different between playground vs macedonia

English

Etymology

From play +? ground. Compare Middle English playstede, playstude (“playground”) from Old English plæ?stede (“playground”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ple???a?nd/

Noun

playground (plural playgrounds)

1. (outdoors) A large open space for children to play on, usually having dedicated play equipment (such as swings and slides). [1780]
2. (figuratively) Any physical or metaphysical space in which a person or organization has free rein to do as they please.

   The exclusive tropical island was a millionaire's playground.

Related terms

• playfield
• playhouse
• playland
• playpen
• playroom
• playstead

Translations

References

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?plej.???aw?d??/

Noun

playground m (plural playgrounds)

1. playground (open-air space where the children can play)
2. (by extension) playground (space to do what one pleases)

English

Noun

macedonia (plural macedonias)

1. (cooking) Alternative form of macédoine
   • 1991, New York Magazine (volume 24, number 50, page 94)

     Try the whole filet mignon, roast duckling, green lasagna, choucroute garni, Cornish hens, and the macedonia of fruit made each day.

Anagrams

• daemoniac, dæmoniac

Italian

Etymology

From Macedonia, probably referring to the great ethnic variety that distinguished that region.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.t??e?d?.nja/

Noun

macedonia f (plural macedonie)

1. (cooking) fruit salad (often tinned)
2. (figuratively) a mixture of heterogeneous elements; a mishmash, medley

Derived terms

• parola macedonia (“portmanteau word”)

Further reading

• Macedonia di frutta on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

Anagrams

• demoniaca, emaciando

Spanish

Etymology

The sense “fruit salad” via French macédoine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ma?e?donja/, [ma.?e?ð?o.nja]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /mase?donja/, [ma.se?ð?o.nja]

Noun

macedonia f (plural macedonias)

1. fruit salad
2. female equivalent of macedonio

Adjective

macedonia

1. feminine singular of macedonio

Further reading

• “macedonio” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.