playboy
French, noun\plɛ.bɔj\
playboy is spelled P-L-A-Y-B-O-Y (7 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written French, the 24,887th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Playboy is a French masculine noun meaning “post-1990 spelling of play-boy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Homme riche et oisif qui se consacre aux plaisirs et à la séduction”.
What does playboy mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepost-1990 spelling of play-boy
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Homme riche et oisif qui se consacre aux plaisirs et à la séduction.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of playboy
- playboys plural
- play-boy
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce playboy?
- \plɛ.bɔj\
- [ple.bɔj]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to playboy
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is playboy in French?
playboy appears 1.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).