Standard Lemma guide

playlist

noun · verb · 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

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.

  • /ˈpleɪˌlɪst/
  • Australian: /ˈpɫæɪ̯ˌɫɪst/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪlɪst
  • CMU ARPABET: P L EY1 L IH0 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A list of recorded songs scheduled to be played on a radio station.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: broadcasting, media, radio

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A list of tracks or videos to be played in a particular sequence, as from an audio CD or a streaming service.

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

3

noun

Meaning 3

A list of songs, prepared for a band or musical artist, to be performed during a concert; a setlist.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To include (a track) on a playlist.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • She achieved success when her first single was playlisted on national radio.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

a list of musical selections for performance or for broadcast by radio

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: play list

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: list, listing

History

Etymology

From play + list.

Across languages

Translations

79 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: قَائِمَةُ التَّشْغِيلِ (qāʔimatu t-tašḡīli) — record
  • Armenian: երգացանկ (ergacʻank) — record
  • Chinese Mandarin: 播放列表 (bōfàng lièbiǎo) — record
  • Chinese Mandarin: 歌單 /歌单 (gēdān) — record
  • Danish: spilleliste — record
  • Danish: playliste — record
  • Dutch: afspeellijst — record
  • Dutch: playlist — record
  • Esperanto: ludlisto — record
  • Estonian: esitusloend — record
  • Finnish: soittolista — record
  • French: playlist — record
  • French: liste de lecture — record
  • Georgian: დასაკრავი სია (dasaḳravi sia) — record
  • Georgian: ფლეილისტი (pleilisṭi) — record
  • German: Wiedergabeliste — record
  • German: Playlist — record
  • Hebrew: רְשִׁימַת הַשְׁמָעָה (reshimát hashmáa) — record
  • Hungarian: lejátszási lista — record
  • Icelandic: spilunarlisti — record
  • Italian: playlist — record
  • Japanese: プレイリスト (pureirisuto) — record
  • Japanese: 再生リスト (saisei risuto) — record
  • Korean: 플레이리스트 (peulleiriseuteu) — record
  • Lithuanian: grojaraštis — record
  • Macedonian: песноред (pesnored) — record
  • Macedonian: снимкоред (snimkored) — record
  • Norwegian Bokmål: spilleliste — record
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: speleliste — record
  • Polish: playlista — record
  • Portuguese: playlist — record
  • Russian: плейли́ст (plɛjlíst) — record
  • Russian: плей-ли́ст (plɛj-líst) — record
  • Spanish: lista de reproducción — record
  • Swedish: spellista — record
  • Turkish: çalma listesi — record
  • Turkish: oynatma listesi — record
  • Ukrainian: плейли́ст (plejlýst) — record
  • Armenian: երգացանկ (ergacʻank) — computing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 播放列表 (bōfàng lièbiǎo) — computing
  • Czech: seznam stop — computing
  • Czech: playlist — computing
  • Dutch: afspeellijst — computing
  • Dutch: playlist — computing
  • Finnish: soittolista — computing
  • French: playlist — computing
  • French: liste de lecture — computing
  • Galician: lista de reprodución — computing
  • Georgian: დასაკრავი სია (dasaḳravi sia) — computing
  • Georgian: ფლეილისტი (pleilisṭi) — computing
  • German: Wiedergabeliste — computing
  • German: Playlist — computing
  • Hungarian: lejátszási lista — computing
  • Icelandic: spilunarlisti — computing
  • Indonesian: daftar putar — computing
  • Italian: playlist — computing
  • Japanese: 再生リスト (saisei risuto) — computing
  • Japanese: プレイリスト (pureirisuto) — computing
  • Korean: 플레이리스트 (peulleiriseuteu) — computing
  • Lithuanian: grojaraštis — computing
  • Malay: senarai main — computing
  • Māori: rārangipāpāho — computing
  • Norwegian Bokmål: spilleliste — computing
  • Polish: lista odtwarzania — computing
  • Polish: playlista — computing
  • Portuguese: lista de reprodução — computing
  • Russian: плейли́ст (plɛjlíst) — computing
  • Russian: спи́сок воспроизведе́ния (spísok vosproizvedénija) — computing
  • Serbo-Croatian: popis za reprodukciju — computing
  • Spanish: lista de reproducción — computing
  • Spanish: playlist (pléilist) — computing
  • Spanish: cancionero — computing
  • Spanish: repertorio — computing
  • Spanish: catálogo musical — computing
  • Swedish: spellista — computing
  • Turkish: çalma listesi — computing
  • Turkish: oynatma listesi — computing
  • Ukrainian: спи́сок відтво́рення (spýsok vidtvórennja) — computing
  • Ukrainian: плейли́ст (plejlýst) — computing
Real reading context

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