recreational

English

Etymology

From recreation +‎ -al.

Adjective

recreational (not comparable)

1. For, or relating to, recreation.
   • 1921, Pacific Northwest Library Association, Proceedings‎^[1]:

     This is perhaps what we call recreational reading and we may be doing something useful in supplying it, if not anything strictly educational or even librarious.

Synonyms

• rec
• recreative

Derived terms

• recreational diving
• recreational drug
• recreationally
• recreational mathematics
• recreational medicine
• recreational pharmaceutical
• recreational vehicle

Translations

for, or relating to, for recreation

• Bulgarian: забавен (bg) (zabaven), развлекателен (razvlekatelen)
• Catalan: recreatiu
• Finnish: ajanvietteellinen, huvi-, viihde-, virkistys-
• French: récréationnel (fr)
• Galician: recreativo
• Georgian: სარეკრეაციო (sareḳreacio)
• Greek: ψυχαγωγικός (el) (psychagogikós), αναψυχής (el) f (anapsychís)
• Hebrew: נופש
• Hungarian: szabadidős (hu)
• Italian: ludico (it)
• Kazakh: рекреациялық (rekreasiälyq)
• Romanian: recreațional (ro)
• Russian: развлека́тельный (ru) (razvlekátelʹnyj), рекреационный (ru) (rekreacionnyj)
• Spanish: recreativo (es), lúdico (es), recreacional