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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
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.
noun
Action in which a person takes on a role (as that of an actor) and acts out being that character.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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verb
present participle and gerund of roleplay
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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noun
acting a particular role (as in psychotherapy)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: acting, playing, playacting, performing
History
From role + playing.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *Hreth2-der. Proto-Italic *rotā Latin rota Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Late Latin rotulusder. Medieval Latin rollusbor. Middle French rolle French rôlebor. English role Proto-West Germanic *plehan Old English pleġan Proto-West Germanic *plegō Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-West Germanic *-ōn Proto-West Germanic *plegōn Old English plegian Middle English pleyen Proto-West Germanic *plegō Old English plega Middle English pleye English play English roleplay English -ing English roleplaying From roleplay + -ing.
Across languages
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
