playoff

See also: play-off and play off

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Deverbal from play off; by surface analysis, play +‎ -off.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: play‧off

Noun

playoff (plural playoffs)

  1. A final game in a series needed to break a tie.
  2. (US) A short series of games to select a league champion.
  3. (UK) A short series of games to select the last team to be promoted (to elevate to a higher league).
    • 2023 May 27, Raj Singh Mahil, “EFL Championship playoff final result: Luton defeat Coventry on penalties to clinch Premier League promotion”, in THe Sporting News‎:

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Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English playoff.

Noun

playoff m pl (plural only)

  1. (sports) playoff

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English playoff.

Noun

playoff m (plural playoffs)

  1. Alternative form of play-off

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English playoff.

Pronunciation
 
  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /pleˈʝof/ [pleˈʝof]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /pleˈʃof/ [pleˈʃof]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /pleˈʒof/ [pleˈʒof]

  • Rhymes: -of

Noun

playoff m (plural playoffs)

  1. (sports) playoff
    Synonym: eliminatoria

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

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