"spelen" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Dutch]

IPA: /ˈspeːlə(n)/ Audio: Nl-spelen.ogg
Rhymes: -eːlən Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|nl|noun form}} spelen
  1. plural of spel (“tournament”) Tags: form-of, plural Form of: spel (extra: tournament)
    Sense id: en-spelen-nl-noun-3i1ezN2t
  2. an organised series of athletic or other entertaining competitive events, such as the Olympics or varied gladiatorial fights
    Sense id: en-spelen-nl-noun-RUKSp-2S Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 12 45 7 7 26 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 9 31 8 8 9 3 16 8 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 38 7 7 8 3 14 7 8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Olympische Spelen, winterspelen, zomerspelen
Etymology number: 2

Verb [Dutch]

IPA: /ˈspeːlə(n)/ Audio: Nl-spelen.ogg
Rhymes: -eːlən Etymology: From Middle Dutch spēlen. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|spēlen}} Middle Dutch spēlen Head templates: {{nl-verb}} spelen Inflection templates: {{nl-conj-wk|speel|spele}} Forms: weak [table-tags], spelen [infinitive], spelen [gerund, neuter], speel [first-person, present, singular], speelde [first-person, past, singular], speelt [present, second-person, singular], speel [present, second-person, singular], speelde [past, second-person, singular], speelt [formal, present, second-person, singular], speelde [formal, past, second-person, singular], speelt [Flanders, colloquial, present, second-person, singular], speelt [archaic, formal, majestic, present, second-person, singular], speelde [Flanders, colloquial, past, second-person, singular], speelde [archaic, formal, majestic, past, second-person, singular], speelt [present, singular, third-person], speelde [past, singular, third-person], spelen [plural, present], speelden [past, plural], spele [archaic, present, singular, subjunctive], speelde [archaic, past, singular, subjunctive], spelen [archaic, plural, present, subjunctive], speelden [archaic, past, plural, subjunctive], speel [imperative, present, singular], speelt [archaic, imperative, plural, present], spelend [participle, present], gespeeld [participle, past]
  1. (intransitive) to play Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-spelen-nl-verb-JCN-luUY
  2. (transitive) to play (a game) Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-spelen-nl-verb-I4DeKp-b
  3. (transitive or intransitive) to play (a musical instrument) Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-spelen-nl-verb-nHul5IIn
  4. (transitive) to play (a role) Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-spelen-nl-verb-iF8t-b6z
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: afspelen, bespelen, speelbaar, spelenderwijs, valsspelen, zinspelen Related terms: spel
Etymology number: 1

Verb [Middle Dutch]

Forms: spēlen [canonical]
Etymology: From Old Dutch *spilon, from Proto-West Germanic *spilōn. Etymology templates: {{inh|dum|odt|*spilon}} Old Dutch *spilon, {{inh|dum|gmw-pro|*spilōn}} Proto-West Germanic *spilōn Head templates: {{head|dum|verb|head=spēlen|head2=}} spēlen, {{dum-verb|head=spēlen}} spēlen
  1. to play, to have fun
    Sense id: en-spelen-dum-verb-LVyYkFk1 Categories (other): Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 42 20 39
  2. to play a game
    Sense id: en-spelen-dum-verb-7vVIT8rH Categories (other): Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 42 20 39
  3. to play (an instrument)
    Sense id: en-spelen-dum-verb-EC7gGybo Categories (other): Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 42 20 39

Verb [Middle English]

IPA: /ˈspɛːlən/
Etymology: From Old English spelian; equivalent to spale + -en. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|spelian}} Old English spelian, {{suffix|enm|spale|en}} spale + -en Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} spelen Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|spel}} Forms: weak [table-tags], spelen [infinitive], to spelen [infinitive], spele [infinitive], spele [first-person, present, singular], speled [first-person, past, singular], spelest [present, second-person, singular], speledest [past, second-person, singular], speleth [present, singular, third-person], speled [past, singular, third-person], spele [present, singular, subjunctive], speled [past, singular, subjunctive], spele [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], spelen [plural, present], spele [plural, present], speleden [past, plural], spelede [past, plural], speleth [imperative, plural, present], spele [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], spelynge [participle, present], spelende [participle, present], speled [participle, past], yspeled [participle, past]
  1. to save, hoard Synonyms: spelien

Noun [Swedish]

Head templates: {{head|sv|noun form}} spelen
  1. definite plural of spel Tags: definite, form-of, plural Form of: spel
    Sense id: en-spelen-sv-noun-pREK3D5C Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "afspelen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bespelen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "speelbaar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "spelenderwijs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "valsspelen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "zinspelen"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "af",
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          },
          "expansion": "Afrikaans: speel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Afrikaans: speel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "brc",
            "2": "pele"
          },
          "expansion": "Berbice Creole Dutch: pele",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Berbice Creole Dutch: pele"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dcr",
            "2": "speel"
          },
          "expansion": "Negerhollands: speel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Negerhollands: speel"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "spēlen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch spēlen",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch spēlen.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nl-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spelen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spelen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speel",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speelde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speelt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speel",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speelde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speelt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speelde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speelt",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "Flanders",
        "colloquial",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speelt",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "archaic",
        "formal",
        "majestic",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "Flanders",
        "colloquial",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "archaic",
        "formal",
        "majestic",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speelt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speelde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spelen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speelden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spele",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speelde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "archaic",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speel",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speelt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spelend",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gespeeld",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "nl-verb"
    }
  ],
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  ],
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    }
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  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "verb",
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    }
  ],
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        "to play"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "play",
          "play"
        ]
      ],
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        "(intransitive) to play"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "What do you wish to play?",
          "text": "Wat wil je spelen?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to play (a game)"
      ],
      "id": "en-spelen-nl-verb-I4DeKp-b",
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        [
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          "game"
        ]
      ],
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        "(transitive) to play (a game)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
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        "to play (a musical instrument)"
      ],
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        [
          "play",
          "play"
        ],
        [
          "musical instrument",
          "musical instrument"
        ]
      ],
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        "(transitive or intransitive) to play (a musical instrument)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to play (a role)"
      ],
      "id": "en-spelen-nl-verb-iF8t-b6z",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to play (a role)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspeːlə(n)/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-spelen.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3b/Nl-spelen.ogg/Nl-spelen.ogg.mp3",
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eːlən"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spelen"
}

{
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Olympische Spelen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "winterspelen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "zomerspelen"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
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      },
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    "spe‧len"
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  "lang_code": "nl",
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          "word": "spel"
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          "spel#Dutch"
        ]
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          "_dis": "8 38 7 7 8 3 14 7 8",
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      ],
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        "an organised series of athletic or other entertaining competitive events, such as the Olympics or varied gladiatorial fights"
      ],
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          "Olympics",
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eːlən"
    }
  ],
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}

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      ],
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    },
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        "to play (an instrument)"
      ],
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        [
          "play",
          "play"
        ]
      ]
    }
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}

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    },
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    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "infinitive"
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    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spele",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speled",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spelest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speledest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speleth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speled",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spele",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speled",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spele",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spelen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spele",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speleden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spelede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speleth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spele",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spelynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spelende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speled",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yspeled",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "spelen",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "spel"
      },
      "name": "enm-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Middle English lemmas",
        "Middle English terms derived from Old English",
        "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
        "Middle English terms suffixed with -en",
        "Middle English verbs",
        "Middle English weak verbs",
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to save, hoard"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "save",
          "save"
        ],
        [
          "hoard",
          "hoard"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspɛːlən/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "spelien"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spelen"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "noun form"
      },
      "expansion": "spelen",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swedish non-lemma forms",
        "Swedish noun forms"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "spel"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "definite plural of spel"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spel",
          "spel#Swedish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "form-of",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "spelen"
}

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