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Webster 1913 Edition

Playground

Play′groundˊ

,

Noun.

A piece of ground used for recreation;

as, the

playground

of a school

.

Definition 2024

playground

playground

English

Noun

play ground ‎(plural playgrounds)

(outdoors) A large open space to play on, usually for children.
A yard or other open-air space on a school campus where the children can play, especially during breaks
(urban) Small area with dedicated play equipment, usually for children
The city park playgrounds offer various slides, tubes and swings.
(figuratively) Any physical or metaphysical space in which a person or organization has free rein to do as they please.
The exclusive tropical island was a millionaire's playground.

Related terms

Translations

large open space to play on, usually for children

Chinese:
Mandarin: 操場 (zh), 操场 (zh) ‎(cāochǎng), 游樂園, 游乐园 (zh) ‎(yóulèyuán)
Danish: legeplads (da) c, åbent område n
Dutch: speelplein n, speelterrein (nl) n, speeltuin (nl) m
Esperanto: ludejo
Finnish: leikkikenttä
French: terrain de jeu (fr) m
German: Spielwiese (de) f, Spielplatz (de) m
Greek: παιχνιδότοπος m ‎(paichnidótopos), παιδική χαρά (el) f ‎(paidikí chará)
Hebrew: גן שעשועים m ‎(gan sha'ashuím)
Hungarian: játszótér (hu)
Icelandic: leiksvæði (is)
Italian: parco giochi m, parco gioco m, parco (it) m
Japanese: 遊び場 ‎(あそびば, asobiba)
Khmer:
Lao:

Macedonian: игралиште n ‎(igrálište)
Maori: papa tākaro
Norwegian:

Bokmål: lekeplass (no) m, leikeplass m

Nynorsk: leikeplass m
Polish: plac zabaw (pl) m
Portuguese: parque (pt), parquinho, parque infantil (pt) m
Romanian: teren de joc n, loc de joacă n
Russian: де́тская площа́дка (ru) f ‎(détskaja ploščádka)
Serbo-Croatian: ìgralīšte (sh) n
Spanish: parque infantil m
Swahili: kiwanja (sw)
Swedish: lekplats (sv) c
Tagalog: palaruan
Thai: สนามเด็กเล่น
Turkish: oyun alanı (tr), oyun sahası (tr)
Vietnamese:

open-air space on a school campus where the children can play

Dutch: speelplein n, speelplaats (nl)
Finnish: leikkipaikka, leikkikenttä, leikkipuisto (fi)
French: cour de récréation (fr) f
German: Schulhof (de) m
Greek: αυλή (el) f ‎(avlí)
Maori: papa tākaro
Norwegian: skolegård m

Portuguese: playground m
Russian: шко́льный двор (ru) m ‎(škólʹnyj dvor)
Spanish: parque de recreo m
Swedish: skolgård (sv) c
Tagalog: palaruan
Thai: สนามเด็กเล่น
Turkish: okul bahçesi

small area for children

Czech: hřiště (cs) n
Danish: legeplads (da) c, sandkasse (da) c
Dutch: speeltuin (nl) f, speelterrein (nl) n
Finnish: leikkipaikka
German: Spielplatz (de) m
Greek: παιδότοπος (el) m ‎(paidótopos), παιδική χαρά (el) f ‎(paidikí chará)

Macedonian: игралиште n ‎(igrálište)
Norwegian: lekeplass (no) m
Portuguese: playground m, parquinho
Russian: де́тская площа́дка (ru) f ‎(détskaja ploščádka)
Serbo-Croatian: ìgralīšte (sh) n
Spanish: juegos infantiles m
Swedish: lekplats (sv) c, lekpark (sv) c
Thai: สนามเด็กเล่น
Turkish: oyun alanı (tr), oyun sahası (tr)

space to do what one pleases

Danish: tumleplads c, sandkasse (da) c
Dutch: speelterrein (nl) n
Finnish: leikkikenttä
German: Spielwiese (de) f
Greek: παιδική χαρά (el) f ‎(paidikí chará)
Macedonian: игралиште n ‎(igrálište)

Portuguese: playground m
Russian: игрова́я площа́дка f ‎(igrovája ploščádka)
Serbo-Croatian: ìgralīšte (sh) n
Spanish: campo libre m
Swedish: lekplats (sv) c
Turkish: deneme tahtası (tr)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌplej.ˈɡɾãw̃d͡ʒ/

Noun

playground m (plural playgrounds)

playground (open-air space where the children can play)
(by extension) playground (space to do what one pleases)