Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

playhouse

/ˈpleɪhaʊs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.21 in modern English

Syllables: play-house
IPA: /ˈpleɪhaʊs/

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A venue for performing plays.

noun

Alternative form of play house (“child's toy domestic dwelling”).

Etymology

From Middle English *pleyhous, possibly continuing Old English pleġhūs (“playhouse, theatre”). By surface analysis, play + house. Compare Dutch speelhuis, German Spielhaus.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: *pleyhous, pleġhūs

Inflected Forms

playhouses (plural)

Synonyms

theater wendy house

Questions

How do you pronounce playhouse?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpleɪhaʊs/.
What does playhouse mean?: A venue for performing plays.
Where does playhouse come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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