Dictionaries › Bulgarian

игра

Pronunciation: [iˈɡra]

“игра” is a Bulgarian word. Its 11 meanings in English:

noun

  1. play, game (activity for amusement, entertainment, or sport)
  2. game, match, round (a single completed instance of such an activity)
  3. play (the act or process of playing; manner of execution)
  4. game (a physical set of items used for a board game or similar activity)
  5. dance (usually a traditional folk dance; the act of dancing)
  6. acting, performance (execution of a role in theatre, film, etc.)
  7. play, flickering, shimmering (lively or rapid movement (e.g. of light, snow, waves))
  8. game, scheme, machination (premeditated actions with a hidden goal)
  9. play (free and flexible intellectual or creative activity)
  10. playing, frivolity (careless or unserious treatment of something important)
  11. play, drama (theatrical work)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic игрь (igrĭ), from Proto-Slavic *jьgra.

Keep exploring: in the interactive dictionary every word of a definition is a link. Open “игра” there

More Bulgarian words

About this dictionary

The Bulgarian dictionary on Glottosphere has 17,458 entries with a page. Browse the Bulgarian dictionary.

Definitions are from Wiktionary, extracted by Kaikki.org, and are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.