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paidia

US/paɪˈdi.ə/

paidia noun: free play, such as make-believe, that lacks the structured rules of formal games.

Noun

paidia

  1. Free play, such as make-believe, that lacks the structured rules of formal games.

Proper noun capitalized: Paidia

Paidia

  1. (Greek) One of the Charites.

Origin of paidia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παιδιά (paidiá, “childish play, amusement”), from παῖς (paîs, “child”).

Words formed from paidia

Questions about paidia

What does paidia mean?
Paidia means free play, such as make-believe, that lacks the structured rules of formal games.
What part of speech is paidia?
Paidia can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce paidia?
Paidia is pronounced /paɪˈdi.ə/ (US).

Words near paidia in the dictionary

  1. paiderast
  2. paiderasty
  3. paidest
  4. paideutic
  5. paideutics
  6. paidia
  7. paidological
  8. paidologist
  9. paidologists
  10. paidology
  11. paidonosology

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Adapted from Wiktionary: paidia (page history and authors); Paidia (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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