player
One that playsOne that plays.: One who plays any game or sport.
» He is a good tennis player.
Er ist ein guter Tennisspieler.
Он хороший теннисист.
Він хороший тенісист.
Він добре грає в теніс.
Meaning
12 sensesOne that plays.
One who plays any game or sport.
He is a player for the Australian team.
Spieler, Spielerin
игро́кigrók, игра́ющийigrájuščij, игра́ющаяigrájuščaja
граве́цьhravécʹ, грачhrač, грецьhrecʹ
someone who plays a music as a profession
An actor in a dramatic play.
Schauspieler, Spieler
актёрaktjór, актри́саaktrísa, арти́стartíst
One who plays on a musical instrument.
Spieler
музыка́нтmuzykánt, исполни́тельispolnítelʹ
A gamer; a person of video games or similar.
He is an avid Minecraft player.
Spieler, Gamer
A gambler.
(historical)A mechanism that actuates a player piano or other automatic musical instrument.
Vorsetzer
An electronic device that plays audio or video media.
Is your CD player broken, or is this one disc damaged?
Spieler, Abspieler, Abspielgerät
пле́ерpléjer, прои́грывательproígryvatelʹ
пле́єрpléjer, програва́чprohraváč
A software application that plays audio or video media, such as a media player.
Player, Spieler
прои́грывательproígryvatelʹ, пле́ерpléjer
пле́єрpléjer
One who is playful; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler.
Spielkind
безде́льникbezdélʹnik, лентя́йlentjáj
A participant; one involved in something.
He thought he could become a player, at least at the state level.
a major player in the direct banking sector
Player, Akteur
A participant; one involved in something.
One who participates in a particular type of sexual play.
a person who participates in or is skilled at some game
(informal)A person who plays the field rather than having a long-term sexual relationship.
Spieler, Aufreißer, Frauenheld
игро́кigrók, ба́бникbábnik, кобе́льkobélʹ
граве́цьhravécʹ
a person who pursues a number of different social and sexual partners simultaneously
Examples
1523 sentencesHe is a good tennis player.
Він хороший тенісист.
ruОн хороший теннисист.
deEr ist ein guter Tennisspieler.
He may become a baseball player.
Він, мабуть, стане бейсболістом.
ruОн, может быть, станет бейсболистом.
He is a famous baseball player.
Він знаменитий бейсболіст.
She is a good tennis player.
Вона добре грає в теніс.
ruОна хорошо играет в теннис.
deSie ist eine gute Tennisspielerin.
Tom is an excellent cricket player.
Том — добрий гравець у крикет.
ruТом — отличный игрок в крикет.
deTom ist ein hervorragender Kricketspieler.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
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Origin
From Middle English pleyer, playere, from Old English pleġere (“player, athlete, wrestler”From Middle English pleyer, playere, from Old English pleġere (“player, athlete, wrestler”), from Proto-West Germanic *plegārī. Equivalent to play + -er.
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Forms
plural: playersSynonyms
29 synonyms- a person who participates in or is skilled at some game:participant
- someone who takes part in an activity:participant
- a theatrical performer:actorhistrionthespianrole player
- someone who plays a music as a profession:musicianinstrumentalist
Word family
76 related wordsCollocations
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