"playmate" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: playmates [plural]
Etymology: From play + mate. Compare earlier playfeer (“playmate”) of similar construction. Etymology templates: {{com|en|play|mate}} play + mate, {{m|en|playfeer|t=playmate}} playfeer (“playmate”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} playmate (plural playmates)
  1. A companion for someone (especially a child) to play with. Categories (topical): Pornography Synonyms (companion for playing): playfellow Translations (companion to play with): kakawat (Bikol Central), ᏗᎾᏁᎶᎲᏍᎩ (dinanelohvsgi) (Cherokee), 玩伴 (wánbàn) (Chinese Mandarin), legekammerat [common-gender] (Danish), leikkitoveri (Finnish), leikkikaveri (Finnish), compagnon de jeux (French), Spielgefährte [masculine] (German), Spielkamerad [masculine] (German), játszótárs (Hungarian), compagno/a di giochi (Italian), kakialung (Kapampangan), kakyalung (Kapampangan), collūsor [masculine] (Latin), congerrō [masculine] (Latin), lekekamerat [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), tovarăș de joacă [masculine] (Romanian), това́рищ по играм (továrišč po igram) [masculine] (Russian), lekkamrat [common-gender] (Swedish), kalaro (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-playmate-en-noun-WCrbC3qx Disambiguation of Pornography: 56 29 15 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 50 7 Disambiguation of 'companion for playing': 64 19 17 Disambiguation of 'companion to play with': 86 6 8
  2. A female who has appeared as the centerfold in Playboy magazine. Categories (topical): People Translations (woman who has appeared in Playboy magazine): Playmate (Finnish), playmate [feminine] (French), Playmate [neuter] (German), playmate (Hungarian), playmate (Italian), playmate [feminine] (Portuguese), playmate [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-playmate-en-noun-uuvbuvFX Disambiguation of People: 43 57 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 50 7 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 32 63 5 Disambiguation of 'woman who has appeared in Playboy magazine': 4 90 6
  3. (euphemistic) A person's lover. Tags: euphemistic Translations (someone's lover): leikkitoveri (Finnish), leikkikaveri (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-playmate-en-noun-quylRtsy Categories (other): English euphemisms Disambiguation of "someone's lover": 0 5 95

Inflected forms

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