plaque

See also Plaque, and plaqué

English

Etymology

From French, derivative of plaquer (“to plate”), from Middle Dutch placken (“to patch, beat metal into a thin plate”), from placke (“disk, patch, stain”), from Old Dutch *plagga (“patch”), from Proto-Germanic *plaggan (“patch”). Cognate with Middle Low German placke, plagge (“small stain, scraps, rags, thin grass”), German Placken (“spot, patch”), Eastern Frisian plak, plakke (“a blow, slap”), Swedish plagg (“clothing, garment”). See plack.

Pronunciation

• (Australia) IPA: /plaːk/
• Rhymes: -ɑːk
• (UK, US) IPA: /plæk/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -æk

Noun

plaque (countable and uncountable; plural plaques)

1. Any flat, thin piece of metal, clay, ivory, or the like, used for ornament, or for painting pictures upon, as a slab, plate, dish, or the like, hung upon a wall; also, a smaller decoration worn on the person, as a brooch.
2. (uncountable) An accumulation of biofilm, or bacteria on teeth.
3. (uncountable, medicine) Atheroma, an accumulation in artery walls made up of macrophage cells and debris containing lipids, (cholesterol and fatty acids), calcium, and connective tissue.
4. (biology) A clearing in a bacterial lawn caused by a virus.

Translations

flat, thin piece of metal used for ornament, or for painting pictures upon; also, a smaller decoration worn on the person

German: Plakette (de) f.

Persian: پلاک (fa)

accumulation of bacteria on teeth

Czech: plak (cs) m. Finnish: plakki (fi)

German: Zahnbelag (de) m., Plaque (de) f.

biology: clearing in a bacterial lawn caused by a virus

atheroma

Finnish: valtimonrasvoittuma (fi), aterooma (fi)

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Turkish: plak (tr)

See also

• Plaque on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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French

Etymology

From plaquer.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /plak/

• Audio

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Noun

plaque f. (plural plaques)

1. sheet, plate (of metal)
2. slab (of marble)
3. plaque (bacteria on teeth)
4. plaque, slab (ornamental)
5. (casino) chip
6. (electrics, photography) plate
7. (geology) plate (especially a tectonic plate)
8. slab, bar (of e.g. chocolate)
9. (slang) 10,000 francs

Derived terms

Terms related from the noun "plaque"

contreplacage contreplaquer placage placard placarder plaque d'égout

plaque d'immatriculation plaque de four plaque de plâtre plaque tectonique plaquer plaquette

Verb

plaque

1. first-person singular present indicative of plaquer
2. third-person singular present indicative of plaquer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of plaquer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of plaquer
5. second-person singular imperative of plaquer