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Noun [English]

Audio: En-us-playoff.oga [General-American] Forms: playoffs [plural], play-off [alternative]
Etymology: Deverbal from play off; by surface analysis, play + -off. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|play off}} Deverbal from play off, {{surf|en|play|-off|nocap=1}} by surface analysis, play + -off Head templates: {{en-noun}} playoff (plural playoffs)
  1. A final game in a series needed to break a tie. Translations (series game): плейоф (plejof) [masculine] (Bulgarian), мач на елиминация (mač na eliminacija) (Bulgarian), 季後賽 /季后赛 (jìhòusài) (Chinese Mandarin), 附加賽 /附加赛 (fùjiāsài) (Chinese Mandarin), baráž [feminine] (Czech), pudotuspelit (Finnish), pudotuspeli (Finnish), プレーオフ (purēofu) (Japanese), плей-офф (pley-off) (Kazakh), 플레이오프 (peulleiopeu) (Korean), плејоф (plejof) [masculine] (Macedonian), baraż [masculine] (Polish), repasaż [masculine] (Polish), repesaż [masculine] (Polish), play-off [masculine] (Portuguese), playoff [masculine] (Portuguese), плей-офф (plej-off) [masculine] (Russian), baráž [feminine] (Slovak), playoff [masculine] (Spanish), eliminatoria [feminine] (Spanish), utslagsmatch (Swedish), playoff-match (Swedish)
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  2. (US, Canada) A short series of games to select a league champion. Tags: Canada, US
    Sense id: en-playoff-en-noun-niT2W7Z7 Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English terms suffixed with -off Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -off: 27 32 20 20
  3. (UK) A short series of games to select the last team to be promoted (to elevate to a higher league). Tags: UK
    Sense id: en-playoff-en-noun-33d08pGa Categories (other): British English, English terms suffixed with -off, Sports Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -off: 27 32 20 20 Disambiguation of Sports: 0 0 65 35
  4. A short piece of underscore played during a scene transition in a stage musical, usually reprising a song from the preceding scene.
    Sense id: en-playoff-en-noun-vrl491zw Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -off Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -off: 27 32 20 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: nonplayoff, playoff beard, preplayoff, Shaughnessy playoff Related terms: play off

Noun [Italian]

Forms: play-off [alternative]
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from English playoff. Etymology templates: {{ubor|it|en|playoff}} Unadapted borrowing from English playoff Head templates: {{it-noun|m-p}} playoff m pl (plural only)
  1. (sports) playoff Tags: masculine, plural, plural-only

Noun [Portuguese]

Forms: playoffs [plural]
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from English playoff. Etymology templates: {{ety|pt|:ubor|en:playoff|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#unadapted_borrowing|Unadapted borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "playoff", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword" : "ubor" } ], "lang_name" : "Portuguese", "term" : "playoff", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "pt" }" data-lang="pt" data-title="playoff"> Unadapted borrowing from English playoff. Head templates: {{pt-noun|m|#s}} playoff m (plural playoffs)
  1. alternative form of play-off Tags: alt-of, alternative, masculine Alternative form of: play-off

Noun [Spanish]

IPA: /pleˈʝof/, [pleˈʝof], /pleˈʝof/, [pleˈʝof], /pleˈʃof/, [pleˈʃof], /pleˈʒof/, [pleˈʒof], /pleˈof/, [pleˈof] Forms: playoffs [plural]
Rhymes: -of Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from English playoff. Etymology templates: {{ety|es|:ubor|en:playoff|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#unadapted_borrowing|Unadapted borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "playoff", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword" : "ubor" } ], "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "playoff", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "es" }" data-lang="es" data-title="playoff"> Unadapted borrowing from English playoff. Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} playoff m (plural playoffs)
  1. (sports) playoff Wikipedia link: Royal Spanish Academy Tags: masculine Synonyms: eliminatoria

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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