playboy

n.
A man who is devoted to the pursuit of pleasurable activities.

n

Definition: man who attempts sexual exploits
Antonyms: playgirl

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Playboy, legendary men's magazine launched by Hugh Hefner (b. 1926) in November 1953, with Marilyn Monroe (clothed) on the cover, and a 1948 nude photograph of her by Tom Kelley (b. 1914) as the first of its celebrated centrefolds. Playboy evolved an antirepressive, hedonistic philosophy, its graphic and photographic images seeking to combine traditional erotic fantasy with girl-next-door wholesomeness. It backed its appeal to well-educated, affluent males with serious interviews (Castro, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Nabokov), articles by major writers (Amis, Mailer, Updike), and photographs by the likes of Friedlander, Newton, and Ritts. Circulation topped 6 million in the early 1970s, but later sagged as competition from more blatantly pornographic rivals intensified.

— Robin Lenman

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - playboy, ung levemand

Nederlands (Dutch)
playboy

Français (French)
n. - playboy

Deutsch (German)
n. - Playboy

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πλέιμποϊ, γλεντζές, γυναικάς

Italiano (Italian)
playboy, donnaiolo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - playboy (m), farrista (m)

Русский (Russian)
повеса, ненадежный

Español (Spanish)
n. - calavera, hombre de mundo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - playboy

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
花花公子

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 花花公子

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 명랑한(인기 있는) 사내, 바람둥이

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - プレイボーイ, 遊び人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شاب مستهتر يجري وراء المغامرات‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮רודף תענוגות, פלייבוי‬

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