How to spell playmate

Playmate is spelled P-L-A-Y-M-A-T-E.

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What it means: A friend who joins in games and fun.

In a sentence: Billy invited his playmate over to build a fort.

Same family: play, player, playful, playroom, playground. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The word “playmate” is a simple compound formed from “play” and “mate,” and has been used in English since the 1500s to mean a companion in games. The word “mate” itself comes from a Middle Low German word meaning ‘companion’ or ‘partner.’

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