How Many Syllables Are in Playful

The word Playful has three syllables: play-ful.
Syllable division helps in understanding the word's structure, improving both pronunciation and spelling.
This technique is especially useful for students and language learners who are mastering English phonetics.

Definition of Playful

full of fun and play

How should Playful divide into syllables

There are two syllables in the word 'playful.' The first syllable 'play' has a vowel 'a' and a consonant 'p' and the second syllable 'ful' has a vowel 'u' and two consonants 'f' and 'l.'

Part of Speech - Playful

The puppy was very playful and loved to chase balls.

Sentences with Playful

• The children were very playful and enjoyed running around the playground.
• The cat was feeling playful and kept batting at the toy mouse.
• The puppy was so playful that he chewed through his owner's shoes.
• The clown was very playful and made the audience laugh.
• The dolphin was very playful and loved to jump out of the water.
• The monkey was very playful and enjoyed swinging from branch to branch.
• The otters were very playful and loved to slide down the riverbank.
• The kitten was feeling playful and kept pouncing on her toy mouse.
• The children were very playful and enjoyed playing tag.
• The puppy was very playful and loved to play fetch.

Quotes with Playful

• "As soon as I hear music, something in me starts to move." - Mikhail Baryshnikov
• "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." - Proverb
• "Play is the work of childhood." - Jean Piaget
• "Life must be lived as play." - Plato
• "The true object of all human life is play." - G.K. Chesterton
• "Play keeps us vital and alive. It gives us an enthusiasm for life that is irreplaceable." - Lucille Ball
• "Play is the exultation of the possible." - Martin Buber
• "Playfulness is the mother of invention." - Roger von Oech
• "Play is the highest form of research." - Albert Einstein
• "Play is the only way the highest intelligence of humankind can unfold." - Joseph Chilton Pearce
• "It is a happy talent to know how to play." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
• "Play is the beginning of knowledge." - George Dorsey
• "Life is more fun if you play games." - Roald Dahl
• "The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct." - Carl Jung
• "Play is the answer to how anything new comes about." - Jean Piaget
• "You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation." - Plato
• "The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct." - Carl Jung
• "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
• "Play is our brain's favorite way of learning." - Diane Ackerman
• "The opposite of play is not work, it's depression." - Brian Sutton-Smith

Number of characters in Playful

7 ( p, l, a, y, f, u, l )

Unique letters in Playful

6 ( p, l, a, y, f, u )

Playful Backwards

lufyalp

How to Pronounce Playful

IPA (International): ˈpleɪfʌl

ARA (American): ˈplefʌl

EPA (English): ˈpleɪfʌl

PLEY-FAH-L