"pastime" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpæs.taɪm/ [General-American, UK], /ˈpɑːs.taɪm/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pastime.wav [Southern-England] Forms: pastimes [plural]
Etymology: From earlier passtime, pass-time, from Middle English passe tyme, passetyme, calque of Middle French passetemps. Etymology templates: {{m|en|passtime}} passtime, {{m|en|pass-time}} pass-time, {{inh|en|enm|passe tyme}} Middle English passe tyme, {{m|enm|passetyme}} passetyme, {{cal|en|frm|passetemps|nocap=1}} calque of Middle French passetemps Head templates: {{en-noun}} pastime (plural pastimes)
  1. Something which amuses, and serves to make time pass agreeably. Synonyms: kill-time, hobby Translations (that which amuses): διατριβή (diatribḗ) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), ժամանց (žamancʿ) (Armenian), забавление (zabavlenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), развлечение (razvlečenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), passatemps [masculine] (Catalan), 消遣 (xiāoqiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 娛樂 (Chinese Mandarin), 娱乐 (yúlè) (Chinese Mandarin), zábava [feminine] (Czech), kratochvíle [feminine] (Czech), hobby [masculine] (Dutch), tijdverdrijf [neuter] (Dutch), ontspanning [feminine] (Dutch), dagdvølja [feminine] (Faroese), ajanviete (Finnish), viihdyke (Finnish), huvi (Finnish), passe-temps [masculine] (French), Zeitvertreib [masculine] (German), διασκέδαση (diaskédasi) [feminine] (Greek), αναψυχή (anapsychí) [feminine] (Greek), בילוי (bilúy) [masculine] (Hebrew), időtöltés (Hungarian), caitheamh aimsire [masculine] (Irish), spórt [masculine] (Irish), passatempo [masculine] (Italian), 娯楽 (goraku) (alt: ごらく) (Japanese), ludus [masculine] (Latin), oblectāmen [neuter] (Latin), oblectāmentum [neuter] (Latin), runaruna (Maori), tidsfordriv [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), tidsfordriv [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), Zeitverdreib [masculine] (Pennsylvania German), سرگرمی (sargarmi) (Persian), rozrywka (Polish), passatempo [masculine] (Portuguese), времяпрепровожде́ние (vremjapreprovoždénije) (alt: прия́тное) [neuter] (Russian), развлече́ние (razvlečénije) [neuter] (Russian), увеселе́ние (uveselénije) [neuter] (Russian), заба́ва (zabáva) [feminine] (Russian), देवना (devanā) [feminine] (Sanskrit), cur-seachad [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), caitheamh-aimsire [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), pasatiempo [masculine] (Spanish), förströelse [common-gender] (Swedish), tidsfördriv [neuter] (Swedish), palipas-oras (Tagalog), eğlence (Turkish), hobi (Turkish), meşgale (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-pastime-en-noun-E23a8SVp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English exocentric verb-noun compounds Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 83 17 Disambiguation of English exocentric verb-noun compounds: 76 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: passtime, pass-time [obsolete]

Verb

IPA: /ˈpæs.taɪm/ [General-American, UK], /ˈpɑːs.taɪm/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pastime.wav [Southern-England] Forms: pastimes [present, singular, third-person], pastiming [participle, present], pastimed [participle, past], pastimed [past]
Etymology: From earlier passtime, pass-time, from Middle English passe tyme, passetyme, calque of Middle French passetemps. Etymology templates: {{m|en|passtime}} passtime, {{m|en|pass-time}} pass-time, {{inh|en|enm|passe tyme}} Middle English passe tyme, {{m|enm|passetyme}} passetyme, {{cal|en|frm|passetemps|nocap=1}} calque of Middle French passetemps Head templates: {{en-verb}} pastime (third-person singular simple present pastimes, present participle pastiming, simple past and past participle pastimed)
  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To sport; to amuse oneself. Tags: intransitive, obsolete Derived forms: pastimer, pastiming
    Sense id: en-pastime-en-verb-lfmbr9pl
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: passtime, pass-time [obsolete]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "alt": "ごらく",
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          "code": "pl",
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          "word": "rozrywka"
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "that which amuses",
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          "alt": "прия́тное",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vremjapreprovoždénije",
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          "word": "времяпрепровожде́ние"
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          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "devanā",
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          "word": "देवना"
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          "code": "gd",
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          "word": "cur-seachad"
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          "code": "gd",
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          "sense": "that which amuses",
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          "code": "es",
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          "code": "tl",
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          "sense": "that which amuses",
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
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      "sense": "that which amuses",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "that which amuses",
      "word": "rozrywka"
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      "code": "pt",
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        "masculine"
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      "alt": "прия́тное",
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      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
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      "word": "देवना"
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      "word": "cur-seachad"
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "that which amuses",
      "word": "palipas-oras"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "that which amuses",
      "word": "eğlence"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "that which amuses",
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