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• /ˈpleɪfl̩/
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• CMU ARPABET: P L EY1 F AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English pleiful, equivalent to play + -ful.

86 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Southern Altai: ойынзак (oyïnzak) — liking or prone to play
• Arabic: دَاعِب (dāʕib) — liking or prone to play
• Arabic: لَعُوب (laʕūb) — liking or prone to play
• Bulgarian: игрив (igriv) — liking or prone to play
• Catalan: enjogassat — liking or prone to play
• Catalan: juganer — liking or prone to play
• Crimean Tatar: oynaq — liking or prone to play
• Czech: hravý — liking or prone to play
• Esperanto: petolema — liking or prone to play
• Finnish: leikkisä — liking or prone to play
• French: folâtre — liking or prone to play
• French: enjoué — liking or prone to play
• French: joueur — liking or prone to play
• Galician: xoguetón — liking or prone to play
• Galician: brincador — liking or prone to play
• Galician: rebuldeiro — liking or prone to play
• German: verspielt — liking or prone to play
• Greek: παιχνιδιάρης (paichnidiáris) — liking or prone to play
• Ancient Greek: παιγνιώδης (paigniṓdēs) — liking or prone to play
• Hebrew: אוהב משחקים (ohev misḥakim) — liking or prone to play
• Hebrew: משתעשע (mishta'shea) — liking or prone to play
• Hebrew: משתובב (mishtovev) — liking or prone to play
• Ingrian: mutkikas — liking or prone to play
• Italian: giocherellone — liking or prone to play
• Italian: giocondo — liking or prone to play
• Japanese: 遊戯的 (yūgiteki) — liking or prone to play
• Latin: lūdibundus — liking or prone to play
• Latvian: draisks — liking or prone to play
• Latvian: jautrs — liking or prone to play
• Macedonian: и́грив (ígriv) — liking or prone to play
• Macedonian: ра́зигран (rázigran) — liking or prone to play
• Māori: pukutākaro — liking or prone to play
• Māori: pūtakaro — liking or prone to play
• Portuguese: brincalhão — liking or prone to play
• Russian: игри́вый (igrívyj) — liking or prone to play
• Scottish Gaelic: cluicheach — liking or prone to play
• Serbo-Croatian: за̀игра̄н — liking or prone to play
• Serbo-Croatian: ра̏зигра̄н — liking or prone to play
• Serbo-Croatian: zàigrān — liking or prone to play
• Serbo-Croatian: rȁzigrān — liking or prone to play
• Spanish: juguetón — liking or prone to play
• Swedish: lekfull — liking or prone to play
• Turkish: oyuncu — liking or prone to play
• Turkish: oyunbaz — liking or prone to play
• Welsh: chwaraegar — liking or prone to play
• Welsh: chwareus — liking or prone to play
• Yiddish: שפּילעוודיק (shpilevdik) — liking or prone to play
• Azerbaijani: zarafatcıl — funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome
• Bulgarian: шеговит (šegovit) — funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome
• Bulgarian: закачлив (zakačliv) — funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome
• Czech: laškovný — funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome
• Czech: humorný — funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome
• Czech: rozpustilý — funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome
• Czech: žertovný — funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome
• Esperanto: ŝercema — funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome
• Finnish: hauska — funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome
• Hebrew: עליז (a'liz) — funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome
• Hebrew: משעשע (mesha'shea) — funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome
• Ingrian: naljakas — funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome
• Ingrian: šuutkikas — funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome
• Irish: cleasach — funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome
• Italian: divertente — funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome
• Italian: buffo — funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome
• Latin: lascīvus — funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome
• Latvian: draisks — funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome
• Latvian: jautrs — funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome
• Macedonian: ше́говит (šégovit) — funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome
• Macedonian: па́лав (pálav) — funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome
• Old Tupi: oryb — funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome
• Old Tupi: ory — funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome
• Polish: żartobliwy — funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome
• Portuguese: divertido — funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome
• Russian: шутли́вый (šutlívyj) — funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome
• Serbo-Croatian: ра̏зигра̄н — funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome
• Serbo-Croatian: rȁzigrān — funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome
• Spanish: divertido — funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome
• Welsh: chwareus — funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome
• Welsh: digrif — funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome
• Czech: žertovný — fun, recreational, not serious
• Finnish: hauska — fun, recreational, not serious
• Finnish: viihdyttävä — fun, recreational, not serious
• Italian: ludico — fun, recreational, not serious
• Portuguese: lúdico — fun, recreational, not serious
• Welsh: chwareus — fun, recreational, not serious
• Welsh: cellweirus — fun, recreational, not serious
• Welsh: digrif — fun, recreational, not serious