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Playboy

Playboy

See also: playboy and play-boy

English

Proper noun

Playboy

  1. A brand of adult magazines introduced in the United States.

Derived terms

  • Playboy bunny

Translations

Noun

Playboy (plural Playboys)

  1. A Playboy magazine.

Adjective

Playboy (comparative more Playboy, superlative most Playboy)

  1. Pertaining to a hedonistic philosophy and idealized women with exaggerated sexual characteristics.
    • 1998, Jackie Collins, Power, page 34
      "More Playboy than us." Salli giggled. "I know. Only joking. I've been on Playboy's cover three times. They adore me." She giggled again.
    • 2001, Jesse Ventura, Do I Stand Alone?: Going to the Mat Against Political Pawns and Media Jackals, page 31
      And when you take a Playboy interview, where they pump sound bites into the media, it all sounds much harsher than you intended.
    • 2004, Inman Majors, Wonderdog, page 180
      And ready to do something for the state too. / Do what? / Lead it, says Shade. / He couldn't lead a frat house across the street to the Playboy mansion.
    • a. 2006, Timothy 'Speed' Levitch, "Wall Street: The Story of What Happened to Our Intimacy", in Alan Kaufman, The Outlaw Bible of American Essays, page 48
      There is more history of New York City in a Playboy centerfold than in the entire Encyclopedia of New York or any other academic study of the place.

playboy

playboy

See also: play-boy and Playboy

English

Noun

playboy (plural playboys)

  1. A man who does not work, but devotes himself to a life of leisure and pleasure, often sexual, without commitments or responsibilities.

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Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈple̞ibo̞i/

Noun

playboy

  1. playboy

Declension

Inflection of playboy (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)
nominative playboy playboyt
genitive playboyn playboyiden
playboyitten
partitive playboyta playboyita
illative playboyhin
playboyhyn
playboyihin
singular plural
nominative playboy playboyt
accusative nom. playboy playboyt
gen. playboyn
genitive playboyn playboyiden
playboyitten
partitive playboyta playboyita
inessive playboyssa playboyissa
elative playboysta playboyista
illative playboyhin
playboyhyn
playboyihin
adessive playboylla playboyilla
ablative playboylta playboyilta
allative playboylle playboyille
essive playboyna playboyina
translative playboyksi playboyiksi
instructive playboyin
abessive playboytta playboyitta
comitative playboyineen

French

Noun

playboy m (plural playboys)

  1. Alternative spelling of play-boy

Usage notes

This spelling was a product of the 1990 French spelling reforms.


Portuguese

Noun

playboy m (plural playboys)

  1. playboy (man who devotes himself to pleasure)
  2. (Brazil, slang) a rich person

Spanish

Noun

playboy m (plural playboys)

  1. playboy