playsuit

play·suit

P p

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [pley-soot]
- /ˈpleɪˌsut/
- /ˈpleɪ.suːt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [pley-soot]
- /ˈpleɪˌsut/

Definitions of playsuit word

noun playsuit a sports costume for women and children, usually consisting of shorts and a shirt, worn as beachwear, for tennis, etc. 1
noun playsuit a woman's or child's outfit, usually comprising shorts and a top 0
noun playsuit a woman's or child's outfit for sports or play, consisting usually of shorts or pants and a shirt 0

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Origin of playsuit

First appearance:

before 1905

One of the 15% newest English words

First recorded in 1905-10; play + suit

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Parts of speech for Playsuit

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Playsuit

playsuit popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 54% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

playsuit usage trend in Literature

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