English
Etymology
From play + ground. Compare Middle English playstede (“playground”) from Old English pleġstede.
Pronunciation
Noun
playground (plural playgrounds)
- (outdoors) A large open space for children to play in, usually having dedicated play equipment (such as swings and slides). [1780[1]]
The kids have to go to the playground during recess, no matter the weather.
2025 October 15, Vitali Vitaliev, “The recipe for Swiss bliss”, in RAIL, number 1046, page 68:Where else in the world can you pre-order sushi and fondue on some of the trains, travel in family carriages equipped with mini-playgrounds, or use a request stop button at some small stations? Where else can you hear the announcement: "The train at Platform 4 is ten minutes late due to an incident in another country," as I did once at the Swiss station of Spiez?
- (figuratively) Any physical or metaphysical space in which a person or organization has free rein to do as they please.
The exclusive tropical island was a millionaire's playground.
1955 July, M. D. Greville, “To the Valdres by Rail”, in Railway Magazine, pages 457-458:Kjelsås (six miles) marks the end of the suburbs, and the line immediately plunges into Nordmarka. This vast untamed area of forest and mountain (much of it over 2,000 ft. above sea level), interspersed with innumerable lakes, large and small, is known as Oslo's playground.
- (programming) A sandbox for testing calls to an application programming interface.
Derived terms
Translations
large open space to play on, usually for children
- Albanian: shesh lojërash m
- Arabic: مَلْعَب أَطْفَال m (malʕab ʔaṭfāl)
- Armenian: խաղահրապարակ (hy) (xaġahraparak)
- Azerbaijani: uşaq meydançası
- Basque: jolas parkea sg, jolastoki sg
- Belarusian: дзіця́чая пляцо́ўка f (dzicjáčaja pljacówka), дзетпляцо́ўка f (dzjetpljacówka)
- Bulgarian: де́тска площа́дка f (détska ploštádka), игри́ще (bg) n (igríšte)
- Burmese: ကစားကွင်း (my) (ka.ca:kwang:)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 操場 / 操场 (zh) (cāochǎng), 遊樂園 / 游乐园 (zh) (yóulèyuán), 遊樂場 / 游乐场 (zh) (yóulèchǎng)
- Czech: hřiště (cs) n, dětské hřiště n
- Danish: legeplads (da) c, åbent område n
- Dutch: speelplein (nl) n, speelterrein (nl) n, speeltuin (nl) m
- Esperanto: ludejo
- Estonian: mänguväljak
- Finnish: leikkikenttä (fi), leikkipuisto (fi)
- French: terrain de jeu (fr) m, aire de jeux (fr) f, plaine de jeux f
- Georgian: სათამაშო მოედანი (satamašo moedani)
- German: Spielwiese (de) f, Spielplatz (de) m, Kinderspielplatz (de) m
- Greek: παιχνιδότοπος m (paichnidótopos), παιδική χαρά (el) f (paidikí chará), παιδότοπος (el) m (paidótopos)
- Hebrew: גן שעשועים m (gan sha'ashuím), מגרש משחקים m (migrásh misẖaqím)
- Hindi: खेल का मैदान (khel kā maidān), क्रीड़ास्थल m (krīṛāsthal)
- Hungarian: játszótér (hu)
- Icelandic: leikvöllur (is) m, róló m or n, róluvöllur m
- Italian: parco giochi (it) m, parco gioco m, parco (it) m
- Japanese: 遊び場 (ja) (あそびば, asobiba)
- Kazakh: балалар алаңы (balalar alañy), ойын алаңы (oiyn alañy)
- Khmer: វិហារដ្ឋាន (vihaaratthaan)
- Korean: 놀이터 (ko) (noriteo)
- Kyrgyz: балдар аянтчасы (baldar ayantcası), оюн аянтчасы (oyun ayantcası)
- Lao: ສະໜາມເດັກຫຼິ້ນ (sa nām dek lin)
- Latvian: rotaļlaukums m
- Lithuanian: žaidimų aikštelė f
- Macedonian: игралиште n (igralište)
- Malay: taman permainan
- Māori: papa tākaro
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: lekeplass (no) m, leikeplass m
- Nynorsk: leikeplass m
- Persian:
- Iranian Persian: زَمینِ بازی (zamin-e bâzi), تَفْریحْگاه (tafrihgâh), مُحَوَّطِهٔ بازی کودَکان (mohavvate-ye bâzi kudakân)
- Plautdietsch: Spälplauz m
- Polish: plac zabaw (pl) m
- Portuguese: parque infantil (pt) m, parquinho m (Brazil)
- Romanian: teren de joc n, loc de joacă n
- Russian: де́тская площа́дка (ru) f (détskaja ploščádka), детплоща́дка (ru) f (detploščádka), игровая площадка f (igrovaja ploščadka)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ѝгралӣште n
- Latin: ìgralīšte (sh) n
- Sicilian: parcu-joca m, chiazza (scn) f
- Slovak: ihrisko n, detské ihrisko n
- Slovene: igrišče (sl) n
- Spanish: parque infantil m, espacio de recreación m, zona de juegos f, zona lúdica f
- Swahili: kiwanja (sw)
- Swedish: lekplats (sv) c, lekpark (sv) c
- Tagalog: palaruan
- Tajik: майдончаи бачагон (maydonča-yi bačagon), майдончаи бозӣ (maydonča-yi bozi)
- Thai: สนามเด็กเล่น (sà-nǎam-dèk-lên)
- Turkish: oyun alanı (tr), oyun sahası (tr)
- Turkmen: oýun meýdançasy
- Tuvan: please add this translation if you can
- Ukrainian: дитя́чий майда́нчик m (dytjáčyj majdánčyk), дитмайда́нчик m (dytmajdánčyk)
- Urdu: بازی گاہ f (bāzī gāh), تَفْرِیح گاہ f (tafrīh gāh), کھیل کا مَیدان m (khel kā maidān), بازیچہ (ur) (bāzīca), بازیچہ اطفال (bāzīca-e-atfāl), بازیچہ طفلاں (bāzīca-e-tiflā̃)
- Uzbek: bolalar maydonchasi, oʻyin maydonchasi
- Vietnamese: sân chơi (vi)
- Welsh: buarth chwarae m
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open-air space on a school campus where the children can play
- Basque: jolastoki sg
- Bulgarian: двор (bg) m (dvor)
- Catalan: pati d'escola m, pati escolar m, pati d'esbarjo m, pati (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 操場 / 操场 (zh) (cāochǎng), 游樂園 / 游乐园 (yóulèyuán), 遊樂場 / 游乐场 (zh) (yóulèchǎng)
- Dutch: speelplein (nl) n, speelplaats (nl)
- Finnish: leikkipaikka, leikkikenttä (fi), leikkipuisto (fi)
- French: cour de récréation (fr) f, cour de récré (fr) f
- German: Schulhof (de) m
- Greek: αυλή (el) f (avlí)
- Icelandic: leikvöllur (is) m
- Māori: papa tākaro
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: skolegård m
- Plautdietsch: Spälplauz m
- Portuguese: playground (pt) m (Brazil), recreio (pt) m (Portugal)
- Russian: шко́льный двор (ru) m (škólʹnyj dvor)
- Spanish: patio de recreo m, patio de colegio m, patio escolar m, patio (es) m, patio recreativo m
- Swedish: skolgård (sv) c
- Tagalog: palaruan
- Thai: สนามเด็กเล่น (sà-nǎam-dèk-lên)
- Turkish: okul bahçesi
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small area for children
- Basque: haur parkea sg
- Bulgarian: детска площадка f (detska ploštadka)
- Catalan: parc infantil m, àrea de joc infantil f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 操場 / 操场 (zh) (cāochǎng), 游樂園 / 游乐园 (yóulèyuán), 遊樂場 / 游乐场 (zh) (yóulèchǎng)
- Czech: hřiště (cs) n
- Danish: legeplads (da) c, sandkasse (da) c
- Dutch: speeltuin (nl) f, speelterrein (nl) n
- Finnish: leikkipaikka
- German: Spielplatz (de) m
- Greek: παιδότοπος (el) m (paidótopos), παιδική χαρά (el) f (paidikí chará)
- Macedonian: игралиште n (igralište)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: lekeplass (no) m
- Portuguese: parque infantil (pt) m, playground (pt) m (Brazil), parquinho (Brazil)
- Russian: де́тская площа́дка (ru) f (détskaja ploščádka)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ѝгралӣште n
- Latin: ìgralīšte (sh) n
- Spanish: juegos infantiles m, parque infantil m, área de juego infantil m, área lúdico m
- Swedish: lekplats (sv) c, lekpark (sv) c
- Thai: สนามเด็กเล่น (sà-nǎam-dèk-lên)
- Turkish: oyun alanı (tr), oyun sahası (tr)
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space to do what one pleases
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Translations to be checked
References
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English playground.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ple(j).ɡɾa.ũˈd͡ʒi/ [ple(ɪ̯).ɡɾa.ũˈd͡ʒi]
Noun
playground m (plural playgrounds) (Brazil)
- playground (open-air space where the children can play)
- Synonym: parque infantil
- (by extension) playground (space to do what one pleases)
- Synonym: recreio (Portugal)
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