Meanings
ludic1
comparative more ludic · superlative most ludic
- Of or pertaining to play or games.
What I have tried to do here is to draw a consistent frame which could explain most characteristics of both Xiangqi and Chess ludic structures.
2001, Jean-Louis Cazaux, “Is Chess a Hybrid Game?”, in netcologne.de, archived from the original on 27 Oct 2005, page 12 - human sciencesOf or pertaining to playfully fictitious or affected use of language, such as an exaggerated accent for respectfully comic effect or cutesy diction.
Ludic2
- An endangered Finnic language spoken in Russia on the southwestern shores of the lake Onega.
Synonyms: Ludian
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounAn endangered Finnic language spoken in Russia on the southwestern shores of the lake Onega.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiverelating to play or playfulness
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinludo“to play”
- Frenchludique
- Englishludic
From French ludique, from Latin ludo (“to play”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan lúdic
- lúdicof or pertaining to play
Finnish lyydi
- lyydiFinnic language
French ludique
- ludiqueof or pertaining to play
German ludisch, spielerisch
- ludischof or pertaining to play
- spielerischof or pertaining to play
- verspieltof or pertaining to play
Hungarian lűd
- lűdFinnic language
Portuguese lúdico
- lúdicoof or pertaining to play
Spanish lúdico
- lúdicoof or pertaining to play
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with ludic
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Cite this entry
ludic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ludic
“ludic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ludic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ludic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ludic.
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