player in Arabic: لاعب (lāʿib) – meaning, pronunciation, examples

Other meanings

عَازِف ʿāzif — player · one who plays a musical instrument
جِهَازُ تَشْغِيل jihāzu tashghīl — player · a device for playing media (e.g., music player, DVD player)

How to use it

The word 'lāʿib' is most commonly used for sports players. 'ʿĀzif' is specifically for musicians. 'Jihāz tashghīl' is a compound noun for media playback devices.

Example sentences

هُوَ لَاعِبٌ مَهَارَةٌ فِي فَرِيقِ كُرَةِ الْقَدَمِ.

huwa lāʿibun mahāratun fī farīqi kurati al-qadami.

He is a skilled player on the football team.
هِيَ عَازِفَةُ بَيَانُو مَوْهِوبَةٌ.

hiya ʿāzifatu bayānu mawhūbatun.

She is a talented piano player.
اشْتَرَيْتُ جَدِيدًا جِهَازَ تَشْغِيلِ الْأَقْرَاصِ.

ishtaraytu jadīdan jihāza tashghīli al-aqrāṣi.

I bought a new disc player.

Examples from real texts

Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.

Media Player

مشغَل الوسائطComment

Default player engine

المحرك الافتراضي للمشغل

He's a tennis player.

إنه لاعب تنس.

I want an MP3 player!

أريد مشغل MP3.

You are a tennis player.

أنت لاعب كرة مضرب.

Problem with Player Engine

مشكلة في محرك التشغيل

"I'm a football player..."

"أنا لاعب كرة قدم.

Rubén Castro, Real Betis player.

روبن كاسترو، لاعب ريال بيتيس.

Media player for Konqueror's navigation panel

مشغل وسائط للوحة تنقل الكونكيورComment

This was struck from player to player, who wore a kind of gauntlet on the arm.

كانت تُضرب من لاعب لآخر، ويرتدي نوعًا من القفاز الواقي في ذراعه.

It matters greatly that China became a global military player before it became a global economic player.

إنه لأمر عظيم الأهمية أن ندرك أن الصين أصبحت قوة عسكرية عالمية قبل أن تصبح قوة اقتصادية عالمية.

This is a player-developed, self-enforcing, voluntary currency, and it's incredibly sophisticated player behavior.

إنه تطور-للاعبين, تقوية للذات و سيرورة الطَوعيّة, و أنها ترتقي بشكل لا يصدق بسلوك اللاعب.