"playful" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈpleɪfəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-playful.wav [Southern-England] Forms: playfuller [comparative], more playful [comparative], playfullest [superlative], most playful [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪfəl, -eɪfʊl Etymology: From Middle English pleiful, equivalent to play + -ful. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|pleiful}} Middle English pleiful, {{suffix|en|play|ful|pos=adjective}} play + -ful Head templates: {{en-adj|playfuller|more}} playful (comparative playfuller or more playful, superlative playfullest or most playful)
  1. liking play, prone to play frequently, such as a child or kitten; rather sportive. Translations (liking or prone to play): παιγνιώδης (paigniṓdēs) (Ancient Greek), игрив (igriv) (Bulgarian), enjogassat (Catalan), juganer (Catalan), oynaq (Crimean Tatar), hravý (Czech), petolema (Esperanto), leikkisä (Finnish), folâtre (French), enjoué (French), joueur (French), xoguetón (Galician), brincador (Galician), rebuldeiro (Galician), verspielt (German), παιχνιδιάρης (paichnidiáris) (Greek), saraki (Guaraní), אוהב משחקים (ohev misḥakim) (Hebrew), משתעשע (mishta'shea) (Hebrew), משתובב (mishtovev) (Hebrew), mutkikas (Ingrian), giocherellone (Italian), giocondo (Italian), 遊戯的 (yūgiteki) (Japanese), lūdibundus (Latin), draisks (Latvian), jautrs (Latvian), и́грив (ígriv) (Macedonian), ра́зигран (rázigran) (Macedonian), pukutākaro (Maori), pūtakaro (Maori), brincalhão (Portuguese), игри́вый (igrívyj) (Russian), за̀игра̄н [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), ра̏зигра̄н [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), zàigrān [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), rȁzigrān [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), ойынзак (oyïnzak) (Southern Altai), juguetón (Spanish), lekfull (Swedish), oyuncu (Turkish), oyunbaz (Turkish), שפּילעוודיק (shpilevdik) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-playful-en-adj-wubeBR1I Disambiguation of 'liking or prone to play': 90 4 4 2
  2. funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome. Translations (funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome): zarafatcıl (Azerbaijani), шеговит (šegovit) (Bulgarian), закачлив (zakačliv) (Bulgarian), ŝercema (Esperanto), hauska (Finnish), עליז (a'liz) (Hebrew), משעשע (mesha'shea) (Hebrew), cleasach (Irish), divertente (Italian), buffo (Italian), lascīvus (Latin), draisks (Latvian), jautrs (Latvian), ше́говит (šégovit) (Macedonian), па́лав (pálav) (Macedonian), żartobliwy (Polish), divertido (Portuguese), шутли́вый (šutlívyj) (Russian), ра̏зигра̄н [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), rȁzigrān [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), divertido (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-playful-en-adj-2fBA4XRG Disambiguation of 'funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome': 3 91 5 1
  3. fun, recreational, not serious. Categories (topical): Personality Translations (fun, recreational, not serious): hauska (Finnish), viihdyttävä (Finnish), lúdico (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-playful-en-adj-kEXldWld Disambiguation of Personality: 34 3 60 4 Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -ful: 22 28 37 13 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 36 48 3 Disambiguation of 'fun, recreational, not serious': 3 4 93 1
  4. experimental.
    Sense id: en-playful-en-adj-nvPiSb~B
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: playfull [archaic] Derived forms: playful as a kitten, playfully, playfulness

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          "lang": "Galician",
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          "word": "rebuldeiro"
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          "word": "אוהב משחקים"
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          "sense": "liking or prone to play",
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          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "liking or prone to play",
          "word": "mutkikas"
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "liking or prone to play",
          "word": "giocherellone"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "liking or prone to play",
          "word": "giocondo"
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          "_dis1": "90 4 4 2",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "yūgiteki",
          "sense": "liking or prone to play",
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          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "liking or prone to play",
          "word": "draisks"
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          "_dis1": "90 4 4 2",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "liking or prone to play",
          "word": "jautrs"
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          "_dis1": "90 4 4 2",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "ígriv",
          "sense": "liking or prone to play",
          "word": "и́грив"
        },
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "rázigran",
          "sense": "liking or prone to play",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "90 4 4 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "liking or prone to play",
          "word": "pukutākaro"
        },
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "liking or prone to play",
          "word": "pūtakaro"
        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "liking or prone to play",
          "word": "brincalhão"
        },
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          "_dis1": "90 4 4 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "igrívyj",
          "sense": "liking or prone to play",
          "word": "игри́вый"
        },
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          "_dis1": "90 4 4 2",
          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "liking or prone to play",
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          "word": "за̀игра̄н"
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          "sense": "liking or prone to play",
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          "_dis1": "90 4 4 2",
          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "liking or prone to play",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "90 4 4 2",
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          "roman": "oyïnzak",
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          "word": "juguetón"
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          "word": "lekfull"
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          "_dis1": "90 4 4 2",
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "liking or prone to play",
          "word": "oyuncu"
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          "_dis1": "90 4 4 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "liking or prone to play",
          "word": "oyunbaz"
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          "_dis1": "90 4 4 2",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "shpilevdik",
          "sense": "liking or prone to play",
          "word": "שפּילעוודיק"
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        {
          "text": "John is a playful fellow.",
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        },
        {
          "text": "A party hat is a playful conical hat people wear at parties.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1961 October, “The winter timetables of British Railways: Southern Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 593",
          "text": "Why this already very fast train should be speeded up still further, when none of the other more easily timed S.R. West of England trains has a single minute pared from its schedule, is unexplained - unless this is a playful dig at the Western Region, most of whose expresses, by reason of additional stops, will be decelerated from the same date.",
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          "_dis1": "3 91 5 1",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome",
          "word": "zarafatcıl"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 5 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "šegovit",
          "sense": "funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome",
          "word": "шеговит"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 5 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "zakačliv",
          "sense": "funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome",
          "word": "закачлив"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 5 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome",
          "word": "ŝercema"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 5 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome",
          "word": "hauska"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 5 1",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "a'liz",
          "sense": "funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome",
          "word": "עליז"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 5 1",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "mesha'shea",
          "sense": "funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome",
          "word": "משעשע"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 5 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome",
          "word": "cleasach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 5 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome",
          "word": "divertente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 5 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome",
          "word": "buffo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 5 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome",
          "word": "lascīvus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 5 1",
          "code": "lv",
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          "sense": "funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome",
          "word": "draisks"
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          "code": "lv",
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          "sense": "funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome",
          "word": "jautrs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 5 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "šégovit",
          "sense": "funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome",
          "word": "ше́говит"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 5 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "pálav",
          "sense": "funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome",
          "word": "па́лав"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 5 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome",
          "word": "żartobliwy"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 5 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome",
          "word": "divertido"
        },
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          "_dis1": "3 91 5 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "šutlívyj",
          "sense": "funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome",
          "word": "шутли́вый"
        },
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome",
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          "tags": [
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          "kind": "topical",
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          "text": "A brainteaser is a playful puzzle posed as a test of intelligence.",
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          "_dis1": "3 4 93 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "fun, recreational, not serious",
          "word": "hauska"
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        {
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "fun, recreational, not serious",
          "word": "viihdyttävä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 93 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "fun, recreational, not serious",
          "word": "lúdico"
        }
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          "text": "He was a rather playful artist.",
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      "glosses": [
        "experimental."
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpleɪfəl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪfəl"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪfʊl"
    },
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}
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    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Requests for review of Dutch translations",
    "Requests for review of German translations",
    "Requests for review of Irish translations",
    "Requests for review of Italian translations",
    "Requests for review of Norwegian translations",
    "Requests for review of Russian translations",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪfəl",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪfəl/2 syllables",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪfʊl",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪfʊl/2 syllables",
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    {
      "word": "playful as a kitten"
    },
    {
      "word": "playfully"
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      "name": "inh"
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      "form": "playfuller",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
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      "tags": [
        "comparative"
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    },
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      "form": "playfullest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
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    },
    {
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        "superlative"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Actually, we are pretty playful in our romantic life.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "liking play, prone to play frequently, such as a child or kitten; rather sportive."
      ],
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          "play",
          "play"
        ],
        [
          "sportive",
          "sportive"
        ]
      ]
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        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "John is a playful fellow.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "A party hat is a playful conical hat people wear at parties.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1961 October, “The winter timetables of British Railways: Southern Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 593",
          "text": "Why this already very fast train should be speeded up still further, when none of the other more easily timed S.R. West of England trains has a single minute pared from its schedule, is unexplained - unless this is a playful dig at the Western Region, most of whose expresses, by reason of additional stops, will be decelerated from the same date.",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome."
      ],
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          "funny"
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        [
          "humor",
          "humor"
        ],
        [
          "jest",
          "jest"
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        [
          "frolic",
          "frolic"
        ]
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        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "A brainteaser is a playful puzzle posed as a test of intelligence.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "fun, recreational, not serious."
      ],
      "links": [
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          "fun"
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          "recreational",
          "recreational"
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He was a rather playful artist.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "experimental."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "experimental",
          "experimental"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpleɪfəl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪfəl"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪfʊl"
    },
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "igriv",
      "sense": "liking or prone to play",
      "word": "игрив"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "liking or prone to play",
      "word": "enjogassat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "liking or prone to play",
      "word": "juganer"
    },
    {
      "code": "crh",
      "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
      "sense": "liking or prone to play",
      "word": "oynaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "liking or prone to play",
      "word": "hravý"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "liking or prone to play",
      "word": "petolema"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "liking or prone to play",
      "word": "leikkisä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "liking or prone to play",
      "word": "folâtre"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "liking or prone to play",
      "word": "enjoué"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "liking or prone to play",
      "word": "joueur"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "liking or prone to play",
      "word": "xoguetón"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "liking or prone to play",
      "word": "brincador"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "liking or prone to play",
      "word": "rebuldeiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "liking or prone to play",
      "word": "verspielt"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "paichnidiáris",
      "sense": "liking or prone to play",
      "word": "παιχνιδιάρης"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "paigniṓdēs",
      "sense": "liking or prone to play",
      "word": "παιγνιώδης"
    },
    {
      "code": "gn",
      "lang": "Guaraní",
      "sense": "liking or prone to play",
      "word": "saraki"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ohev misḥakim",
      "sense": "liking or prone to play",
      "word": "אוהב משחקים"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "mishta'shea",
      "sense": "liking or prone to play",
      "word": "משתעשע"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "mishtovev",
      "sense": "liking or prone to play",
      "word": "משתובב"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "liking or prone to play",
      "word": "mutkikas"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "liking or prone to play",
      "word": "giocherellone"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "liking or prone to play",
      "word": "giocondo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yūgiteki",
      "sense": "liking or prone to play",
      "word": "遊戯的"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "liking or prone to play",
      "word": "lūdibundus"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "liking or prone to play",
      "word": "draisks"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "liking or prone to play",
      "word": "jautrs"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ígriv",
      "sense": "liking or prone to play",
      "word": "и́грив"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "rázigran",
      "sense": "liking or prone to play",
      "word": "ра́зигран"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "liking or prone to play",
      "word": "pukutākaro"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "liking or prone to play",
      "word": "pūtakaro"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "liking or prone to play",
      "word": "brincalhão"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "igrívyj",
      "sense": "liking or prone to play",
      "word": "игри́вый"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "liking or prone to play",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "за̀игра̄н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "liking or prone to play",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "ра̏зигра̄н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "liking or prone to play",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "zàigrān"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "liking or prone to play",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "rȁzigrān"
    },
    {
      "code": "alt",
      "lang": "Southern Altai",
      "roman": "oyïnzak",
      "sense": "liking or prone to play",
      "word": "ойынзак"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "liking or prone to play",
      "word": "juguetón"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "liking or prone to play",
      "word": "lekfull"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "liking or prone to play",
      "word": "oyuncu"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "liking or prone to play",
      "word": "oyunbaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "shpilevdik",
      "sense": "liking or prone to play",
      "word": "שפּילעוודיק"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome",
      "word": "zarafatcıl"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "šegovit",
      "sense": "funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome",
      "word": "шеговит"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zakačliv",
      "sense": "funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome",
      "word": "закачлив"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome",
      "word": "ŝercema"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome",
      "word": "hauska"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "a'liz",
      "sense": "funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome",
      "word": "עליז"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "mesha'shea",
      "sense": "funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome",
      "word": "משעשע"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome",
      "word": "cleasach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome",
      "word": "divertente"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome",
      "word": "buffo"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome",
      "word": "lascīvus"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome",
      "word": "draisks"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome",
      "word": "jautrs"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "šégovit",
      "sense": "funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome",
      "word": "ше́говит"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pálav",
      "sense": "funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome",
      "word": "па́лав"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome",
      "word": "żartobliwy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome",
      "word": "divertido"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "šutlívyj",
      "sense": "funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome",
      "word": "шутли́вый"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "ра̏зигра̄н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "rȁzigrān"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome",
      "word": "divertido"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fun, recreational, not serious",
      "word": "hauska"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fun, recreational, not serious",
      "word": "viihdyttävä"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "fun, recreational, not serious",
      "word": "lúdico"
    }
  ],
  "word": "playful"
}

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