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play

Pronunciation: /pleɪ/

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French translation of play

A. n

  • 3 [Sport] (game) partie (f) out of play/in play [ball] = hors jeu/en jeu

B. vtr

  • 1 jouer à [game, cards]; jouer [card] to play hide and seek = jouer à cache-cache to play a joke on sb = jouer un tour à qn
  • 2 jouer de [instrument]; jouer [tune, symphony, chord]; jouer à [venue]

C. vi

Idioms

to play for time

essayer de gagner du temps

Phrasal verbs

play along

to play along with sb = entrer dans le jeu de qn

play down

minimiser [effects, disaster]

play out

vivre [fantasy]

play up

(colloq)
[computer, person] faire des siennes (fam)

play in other Oxford dictionaries

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