playground

English

Etymology

From play +‎ ground. Compare Middle English playstede (“playground”) from Old English pleġstede.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpleɪɡɹaʊnd/
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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.

The local council have set up a new playground, equipped with slides, swings, and a climbing wall.
(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.
(programming) A sandbox for testing calls to an application programming interface.

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Translations

large open space to play on, usually for children

Arabic: مَلْعَب أَطْفَال m (malʕab ʔaṭfāl)
Armenian: խաղահրապարակ (hy) (xaġahraparak)
Azerbaijani: uşaq meydançası
Basque: jolas parkea sg, jolastoki sg
Belarusian: дзіця́чая пляцо́ўка f (dzicjáčaja pljacóŭka), дзетпляцо́ўка f (dzjetpljacóŭka)
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
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), बाज़ीचा (bāzīcā)
Hungarian: játszótér (hu)
Icelandic: leikvöllur (is) m
Italian: parco giochi m, parco gioco m, parco (it) m
Japanese: 遊び場 (ja) (あそびば, asobiba)
Khmer: វិហារដ្ឋាន (vihaaratthaan)
Korean: 놀이터 (ko) (noriteo)
Lao: ສະໜາມເດັກຫຼິ້ນ (sa nām dek lin)
Macedonian: игралиште n (igralište)
Maori: papa tākaro
Norwegian:
Bokmål: lekeplass (no) m, leikeplass m

Nynorsk: leikeplass m
Persian: زمین بازی (zamin-e bâzi)
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)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ѝгралӣште n

Roman: ìgralīšte (sh) n
Slovak: ihrisko n, detské ihrisko n
Slovene: igrišče (sl) n
Spanish: parque infantil m, espacio de recreación m, zona de juegos f
Swahili: kiwanja (sw)
Swedish: lekplats (sv) c
Tagalog: palaruan
Thai: สนามเด็กเล่น (sà-nǎam-dèk-lên)
Turkish: oyun alanı (tr), oyun sahası (tr)
Tuvan: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: дитячий майда́нчик m (dytjačyj majdánčyk), дитмайда́нчик m (dytmajdánčyk)
Vietnamese: sân chơi (vi)
Welsh: buarth chwarae m

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
Maori: papa tākaro
Norwegian: 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
Swedish: skolgård (sv) c
Tagalog: palaruan
Thai: สนามเด็กเล่น (sà-nǎam-dèk-lên)
Turkish: okul bahçesi

small area for children

Basque: haur parkea sg
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: lekeplass (no) m
Portuguese: parque infantil (pt) m, playground (pt) m (Brazil), parquinho (Brazil)
Russian: де́тская площа́дка (ru) f (détskaja ploščádka)
Serbo-Croatian: ìgralīšte (sh) n
Spanish: juegos infantiles m, parque infantil m, área de juego infantil m or f pl
Swedish: lekplats (sv) c, lekpark (sv) c
Thai: สนามเด็กเล่น (sà-nǎam-dèk-lên)
Turkish: oyun alanı (tr), oyun sahası (tr)

space to do what one pleases

Bulgarian: игрище (bg) n (igrište)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 游樂園／游乐园 (yóulèyuán), 遊樂場／游乐场 (zh) (yóulèchǎng)
Danish: tumleplads c, sandkasse (da) c
Dutch: speelterrein (nl) n
Finnish: leikkikenttä (fi), temmellyskenttä (fi)
German: Spielwiese (de) f
Greek: παιδική χαρά (el) f (paidikí chará)
Macedonian: игралиште n (igralište)
Portuguese: playground (pt) m (Brazil)
Russian: игрова́я площа́дка f (igrovája ploščádka)
Serbo-Croatian: ѝгралӣште n, ìgralīšte (sh) n
Spanish: campo libre m
Swedish: lekplats (sv) c
Turkish: deneme tahtası (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

French: ^{(please verify)} cour de récréation
Italian: ^{(please verify)} campo giochi

References

Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “playground”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English playground.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌplej.ˈɡɾaw̃d͡ʒ/

Noun

playground m (plural playgrounds)

(Brazil) playground (open-air space where the children can play)
(Brazil, by extension) playground (space to do what one pleases)

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[1] Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “playground”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.