who plays any game or sport
- German: Spielerin — one who plays any game or sport
- Greek: παίκτης (paíktis) — one who plays any game or sport
- Greek: παίκτρια (paíktria) — one who plays any game or sport
- Hebrew: שַׂחְקָן (sakhkán) — one who plays any game or sport
- Hebrew: שַׂחְקָנִית (sakhkanít) — one who plays any game or sport
- Hindi: खिलाड़ी (khilāṛī) — one who plays any game or sport
- Hungarian: játékos — one who plays any game or sport
- Icelandic: leikmaður — one who plays any game or sport
- Indonesian: pemain — one who plays any game or sport
- Interlingua: jocator — one who plays any game or sport
- Irish: imreoir — one who plays any game or sport
- Istriot: zugadur — one who plays any game or sport
- Italian: giocatore — one who plays any game or sport
- Japanese: 選手 (senshu) — one who plays any game or sport
- Japanese: プレイヤー (pureiyā) — one who plays any game or sport
- Kazakh: ойыншы (oiynşy) — one who plays any game or sport
- Khmer: អ្នកលេង (nĕək leing) — one who plays any game or sport
- Korean: 선수 (seonsu) — one who plays any game or sport
- Korean: 플레이어 (peulleieo) — one who plays any game or sport
- Central Kurdish: یاریکەر (yarîker) — one who plays any game or sport
- Northern Kurdish: yarîker — one who plays any game or sport
- Northern Kurdish: lîstikvan — one who plays any game or sport
- Kyrgyz: оюнчу (oyuncu) — one who plays any game or sport
- Lao: ນັກຫລິ້ນ (nak lin) — one who plays any game or sport
- Lao: ຜູ້ຫຼິ້ນ (phū lin) — one who plays any game or sport
- Latin: lūsor — one who plays any game or sport
- Latvian: spēlētājs — one who plays any game or sport
- Lithuanian: žaidėjas — one who plays any game or sport
- Macedonian: играч (igrač) — one who plays any game or sport
- Macedonian: играчка (igračka) — one who plays any game or sport
- Malay: pemain — one who plays any game or sport
- Malayalam: കളിക്കാരൻ (kaḷikkāraṉ) — one who plays any game or sport
- Maltese: plejer — one who plays any game or sport
- Manchu: ᡴᠠᡨᡠ᠋ᡵᡝᠪᡠᠰᡳ (katurebusi) — one who plays any game or sport
- Māori: kaitākaro — one who plays any game or sport
- Marathi: खेळाडू (kheḷāḍū) — one who plays any game or sport
- Mongolian: тоглогч (toglogč) — one who plays any game or sport
- Mongolian: ᠲᠣᠭᠯᠠᠭᠴᠢ (toɣlaɣči) — one who plays any game or sport
- Navajo: naanéhígíí — one who plays any game or sport
- Navajo: naanéhé — one who plays any game or sport
- Norman: joueux — one who plays any game or sport
- Norwegian Bokmål: spiller — one who plays any game or sport
- Occitan: jogaire — one who plays any game or sport
- Occitan: jogador — one who plays any game or sport
- Pashto: بازيګر (bāzigár) — one who plays any game or sport
- Iranian Persian: بازیکُن (bâzikon) — one who plays any game or sport
- Plautdietsch: Späla — one who plays any game or sport
- Polish: gracz — one who plays any game or sport
- Polish: graczka — one who plays any game or sport
- Polish: zawodnik — one who plays any game or sport
- Polish: zawodniczka — one who plays any game or sport
- Portuguese: jogador — one who plays any game or sport
- Portuguese: jogadora — one who plays any game or sport
- Punjabi: ਖਿਡਾਰੀ (khiḍārī) — one who plays any game or sport
- Punjabi: ਖਿਡਾਰਨ (khiḍāran) — one who plays any game or sport
- Punjabi: کِھڈارِی (khiḍārī) — one who plays any game or sport
- Punjabi: کِھڈارَن (khiḍāran) — one who plays any game or sport
- Romanian: jucător — one who plays any game or sport
- Romanian: jucătoare — one who plays any game or sport
- Romansh: giugadur — one who plays any game or sport
- Romansh: giujeader — one who plays any game or sport
- Romansh: giuieder — one who plays any game or sport
- Romansh: giuveder — one who plays any game or sport
- Romansh: giovader — one who plays any game or sport
- Russian: игро́к (igrók) — one who plays any game or sport
- Russian: игра́ющий (igrájuščij) — one who plays any game or sport
- Russian: игра́ющая (igrájuščaja) — one who plays any game or sport
- Sardinian: giogadore — one who plays any game or sport
- Sardinian: giogadori — one who plays any game or sport
- Sardinian: zocadore — one who plays any game or sport
- Scottish Gaelic: cluicheadair — one who plays any game or sport
- Serbo-Croatian: ѝгра̄ч — one who plays any game or sport
- Serbo-Croatian: игра̀чица — one who plays any game or sport
- Serbo-Croatian: ìgrāč — one who plays any game or sport
- Serbo-Croatian: igràčica — one who plays any game or sport
- Shan: ၽူႈလဵၼ်ႈ (phūu lāen) — one who plays any game or sport
- Sicilian: jucaturi — one who plays any game or sport
- Slovak: hráč — one who plays any game or sport
- Slovak: hráčka — one who plays any game or sport
- Slovene: igralec — one who plays any game or sport
- Slovene: igralka — one who plays any game or sport
- Spanish: jugador — one who plays any game or sport
- Spanish: jugadora — one who plays any game or sport
- Swahili: mchezaji — one who plays any game or sport
- Swedish: spelare — one who plays any game or sport
- Tagalog: manlalaro — one who plays any game or sport
- Tajik: бозингар (bozingar) — one who plays any game or sport
- Tatar: уенчы (uyınçı) — one who plays any game or sport
- Thai: ผู้เล่น (pûu-lên) — one who plays any game or sport
- Turkish: oyuncu — one who plays any game or sport
- Turkish: sporcu — one who plays any game or sport
- Turkmen: oýunçy — one who plays any game or sport
- Ukrainian: граве́ць (hravécʹ) — one who plays any game or sport
- Ukrainian: грач (hrač) — one who plays any game or sport
- Ukrainian: грець (hrecʹ) — one who plays any game or sport
- Urdu: کِھلاڑی (khilāṛī) — one who plays any game or sport
- Uyghur: ئويۇنچى (oyunchi) — one who plays any game or sport
- Uzbek: oʻyinchi — one who plays any game or sport
- Venetan: xugadore — one who plays any game or sport
- Venetan: zugador — one who plays any game or sport
- Vietnamese: cầu thủ — one who plays any game or sport
- Welsh: chwaraewr — one who plays any game or sport
- Yiddish: שפּילער (shpiler) — one who plays any game or sport
- Bulgarian: арти́ст (artíst) — dramatic actor
- Bulgarian: актьо́р (aktjór) — dramatic actor
- Chinese Mandarin: 演員 /演员 (yǎnyuán) — dramatic actor
- Chinese Mandarin: 藝人 /艺人 (yìrén) — dramatic actor
- Czech: herec — dramatic actor
- Danish: skuespiller — dramatic actor
- Dutch: speler — dramatic actor
- Dutch: vertolker — dramatic actor
- Finnish: näyttelijä — dramatic actor
- French: acteur — dramatic actor
- French: actrice — dramatic actor
- French: comédien — dramatic actor
- French: comédienne — dramatic actor
- Galician: actor — dramatic actor
- German: Schauspieler — dramatic actor
- German: Spieler — dramatic actor
- Greek: ηθοποιός (ithopoiós) — dramatic actor
- Italian: attore — dramatic actor
- Japanese: 俳優 (haiyū) — dramatic actor
- Japanese: 芸人 (geinin) — dramatic actor
- Northern Kurdish: lîstikvan — dramatic actor
- Latin: histrio — dramatic actor
- Latin: actor — dramatic actor
- Latin: actrix — dramatic actor
- Macedonian: глумец (glumec) — dramatic actor
- Malayalam: നടൻ (naṭaṉ) — dramatic actor
- Norwegian Bokmål: skuespiller — dramatic actor
- Polish: aktor — dramatic actor
- Polish: aktorka — dramatic actor
- Portuguese: ator — dramatic actor
- Romanian: actor — dramatic actor
- Romanian: actriță — dramatic actor
- Romanian: interpret — dramatic actor
- Russian: актёр (aktjór) — dramatic actor
- Russian: актри́са (aktrísa) — dramatic actor
- Russian: арти́ст (artíst) — dramatic actor
- Russian: арти́стка (artístka) — dramatic actor
- Russian: лицеде́й (licedéj) — dramatic actor
- Russian: лицеде́йка (licedéjka) — dramatic actor
- Serbo-Croatian: glúmac — dramatic actor
- Serbo-Croatian: glùmica — dramatic actor
- Spanish: actor — dramatic actor
- Swedish: skådespelare — dramatic actor
- Turkish: oyuncu — dramatic actor
- Bulgarian: музика́нт (muzikánt) — one who plays a musical instrument
- Bulgarian: свира́ч (sviráč) — one who plays a musical instrument
- Czech: hráč — one who plays a musical instrument
- Danish: musiker — one who plays a musical instrument
- Dutch: bespeler — one who plays a musical instrument
- Dutch: speler — one who plays a musical instrument
- Dutch: speelster — one who plays a musical instrument
- Finnish: soittaja — one who plays a musical instrument
- French: joueur — one who plays a musical instrument
- French: musicien — one who plays a musical instrument
- French: joueuse — one who plays a musical instrument
- French: musicienne — one who plays a musical instrument
- Galician: tocador — one who plays a musical instrument
- German: Spieler — one who plays a musical instrument
- Greek: μουσικός (mousikós) — one who plays a musical instrument
- Hebrew: נַגָּן (nagán) — one who plays a musical instrument
- Irish: seinnteoir — one who plays a musical instrument
- Italian: strumentista — one who plays a musical instrument
- Italian: suonatore — one who plays a musical instrument
- Italian: suonatrice — one who plays a musical instrument
- Japanese: 奏者 (sōsha) — one who plays a musical instrument
- Northern Kurdish: ace — one who plays a musical instrument
- Northern Kurdish: muzîkjen — one who plays a musical instrument
- Northern Kurdish: sazbend — one who plays a musical instrument
- Latin: -cen — one who plays a musical instrument
- Latin: cantor — one who plays a musical instrument
- Latin: cantrix — one who plays a musical instrument
- Māori: kaiwhakatangi — one who plays a musical instrument
- Marathi: वादक (vādak) — one who plays a musical instrument
- Norman: joueux — one who plays a musical instrument
- Norwegian Bokmål: spiller — one who plays a musical instrument
- Norwegian Bokmål: musiker — one who plays a musical instrument
- Plautdietsch: Späla — one who plays a musical instrument
- Polish: muzyk — one who plays a musical instrument
- Portuguese: tocador — one who plays a musical instrument
- Portuguese: instrumentista — one who plays a musical instrument
- Romanian: solist instrumentist — one who plays a musical instrument
- Romanian: muzician — one who plays a musical instrument
- Russian: музыка́нт (muzykánt) — one who plays a musical instrument
- Russian: исполни́тель (ispolnítelʹ) — one who plays a musical instrument
- Serbo-Croatian: svìrāč — one who plays a musical instrument
- Serbo-Croatian: sviràčica — one who plays a musical instrument
- Spanish: instrumentista — one who plays a musical instrument
- Spanish: tañedor — one who plays a musical instrument
- Swedish: musiker — one who plays a musical instrument
- Swedish: musikant — one who plays a musical instrument
- Turkish: çalgıcı — one who plays a musical instrument
- Chinese Mandarin: 玩家 (wánjiā) — video games: gamer, gamester — see also gamer, gamester
- French: gamer — video games: gamer, gamester — see also gamer, gamester
- French: gameur — video games: gamer, gamester — see also gamer, gamester
- French: gameuse — video games: gamer, gamester — see also gamer, gamester
- German: Spieler — video games: gamer, gamester — see also gamer, gamester
- German: Gamer — video games: gamer, gamester — see also gamer, gamester
- Italian: giocatore — video games: gamer, gamester — see also gamer, gamester
- Portuguese: jogador — video games: gamer, gamester — see also gamer, gamester
- Portuguese: jogadora — video games: gamer, gamester — see also gamer, gamester
- Swedish: spelare — video games: gamer, gamester — see also gamer, gamester
- Arabic: مُقَامِر (muqāmir) — gambler — see also gambler
- Arabic: قمار (qammār) — gambler — see also gambler
- Belarusian: гуле́ц (huljéc) — gambler — see also gambler
- Bulgarian: комарджи́я (komardžíja) — gambler — see also gambler
- Bulgarian: комарджи́йка (komardžíjka) — gambler — see also gambler
- Chinese Mandarin: 賭徒 /赌徒 (dǔtú) — gambler — see also gambler
- Czech: karbaník — gambler — see also gambler
- Czech: hazardní hráč — gambler — see also gambler
- Danish: spiller — gambler — see also gambler
- Dutch: speler — gambler — see also gambler
- Dutch: gokker — gambler — see also gambler
- Finnish: peluri — gambler — see also gambler
- French: joueur — gambler — see also gambler
- French: joueuse — gambler — see also gambler
- French: parieur — gambler — see also gambler
- Galician: xogador — gambler — see also gambler
- German: Spieler — gambler — see also gambler
- Japanese: 博徒 (bakuchi) — gambler — see also gambler
- Japanese: ギャンブラー (gyanburā) — gambler — see also gambler
- Northern Kurdish: qumarker — gambler — see also gambler
- Lao: ນັກຫລິ້ນ (nak lin) — gambler — see also gambler
- Latin: aleo — gambler — see also gambler
- Latin: aleator — gambler — see also gambler
- Norman: joueux — gambler — see also gambler
- Iranian Persian: قُمارْباز (ġomârbâz) — gambler — see also gambler
- Polish: hazardzista — gambler — see also gambler
- Polish: hazardzistka — gambler — see also gambler
- Portuguese: apostador — gambler — see also gambler
- Portuguese: jogador — gambler — see also gambler
- Punjabi: ਜੁਆਰੀਆ (juārīā) — gambler — see also gambler
- Punjabi: جُوأرِیا — gambler — see also gambler
- Russian: игро́к (igrók) — gambler — see also gambler
- Serbo-Croatian: ко̏цка̄р — gambler — see also gambler
- Serbo-Croatian: kȍckār — gambler — see also gambler
- Spanish: jugador — gambler — see also gambler
- Swedish: spelare — gambler — see also gambler
- Turkish: kumarcı — gambler — see also gambler
- Turkish: kumarbaz — gambler — see also gambler
- Ukrainian: граве́ць (hravécʹ) — gambler — see also gambler
- Finnish: koneisto — mechanism that actuates a player piano or similar
- German: Vorsetzer — mechanism that actuates a player piano or similar
- Arabic: مَشْغَل (mašḡal) — electronic device
- Arabic: جِهَاز (jihāz) — electronic device
- Arabic: جَهَاز (jahāz) — electronic device
- Belarusian: плэ́ер (pléjer) — electronic device
- Belarusian: прайграва́льнік (prajhraválʹnik) — electronic device
- Bengali: প্লেয়ার (pleẏar) — electronic device
- Bulgarian: пле́йър (pléjǎr) — electronic device
- Chinese Mandarin: 播放機 /播放机 (bōfàngjī) — electronic device
- Chinese Mandarin: 播放器 (bōfàngqì) — electronic device
- Czech: přehrávač — electronic device
- Dutch: speler — electronic device
- Esperanto: legilo — electronic device
- Estonian: pleier — electronic device
- Finnish: soitin — electronic device
- French: lecteur — electronic device
- Galician: lector — electronic device
- Galician: reproductor — electronic device
- German: Spieler — electronic device
- German: Abspieler — electronic device
- German: Abspielgerät — electronic device
- German: Wiedergabegerät — electronic device
- German: Player — electronic device
- Hindi: प्लेयर (pleyar) — electronic device
- Hungarian: lejátszó — electronic device
- Italian: lettore — electronic device
- Japanese: プレーヤー (purēyā) — electronic device
- Khmer: ម៉ាស៊ីនចាក់ (maasɨn cak) — electronic device
- Korean: 플레이어 (peulleieo) — electronic device
- Lao: ເຄື່ອງຫຼີ້ນ (khư̄ang līn) — electronic device
- Latvian: pleijeris — electronic device
- Lithuanian: grotuvas — electronic device
- Macedonian: изведувач (izveduvač) — electronic device
- Māori: pūpāpāho — electronic device
- Marathi: प्लेयर (pleyar) — electronic device
- Mongolian: тоглуулагч (togluulagč) — electronic device
- Norman: joueux — electronic device
- Norwegian Bokmål: spiller — electronic device
- Iranian Persian: پَخْشکُنَنْدِه (paxš-konande) — electronic device
- Iranian Persian: دَسْتْگاهِ پَخْش (dastgâh-e paxš) — electronic device
- Iranian Persian: پِلِیَر (peliyar) — electronic device
- Polish: odtwarzacz — electronic device
- Portuguese: tocador — electronic device
- Portuguese: leitor — electronic device
- Portuguese: player — electronic device
- Romanian: player — electronic device
- Russian: пле́ер (pléjer) — electronic device
- Russian: прои́грыватель (proígryvatelʹ) — electronic device
- Slovak: prehrávač — electronic device
- Spanish: reproductor — electronic device
- Spanish: lector — electronic device
- Tajik: дастгоҳи пахш (dastgoh-i paxš) — electronic device
- Tajik: плеер (pleyer) — electronic device
- Thai: เครื่องเล่น (krʉ̂ʉang-lên) — electronic device
- Turkish: oynatıcı — electronic device
- Turkmen: pleýer — electronic device
- Ukrainian: пле́єр (pléjer) — electronic device
- Ukrainian: програва́ч (prohraváč) — electronic device
- Urdu: پِلیئَر (pilear) — electronic device
- Uzbek: pleyer — electronic device
- Welsh: chwaraewr — electronic device
- Arabic: مَشْغَل (mašḡal) — software application
- Chinese Mandarin: 播放器 (bōfàngqì) — software application
- Czech: přehrávač — software application
- Dutch: speler — software application
- Dutch: player — software application
- Esperanto: legilo — software application
- Finnish: soitin — software application
- Finnish: soitto-ohjelma — software application
- French: lecteur — software application
- Galician: reprodutor — software application
- Georgian: დამკვრელი (damḳvreli) — software application
- German: Player — software application
- German: Spieler — software application
- Indonesian: pemutar — software application
- Italian: riproduttore — software application
- Japanese: プレーヤー (purēyā) — software application
- Korean: 플레이어 (peulleieo) — software application
- Macedonian: изведувач (izveduvač) — software application
- Macedonian: пле́ер (pléer) — software application
- Māori: pūpāpāho — software application
- Marathi: प्लेयर (pleyar) — software application
- Polish: odtwarzacz — software application
- Portuguese: player — software application
- Portuguese: reprodutor — software application
- Russian: прои́грыватель (proígryvatelʹ) — software application
- Russian: пле́ер (pléjer) — software application
- Serbo-Croatian: izvođač — software application
- Serbo-Croatian: svirač — software application
- Serbo-Croatian: reproduktor — software application
- Spanish: reproductor — software application
- Turkish: oynatıcı — software application
- Ukrainian: пле́єр (pléjer) — software application
- Welsh: chwaraewr — software application
- Chinese Mandarin: 懒惰者 (lǎnduòzhě) — one without serious aims
- Dutch: speler — one without serious aims
- Dutch: speelvogel — one without serious aims
- Finnish: peluri — one without serious aims
- French: fainéant — one without serious aims
- French: fainéante — one without serious aims
- German: Spielkind — one without serious aims
- Latin: iocator — one without serious aims
- Norman: joueux — one without serious aims
- Portuguese: brincalhão — one without serious aims
- Romanian: leneș — one without serious aims
- Russian: безде́льник (bezdélʹnik) — one without serious aims
- Russian: лентя́й (lentjáj) — one without serious aims
- Turkish: oyunbaz — one without serious aims
- Turkish: oyuncu — one without serious aims
- Chinese Mandarin: 參加者 /参加者 (cānjiāzhě) — participant
- Chinese Mandarin: 參與者 /参与者 (cānyùzhě) — participant
- Finnish: tekijä — participant
- German: Player — participant
- German: Akteur — participant
- Italian: protagonista — participant
- Macedonian: играч (igrač) — participant
- Swedish: spelare — participant
- Chinese Mandarin: 渣男 (zhānán) — person "playing the field"
- Min Nan Chinese: 烏狗 /乌狗 (o͘-káu) — person "playing the field"
- Finnish: pelimies — person "playing the field"
- Finnish: pleijeri — person "playing the field"
- German: Aufreißer — person "playing the field"
- German: Frauenheld — person "playing the field"
- German: Draufgänger — person "playing the field"
- Japanese: 遊び人 (asobinin) — person "playing the field"
- Navajo: naanéhígíí — person "playing the field"
- Navajo: naanéhé — person "playing the field"
- Navajo: ayóoʼakalígíí — person "playing the field"
- Polish: ogier — person "playing the field"
- Russian: ба́бник (bábnik) — person "playing the field"
- Russian: кобе́ль (kobélʹ) — person "playing the field"
- Russian: ловела́с (lovelás) — person "playing the field"
- Spanish: golfo — person "playing the field"
- Spanish: golferas — person "playing the field"
- Spanish: frescales — person "playing the field"
- Spanish: bandarra — person "playing the field"
- Spanish: mujeriego — person "playing the field"
- Spanish: donjuán — person "playing the field"
- Spanish: pendón — person "playing the field"
- Spanish: chongo — person "playing the field"
- Spanish: picha brava — person "playing the field"
- Spanish: bajapantalones — person "playing the field"
- Swahili: mchezaji — person "playing the field"
- Thai: เสือผู้หญิง (sʉ̌ʉa-pûu-yǐng) — person "playing the field"
- Turkish: çapkın — person "playing the field"
- Vietnamese: dân chơi — person "playing the field"
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