recreation

See also: re-creation, récréation, and recréation

English

Etymology 1

From Middle French récréation, from Old French recreacion, from Latin recreatio.

Pronunciation

(UK) enPR: rĕ-krē-āʹshən, IPA^(key): /ɹɛkɹiˈeɪʃən/
(US) enPR: rĕ-krē-āʹshən, IPA^(key): /ɹɛkɹiˈeɪʃən/
Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

recreation (countable and uncountable, plural recreations)

Any activity, such as play, that amuses, diverts or stimulates.

Synonyms

leisure

Derived terms

Derived terms

R and R
recreation center

recreation facility
recreation room

Related terms

recreate

Translations

activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates

Arabic: اِسْتِجْمَام‎ m (istijmām)
Belarusian: адпачынак m (adpačýnak)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 娛樂 (zh), 娱乐 (zh) (yúlè), 遊藝 (zh), 游艺 (zh) (yóuyì)
Czech: rekreace f
Danish: rekreation
Dutch: recreatie (nl) f, ontspanning (nl) f
Finnish: virkistys (fi), vapaa-ajan toiminta
Flemish: recreaasje
French: récréation (fr) f
German: Erholung (de) f, Unterhaltung (de) f
Greek: ψυχαγωγία (el) f (psychagogía), αναψυχή (el) f (anapsychí)
Hebrew: נופש‎ m, פנאי‎ m
Hungarian: szabadidő (hu)
Ido: distrakto (io)
Indonesian: rekreasi (id)
Italian: ricreazione (it) f
Japanese: 娯楽 (ja) (ごらく, goraku)
Korean: 오락 (ko) (orak) (娛樂 (ko))
Latvian: atpūta

Malay: rekreasi
Maori: mahi a te rēhia, mahi rēhia
Norwegian: rekreasjon
Persian: تفریح‎ (fa) (tafrih)
Portuguese: recreação (pt) f
Romanian: recreație (ro) f, recreare (ro) f
Russian: о́тдых (ru) (ótdyx), развлече́ние (ru) n (razvlečénije)
Scottish Gaelic: cleasachd f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: рекреација f

Roman: rekreacija (sh) f
Slovak: rekreácia f
Slovene: razvedrilo n
Spanish: recreación f
Swedish: förströelse (sv)
Tagalog: rekreasyón, mulinsigla
Turkish: dinlence (tr), rekreasyon (tr)
Ukrainian: відпочинок m (vidpočýnok)
Vietnamese: sự tiêu khiển (vi)

Etymology 2

re- +‎ creation

Alternative forms

re-creation

Pronunciation

(UK) enPR: rē-krē-āʹshən, IPA^(key): /ɹiːkɹiˈeɪʃən/
(US) enPR: rē-krē-āʹshən, IPA^(key): /ɹiːkɹiˈeɪʃən/
Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

recreation (plural recreations)

The process of recreating something.
The result of this process.

Usage notes

Hyphenated form re-creation avoids confusion with more common other sense.

Related terms

recreate

Translations

The process of recreating something

French: recréation (fr) f
Greek: αναδημιουργία (el) f (anadimiourgía)

Japanese: 再創造 (さいそうぞう, saisōzō)

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