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    playhouse

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    playhouse

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    playhouse

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    playhouse

    театр
    имя существительное:

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    playhouse

    [ˈpleɪhaus]

    playhouse театр (драматический)

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    playhouse

    [ʹpleıhaʋs]

    2. 1) игрушечный, кукольный домик

    3) специальный, отдельный домик для развлечений и отдыха

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    playhouse

    [‘pleɪhaʊs]

    1) Общая лексика: драматический театр, игрушечный домик, игрушечный, кукольный домик, кукольный домик, отдельный домик для развлечений и отдыха, специальный, отдельный домик для развлечений и отдыха, театр, театр , игровой дом

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    playhouse

    [`pleɪhaʊs]

    театр

    домик для игр; игрушечный домик

    Англо-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь > playhouse

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    playhouse

    noun

    театр (драматический)

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    (n) домик для игр; игрушечный домик; кукольный домик; отдельный домик для развлечений и отдыха; театр

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    1) театр 2) домик для игр; игрушечный домик

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    театр

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    1) театр (драматический)
    2) домик для игр (детский); игрушечный домик

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    playhouse

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    playhouse

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    playhouse

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    playhouse

    1. n театр

    2. n игрушечный, кукольный домик

    3. n амер. домик для игр

    4. n специальный, отдельный домик для развлечений и отдыха

    Синонимический ряд:

    movie house (noun) auditorium; cinema; film society; movie hall; movie house; movie theater

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    playhouse

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    Playhouse in the Park

    «Театр в парке» (в Цинциннати, штат Огайо). Ставит пьесы современных американских и европейских авторов, летом обычно мюзиклы

    США. Лингвострановедческий англо-русский словарь > Playhouse in the Park

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    Westwood Playhouse

    • Westwood Playhouse, The
    Театр «Уэствуд» в Лос-Анджелесе ( штат Калифорния)

    США. Лингвострановедческий англо-русский словарь > Westwood Playhouse

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    Dinner playhouse

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > Dinner playhouse

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  • playhouse — noun (C) 1 a word meaning a theatre used in its name: the Oxford Playhouse 2 a small structure like a little house for children to play in …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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Meaning of PLAYHOUSE in English

noun

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

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We saw «The Crucible» last night at the Berkshire Playhouse .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

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A playground and playhouse keep the tots happy while the teenagers have a ball with a whole host of absorbing activities.

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Boys and girls are apprentices to the professionals as they plan and build their own playhouse in the school grounds.

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In this playhouse of infinite forms I have had my play and here have I caught sight of him that is formless.

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It was the best playhouse in London, and soon the most famous.

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Make believe dinner is being cooked by a group of under 5 children in the playhouse .

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They need a playhouse of their own and more money for talent.

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We had a playhouse , up at the top of the fields.


Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary.

     Дополнительный английский словарь Longman DOCE5.
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: a small house for children to play in

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they’re renovating the old playhouse and adding extra screens

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Conceived as a playhouse for adults, Cara Delevingne’s 1940s white-brick home in Los Angeles is the stuff of design-world lore.


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The Cherry Lane Theatre was established as a playhouse in 1923, thanks to the theater artists Evelyn Vaughn, William Rainey, Reginald Travers and Edna St. Vincent Millay.


—Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Mar. 2023




The playhouse is at 11 S. Carlen Street.


—al, 5 Jan. 2023




For example, the guest house is orange, and the playhouse is purple.


—Dallas News, 16 Sep. 2022




The playhouse is at 291 Third Ave., Chula Vista.


—Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2021




With nearly 900 reviews and a 4.7-star rating, this playhouse is perfect for kids aged six to 12 months.


—Melissa Lee, USA TODAY, 25 June 2020


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First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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before the 12th century

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Hello, please what does the expression «to play house» mean?
I think that it’s not quite a good thing but it’s the title of a famous country song and i’m so curios about the correct meaning!
thanks

pizza:p

    • TrentinaNE


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    Children «play house» when they pretend to be adults, and enact the daily rituals they see their parents perform. (In this day of video entertainment, I’m not sure how prevalent «playing house» is, but it was common when I was a child!)

    However, in the context of the country song (which I’m not familiar with) it might refer to a couple who live together and «pretend» to have a marriage-like relationship, but who don’t really take it seriously. Just a guess! :)

    Elisabetta

    disegno


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    I concur with Elizabeth. To «play house» is an innocent thing. Whereas to «play doctor» might be a suggestive activity and perhaps not so innocent.

    ElaineG


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    What do you call that game in Italian?

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    ElaineG said:

    What do you call that game in Italian?

    «Giocare al dottore» probably. I presume that was the one you were interested in?!!!

    P.S. Giocare al dottore e all’infermiera might be the complete name of the game.

    ElaineG


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    Charles Costante said:

    «Giocare al dottore» probably. I presume that was the one you were interested in?!!!

    Wash your brain out with soap! I was remaining in topic and trying to ask about «playing house».

    (When I said younger men, I did not mean to imply 5 year olds, Charles!).

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    ElaineG said:

    What do you call that game in Italian?

    Well, well, well. Sta diventando un forum vietato ai minori…:D

    Giocare ai grandi o Giocare a fare i grandi.

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    Elisa68 said:

    Well, well, well. Sta diventando un forum vietato ai minori…:D

    Giocare ai grandi o Giocare a fare i grandi.

    Grazie Elisa. Sei veramente grande!!!! :D

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    Thanks to you all. «to play house» as a children’s innocent game could be traslated in Italian also with «giocare a mamma e papà» or «giocare alla famiglia».
    But in the song of Tammy Wynette it seems not to be such a good thing because she says «when my mummy played house my daddy said goodbye..».
    Perhaps I’m catty … but why should had he gone away if it’s only an innocent thing ?

    pizza

    please, mark my mistakes, because I really need to improve my English quickly!
    (I’m supposed to teach it to children, no kidding!)

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    I suppose it means that the man in the song didn’t like family ties nor being a husband and a daddy, so he ran away as things got demanding!

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    maybe you’re right! Not so inusual then..
    I’m really too catty…

    pizza

    • #12

    Thanks to you all. «To play house» as an innocent children’s game could be translated in Italian also with «giocare a mamma e papà» or «giocare alla famiglia».
    But in the song of Tammy Wynette it doesn’t seem to be such a good thing because she says «when my mummy played house my daddy said goodbye..».
    Perhaps I’m skeptical … but why would he have gone away if it’s only an innocent thing ?

    pizza

    Please, correct my mistakes, because I really need to improve my English quickly!
    (I’m supposed to teach it to children, no kidding!)

    pizza said:

    Maybe you’re right! Not so unusual then..
    I’m really too skeptical.
    pizza

    These are some of the lyrics of that song:

    I don’t wanna play house
    I know it can’t be fun
    I’ve watched mommy and daddy
    And if that’s the way it’s done
    (Repeat of first line)

    Rest of the lyrics here.

    I think the meaning is pretty straightforward by reading all the lyrics, but if you have any more queries pizza, please ask. By the way, I loooooooove pizza! :D

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    Thanks to you all. Grazie

    pizza:)

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    Hello to everybody!!!! how shall I translate into italian this sentence:
    «I told him I’m not going to play house. If I chose to play house I would play house ace.»
    The contest is that of marriage, the girl’s speaking doesn’t want to marry her boyfriend. But I don’t know how to translate «play house» and the word «ace».
    Thank you!

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    Play house maybe means «giocare a fare la casa»—>sposarsi tanto per sposarsi… ace … don’t have a clue!
    ciao
    alb
    p.s. Maybe:se devo sposarmi tanto per farlo, non mi sposo per niente!

    _forumuser_


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    Hello to everybody!!!! how shall I translate into italian this sentence:
    «I told him I’m not going to play house. If I chose to play house I would play house ace.»
    The contest is that of marriage, the girl’s speaking doesn’t want to marry her boyfriend. But I don’t know how to translate «play house» and the word «ace».
    Thank you!

    Io viste le informazioni che ci dai direi:

    Gli ho detto che non faro’ la brava mogliettina/casalinga. Se accettassi di metter su famiglia, il capo di casa sarei io.

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    Thank you for answering!!!! your responses are very useful!!

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    Well, well, well. Sta diventando un forum vietato ai minori…:D

    Giocare ai grandi o Giocare a fare i grandi.

    Io sono italiana, ma non ho mai sentito dire così… Forse dipende dalle zone d’Italia non so. Da noi se si giocava solo tra bambine si diceva «Giocare a mamma e figlia», se invece si giocava pure con i bambini (cosa che non accadeva quasi mai, tranne con i fratelli minori coinvolti loro malgrado) dicevamo «giocare a mamma e papà» oppure «giocare alla famiglia» :)
    Bello, imparo cose nuove anche sulla mia lingua :-D Grazie!

    • #19

    Se capisco bene la situazione grammaticamente, si dice «giocare a tennis, giocare a beisball» ma «giocare al dottore» (con L). Come si dice «to play store» nel contesto di un ragazzino che finge di vendere le cose e un’altro ragazzino che finge di comprarle? «Giocare a negozio»? «Giocare al negozio»? «Giocare a fare negozio»? «Giocare a fare negoziante e cliente»?

    • #20

    Se capisco bene la situazione grammaticamente, si dice «giocare a tennis, giocare a beisball» ma «giocare al dottore» (con L). Come si dice «to play store» nel contesto di un ragazzino che finge di vendere le cose e un’altro ragazzino che finge di comprarle? «Giocare a negozio»? «Giocare al negozio»? «Giocare a fare negozio»? «Giocare a fare negoziante e cliente»?

    Non credo che in italiano abbiamo un’espressione specifica per quel tipo di contesto…
    Per analogia con espressioni equivalenti ma riguardanti altri ambiti, si potrebbe dire giocare al negoziante e al cliente / giocare a «negoziante e cliente» (nel secondo caso usi una «a» semplice e non «al» perché è come se «negoziante e cliente» fosse il titolo del gioco).
    Le altre espressioni che suggerisci (Giocare a negozio / al negozio) secondo me suonano un po’ strane, invece.

    Mary49


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    Noi giocavamo a casetta, dicevamo proprio così, per play house

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    English[edit]

    Alternative forms[edit]

    • playhouse

    Etymology[edit]

    play +‎ house.

    Noun[edit]

    play house (plural play houses)

    1. A child’s toy domestic dwelling, either for dolls or large enough for the child to enter.
      Synonyms: (for dolls): doll’s house, (for children): cubby house, toyhouse, Wendy house
      Hypernyms: toy, house

    Translations[edit]

    Verb[edit]

    play house (third-person singular simple present plays house, present participle playing house, simple past and past participle played house)

    1. (children’s games) To pretend to be a family in the household, acting out housekeeping and different family roles.

      They can keep all their things there and play house in their own way.

    2. To live as if married without actually being legally married.

      • 1981, Emily Toth, Inside Peyton Place: the life of Grace Metalious, page 209:

        Though she flaunted her affair with TJ, Grace never admitted in print that she and George had “played house” before their marriage. Instead, she claimed they were married in 1942

      • 2009, Fisher Ellie Slott, Mom There’s a Man in the Kitchen and He’s Wearing Your Robe:

        Playing House Instead / There are times you may find it more appropriate to live with someone rather than rush into marriage.

      • 2010, Kim Stafford, Damage, page 122:

        I really don’t like you playing house with the kids around. I don’t want the kids to think that it’s okay to live together without commitment.

    Translations[edit]

    to act out family roles

    • Chinese:
      Mandarin: 玩過家家／玩过家家 (wán guòjiājiā)
    • Finnish: leikkiä kotia
    • French: jouer au papa et à la maman (fr)
    • German: Vater-Mutter-Kind spielen (literally “to play father-mother-child”)
    • Japanese: ままごとをする (mamagoto o suru)

    to live unmarried as if being married

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