playoff

== English == === Alternative forms === play-off === Etymology === Deverbal from play off; by surface analysis, play +‎ -off. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: play‧off === Noun === playoff (plural playoffs) A final game in a series needed to break a tie. (US, Canada) A short series of games to select a league champion. (UK) A short series of games to select the last team to be promoted (to elevate to a higher league). A short piece of underscore played during a scene transition in a stage musical, usually reprising a song from the preceding scene. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === play off == Italian == === Alternative forms === play-off === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English playoff. === Noun === playoff m pl (plural only) (sports) playoff == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English playoff. === Noun === playoff m (plural playoffs) alternative form of play-off == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English playoff. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -of === Noun === playoff m (plural playoffs) (sports) playoff Synonym: eliminatoria ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.