pleyer
Middle English
/ˈplɛi̯ər/
noun
Definitions
- One who makes entertainment for themselves:
- One who provides entertainment e.g. songs, dance, music:
Etymology
Inherited from Old English pleġere (wrestler, athlete, player) affix from Middle English pleyen (play).
Origin
Middle English
pleyen
Gloss
play
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
📽️ 🎴
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ball player English
- cardplayer English
- coplayer English
- flute-player English
- gameplayer English
- gamesplayer English
- horseplayer English
- interplayer English
- multiplayer English
- nonplayer English
- play English
- player English
- playerbase English
- playeress English
- playerhood English
- playerish English
- playerless English
- playersexual English
- playership English
- roleplayer English
- singleplayer English
- stageplayer English
- superplayer English
- плеер Russian
- player Portuguese
- pleġan Old English
- pleġere Old English
- playing Middle English
- plaȝen Middle English
- pleye Middle English
- pleyen Middle English
- 플레이어 Korean
- pilaia Tok Pisin