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Meaning of "ludic" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LUDIC

From French ludique, from Latin lūdus game.
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PRONUNCIATION OF LUDIC

ludic  [ˈluːdɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LUDIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ludic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES LUDIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of ludic in the English dictionary

The definition of ludic in the dictionary is playful.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LUDIC


bardic
ˈbɑːdɪk
bezoardic
ˌbɛzəʊˈɑːdɪk
chaordic
keɪˈɔːdɪk
comedic
kəˈmiːdɪk
cyclopaedic
ˌsaɪkləˈpiːdɪk
cyclopedic
ˌsaɪkləˈpiːdɪk
Dardic
ˈdɑːdɪk
encyclopaedic
ɪnˌsaɪkləʊˈpiːdɪk
encyclopedic
ɛnˌsaɪkləʊˈpiːdɪk
herdic
ˈhɜːdɪk
logopedic
ˌlɒɡəˈpiːdɪk
Longobardic
ˌlɒŋɡəˈbɑːdɪk
nerdic
ˈnɜːdɪk
nordic
ˈnɔːdɪk
orthopaedic
ˌɔːθəʊˈpiːdɪk
orthopedic
ˌɔːθəˈpiːdɪk
paludic
pəˈluːdɪk
pudic
ˈpjuːdɪk
saccadic
səˈkɑːdɪk
Sephardic
sɛˈfɑːdɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LUDIC

lucumo
Lucus Augusti
Lucy
lud
Luddism
Luddite
lude
Ludendorff
luderick
Ludhiana
ludically
ludicrous
ludicrously
ludicrousness
Ludlow
ludo
ludship
Ludwigsburg
Ludwigshafen
lues

WORDS THAT END LIKE LUDIC

acidic
antispasmodic
Ayurvedic
episodic
Greenlandic
Hassidic
Helladic
Icelandic
juridic
medic
melodic
nomadic
paramedic
periodic
scandic
sporadic
syndic
Talmudic
triadic
Vedic

Synonyms and antonyms of ludic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ludic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LUDIC

Find out the translation of ludic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ludic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ludic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

顽皮
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lúdico
570 millions of speakers

English

ludic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

LUDIC
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ludic
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

игровое
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lúdico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ludic
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ludique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ludic
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ludic
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

遊びの
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

ludic
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ludic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Ludic
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ludic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ल्यूडिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

fingirdek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ludico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ludycznym
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ігрове
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ludic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φιλοπαίγμονα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

speelse
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ludiska
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ludic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ludic

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LUDIC»

The term «ludic» is quite widely used and occupies the 52.951 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LUDIC» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «ludic» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «ludic» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ludic

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LUDIC»

Discover the use of ludic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ludic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Ludic Feminism and After: Postmodernism, Desire, and Labor ...
Ludic Feminism and After is sure to be influential and controversial. Teresa Ebert is Associate Professor of English, State University of New York at Albany.
Teresa L. Ebert, 1996
2
The Ludic City: Exploring the Potential of Public Spaces
Featuring extensive observation of behaviours in public spaces and detailed studies of Melbourne, London, Berlin, New York and Brisbane, this book represents a fresh and detailed depiction of play in the specific context of urban public ...
Quentin Stevens, 2007
3
Ludic Proof: Greek Mathematics and the Alexandrian Aesthetic
Describes the relationship between science and poetry in the Hellenistic period, transforming our understanding of the origins of Western mathematics.
Reviel Netz, 2009
4
The Games of Fiction: Georges Perec and Modern French Ludic ...
This book presents the first complete overview in English of the prose fiction of Georges Perec, recognised since his death in 1982 as one of the most influential and innovative French writers of his generation.
David Gascoigne, 2006
5
Politics and Verbal Play: The Ludic Poetry of Angel González
From the beginning, his work has combined social criticism (most often expressed through irony) with an intense lyricism (mostly elegiac in tone).
Martha LaFollette Miller, 1995
6
Preludes: Essays on the Ludic Imagination, 1961-1981
Early essays by Christine Downing, author of THE GODDESS, that focus on dreams, depth psychology, mythology, and German literature.
Christine Downing, 2005
7
The Ludic Self in Seventeenth-Century English Literature
"The Ludic Self is refreshingly well written in clear prose that details the case for a playful reading of the seventeenth-century writers the text considers. As Nardo points out, many of these authors have been thought of as 'playful' in the past, but  ...
Anna K. Nardo, 1991
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The Postmodern Turn
Because of the element of play in this strain of postmodernism, which has its analogue in theoretical discourse, Teresa Ebert (1996) suggests the term "ludic postmodernism," which she and Foster distinguish from a "postmodernism of ...
Steven Best, Douglas Kellner, 1997
9
Toward a Ludic Architecture: The Space of Play and Games
'Toward a Ludic Architecture' is a pioneering publication, architecturally framing play and games as human practices in and of space.
Steffen P. Walz, 2010
10
At play in the fields of writing: a serio-ludic rhetoric
This volume offers English studies teachers a new way of looking at the role of play in student composing and the place of playfulness in college writing classrooms.
Albert Rouzie, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LUDIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ludic is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Festival of Imagineers: What's on when?
... activities on offer including The Windmill Knitting Factory, Bicycle Spirograph, The Imagineering Foundation, Ludic Rooms and Makerspace. «Coventry Telegraph, Jul 15»
2
Festival of Insignificance review: Milan Kundera's twilight meditation …
But it's not as though the whole thing is an exercise in ludic intrigue. It has a game-play element, but it's more of a sombre meditation than ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
3
DailyNews Online Edition - Yanga, Gor Mahia in tough opener
Group B comprises Rwanda's APR, Al Shandy from Sudan, Lydia Ludic Burundi Académic FC (LLB) and Hegaan FC from Somalia. «Daily News, Jul 15»
4
When numbers and narrative live in harmony
But this battle also shows a frontier yet to be breached by RNG-based mechanics: in order to achieve this ludic experience, Black Closet's final ... «Gamasutra, Jul 15»
5
FRESH MEAT | FROM OUR COMMUNITY BLOGS
Even if you don't miss it, a first time player might be more focused on the ludic objective at hand, represented by the objective marker hovering ... «Destructoid, Jul 15»
6
Sympathetic Sci-Fi
Other scenes, in which the sensates combine their skills and consciousnesses to solve insurmountable problems, have a ludic, dance-like ... «The New Yorker, Jul 15»
7
Dishonored 2: Harvey Smith on the idea of player choice
But it's not just about creating ludic worlds that engender player choice, it's about making them seem like functioning living spaces too. “I hate to ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
8
BOOK REVIEW: 'Churchill and the Generals'
... fate of freedom hanging on their success, he never lost a touch of the ludic to leaven the deadly seriousness of his all-encompassing effort. «Washington Times, Jul 15»
9
Wayne White Gets the Word Out
He achieves in many of his works an astonishing sense of three-dimensional perspective, as in the ludic “Art is Supposed to Hypnotize You or ... «Boca Raton, Jul 15»
10
Nothing's more patriotic than a declaration of independence
Patriotic “secession” can take ludic form intentionally or unintentionally. There is no more ridiculous piece of visual wit than the image of Neil ... «Al Jazeera America, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Ludic [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/ludic>. Apr 2024 ».
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