"pleyere" meaning in Middle English

See pleyere in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈplæi̯ər(ə)/ Forms: pleyeres [plural], plaier [alternative], player [alternative], playere [alternative], pleyer [alternative], pleyar [alternative], pleyare [alternative], plaer [alternative, Northern], playare [alternative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *plegō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-West Germanic *-ōn Proto-West Germanic *plegōn Old English plegian Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-os? Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-so- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós Proto-Italic *-āsijos Proto-Italic *-āsios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Old English pleġere Middle English pleyere From Old English pleġere; equivalent to pleyen (“to play”) + -ere (suffix forming agent nouns). Etymology templates: {{ety|enm|:inh|ang:pleġere|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *plegō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-West Germanic *-ōn Proto-West Germanic *plegōn Old English plegian Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-os? Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-so- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós Proto-Italic *-āsijos Proto-Italic *-āsios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. 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Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-so- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós Proto-Italic *-āsijos Proto-Italic *-āsios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Old English pleġere Middle English pleyere Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|var=}} pleyere, {{enm-noun}} pleyere (plural pleyeres)
  1. One who makes entertainment for themself:
    One who participates in a game or sport; a player.
    Sense id: en-pleyere-enm-noun-Z0WN-B26 Categories (other): Entertainment, Games, Occupations, People, Sports Disambiguation of Entertainment: 18 18 18 24 24 Disambiguation of Games: 20 23 17 18 22 Disambiguation of Occupations: 21 21 21 16 21 Disambiguation of People: 21 21 21 19 18 Disambiguation of Sports: 42 10 12 12 24
  2. One who makes entertainment for themself:
    One who gambles or bets on a game.
    Sense id: en-pleyere-enm-noun-xXVEoeP8 Categories (other): Entertainment, Gambling, Games, Occupations, People Disambiguation of Entertainment: 18 18 18 24 24 Disambiguation of Gambling: 18 30 18 17 17 Disambiguation of Games: 20 23 17 18 22 Disambiguation of Occupations: 21 21 21 16 21 Disambiguation of People: 21 21 21 19 18
  3. One who makes entertainment for themself:
    A participant in festivities or revelry.
    Sense id: en-pleyere-enm-noun-RNfU9Jli Categories (other): Entertainment, Games, Occupations, People Disambiguation of Entertainment: 18 18 18 24 24 Disambiguation of Games: 20 23 17 18 22 Disambiguation of Occupations: 21 21 21 16 21 Disambiguation of People: 21 21 21 19 18
  4. One who provides entertainment (e.g. songs, dance, music):
    Sense id: en-pleyere-enm-noun-wwCYS-v4 Categories (other): Entertainment, Games, Occupations, People Disambiguation of Entertainment: 18 18 18 24 24 Disambiguation of Games: 20 23 17 18 22 Disambiguation of Occupations: 21 21 21 16 21 Disambiguation of People: 21 21 21 19 18
  5. One who provides entertainment (e.g. songs, dance, music):
    An actor; a performer in a play (stage show).
    Sense id: en-pleyere-enm-noun-8n~A8YTt Categories (other): Middle English entries with etymology trees, Middle English entries with etymon, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -ere (agentive), Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Entertainment, Games, Musicians, Occupations, People, Theater Disambiguation of Middle English entries with etymology trees: 19 18 18 17 29 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with etymon: 19 19 19 17 26 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 17 17 18 16 31 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -ere (agentive): 18 18 20 17 27 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 19 18 19 17 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 9 25 9 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 17 20 15 31 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 17 16 17 15 37 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 17 16 17 15 35 Disambiguation of Entertainment: 18 18 18 24 24 Disambiguation of Games: 20 23 17 18 22 Disambiguation of Musicians: 13 12 16 14 45 Disambiguation of Occupations: 21 21 21 16 21 Disambiguation of People: 21 21 21 19 18 Disambiguation of Theater: 16 9 20 9 46

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "pt",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
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        }
      ],
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      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "player"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "player"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle Scots",
      "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
      "word": "playar"
    }
  ],
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      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/plegō#Proto-West_Germanic:_exercise"
    ],
    [
      "*-h₂",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-h₂#Proto-Indo-European:_collective_nouns"
    ],
    [
      "*-éh₂",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-éh₂#Proto-Indo-European:_collective_nouns"
    ],
    [
      "*-yéti",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-yéti#Proto-Indo-European:_intransitive_verbs"
    ],
    [
      "*-eh₂yéti",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-eh₂yéti#Proto-Indo-European:_suf"
    ],
    [
      "*-h₂ti",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-h₂ti#Proto-Indo-European:_factitive_verb"
    ],
    [
      "*-ōną",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-ōną"
    ],
    [
      "*-ōn",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-ōn#Proto-West_Germanic:_denominative"
    ],
    [
      "*plegōn",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/plegōn"
    ],
    [
      "plegian",
      "plegian#Old_English"
    ],
    [
      "*-eh₂",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-eh₂"
    ],
    [
      "*-os",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-os#Proto-Indo-European:_athematic"
    ],
    [
      "*-yós",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-yós#Proto-Indo-European:_suffix"
    ],
    [
      "*-āsios",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/-āsios#Proto-Italic:_adjective"
    ],
    [
      "-ārius",
      "-arius#Latin:_adjective"
    ],
    [
      "-ārius",
      "-arius#Latin:_agent_noun"
    ],
    [
      "*-ārijaz",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-ārijaz#Proto-Germanic:_noun"
    ],
    [
      "*-ārī",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-ārī#Proto-West_Germanic:_agent_suffix"
    ],
    [
      "-ere",
      "-ere#Old_English"
    ],
    [
      "pleġere",
      "plegere#Old_English"
    ],
    [
      "pleġere",
      "plegere#Old_English"
    ],
    [
      "pleyen",
      "pleyen#Middle_English:_play"
    ],
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      "-ere#Middle_English:_agentive"
    ]
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    {
      "form": "pleyeres",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plaier",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "player",
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        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "playere",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pleyer",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pleyar",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pleyare",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plaer",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Northern"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "playare",
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        "alternative"
      ]
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
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        "sort": "",
        "var": ""
      },
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  "lang_code": "enm",
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      "categories": [
        {
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        ],
        [
          "game",
          "game"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "One who makes entertainment for themself:",
        "A participant in festivities or revelry."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "entertainment",
          "entertainment"
        ],
        [
          "themself",
          "themself"
        ],
        [
          "festivities",
          "festivity"
        ],
        [
          "revelry",
          "revelry"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "One who provides entertainment (e.g. songs, dance, music)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "entertainment",
          "entertainment"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "One who provides entertainment (e.g. songs, dance, music):"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "One who provides entertainment (e.g. songs, dance, music):",
        "An actor; a performer in a play (stage show)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "entertainment",
          "entertainment"
        ],
        [
          "actor",
          "actor"
        ],
        [
          "performer",
          "performer"
        ],
        [
          "play",
          "play"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈplæi̯ər(ə)/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pleyere"
}

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