Dictionary

playlist en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈpleɪˌlɪst/
• (US) audio
• /ˈpɫæɪ̯ˌɫɪst/ (Australia)

Etymology

From play + list.

Meanings

1. A list of recorded songs scheduled to be played on a radio station.
2. A list of tracks or videos to be played in a particular sequence, as from an audio CD or a streaming service.
   • When you collect a group of MIDIs into an album, you can play them much like a CD, with repeat mode, random mode, and a programmed playlist. 1998, Judi N. Fernandez, WAVs, MIDIs & RealAudio: Enjoying Sound on Your Computer:
   • No past, just traces / Nowhere to play, just playlists 2021, “Skyline”, in Parallel World, performed by Cadence Weapon:
   • I hadn't spoken to her in a year, but she could still see my listens on the music platform we both used. I still went to those playlists for solace. A sense of collective understanding. We had stockpiled our youth. 2020, Emily Segal, Mercury Retrograde, New York: Deluge Books, →ISBN:
   • Strangers constructed playlists that pulled from artists and albums you’d never heard of, but without the performative high/low-ness that afflicts so much online music talk. 2015 November 17, Robinson Meyer, “A Eulogy for Rdio”, in The Atlantic:
   • When users would select the most immediately visible “dinner playlist” or ”workout mix,” they might have unknowingly clicked through to a list owned and operated by a major label. 2025, Liz Pelly, Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist, 1st edition, New York: Atria Books, →ISBN:
3. A list of songs, prepared for a band or musical artist, to be performed during a concert; a setlist.

Forms

Deriveds

playlistism

Translations (80)

cmn 歌單 /歌单 (record) · de Wiedergabeliste (computing) · hy երգացանկ (computing) · fr liste de lecture (computing) · ja プレイリスト (computing) · cmn 播放列表 (computing) · is spilunarlisti (computing) · es repertorio (computing) · it playlist (record) · es playlist (pléilist) (computing) · nl playlist (record) · tr çalma listesi (record) · fr playlist (record) · nn speleliste (record) · cs seznam stop (computing) · ru спи́сок воспроизведе́ния (computing) · ru плейли́ст (record) · de Playlist (record) · ja 再生リスト (computing) · ja プレイリスト (record) · hu lejátszási lista (computing) · et esitusloend (record) · ar قَائِمَةُ التَّشْغِيلِ (record) · pl playlista (record) · eo ludlisto (record) · mk снимкоред (record) · hu lejátszási lista (record) · ko 플레이리스트 (record) · id daftar putar (computing) · ms senarai main (computing) · fr liste de lecture (record) · uk плейли́ст (record) · nl afspeellijst (record) · ru плейли́ст (computing) · es catálogo musical (computing) · es lista de reproducción (record) · ja 再生リスト (record) · uk спи́сок відтво́рення (computing) · sv spellista (computing) · nb spilleliste (record) · sv spellista (record) · lt grojaraštis (computing) · fr playlist (computing) · he רְשִׁימַת הַשְׁמָעָה (record) · ka ფლეილისტი (computing) · gl lista de reprodución (computing) · tr çalma listesi (computing) · nl playlist (computing) · fi soittolista (computing) · mk песноред (record) · tr oynatma listesi (computing) · lt grojaraštis (record) · is spilunarlisti (record) · it playlist (computing) · tr oynatma listesi (record) · cmn 播放列表 (record) · nl afspeellijst (computing) · nb spilleliste (computing) · da spilleliste (record) · es cancionero (computing) · fi soittolista (record) · pl playlista (computing) · de Playlist (computing) · sh popis za reprodukciju (computing) · ru плей-ли́ст (record) · ka დასაკრავი სია (record) · pl lista odtwarzania (computing) · mi rārangipāpāho (computing) · az pleylist (computing) · es lista de reproducción (computing) · pt playlist (record) · uk плейли́ст (computing) · de Wiedergabeliste (record) · ka ფლეილისტი (record) · ko 플레이리스트 (computing) · hy երգացանկ (record) · ka დასაკრავი სია (computing) · pt lista de reprodução (computing) · cs playlist (computing) · da playliste (record)

playlist en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈpleɪˌlɪst/
• (US) audio
• /ˈpɫæɪ̯ˌɫɪst/ (Australia)

Etymology

From play + list.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To include (a track) on a playlist.
   • And it's the story of how those problems then played out over the span of many years, as music became personalized, playlisted, autoplayed, and algorithmic. 2025, Liz Pelly, “Introduction”, in Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist, 1st edition, New York: Atria Books, →ISBN:
   • Suddenly they got a single playlisted at Radio 1 and the album went gold. 2009, John Niven, Kill Your Friends, Harper Collins, →ISBN, page 7:
   • She achieved success when her first single was playlisted on national radio.

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