plat

See also plát, and plať

English

Etymology 1

Middle English, akin to plait.

Noun

plat (plural plats)

1. A braid.

Verb

plat (third-person singular simple present plats, present participle platting, simple past and past participle platted)

1. To braid, to plait.

Etymology 2

From Early Modern English platte, a variation (probably dialectal) of plot. More at plot.

Noun

plat (plural plats)

1. A plot of land; a lot.
   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.ii.3:

     The best soil commonly yields the worst air, a dry sandy plat is fittest to build upon, and such as is rather hilly than plain [...].

2. A map showing property lines, especially as a legal document.

Verb

plat (third-person singular simple present plats, present participle platting, simple past and past participle platted)

1. To create a plat, to lay out streets and building lots; to map.

Etymology 3

Abbreviation for platinum.

Noun

plat (uncountable)

1. (online gaming) Abbreviation for platinum coins, a currency used in the massively multiplayer online game Ultima Online.

Anagrams

• TLPA

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Catalan

Noun

plat m. (plural plats)

1. plate
2. dish

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA: /plat/
• Rhymes: -at

Noun

plat m.

1. salary

   nástupní plat — starting salary

   základní plat — basic salary

Declension

    declension of plat

	singular	plural
nominative	plat	platy
genitive	platu	platů
dative	platu	platům
accusative	plat	platy
vocative	plate	platy
locative	platu	platech
instrumental	platem	platy

Synonyms

• mzda
• gáže
• výplata

Derived terms

• platový

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɑt

Etymology 1

Adjective

plat (comparative platter, superlative platst)

1. flat

Declension

Declension of plat

		positive	comparative	superlative
				attributive	predicative/adverbial
predicative/adverbial		plat	platter
neuter singular	indefinite	plat	platter
	definite	platte	plattere	platste	het platst(e)
common singular		platte	plattere	platste	de platste
plural		platte	plattere	platste	de platste
partitive		plats	platters

Derived terms

• platbranden
• plattegrond

Etymology 2

Wikipedia ^nl

From Platduits, which originally referred to any dialect specific to the low countries.

Noun

plat n. (uncountable)

1. One's local dialect.

   Kan jij plat praten?

   Can you speak the dialect?

Adjective

plat (comparative platter, superlative platst)

1. as one's local dialect
2. (by extension) common, rural, vulgar

Derived terms

• platte uitdrukking

Anagrams

• lapt

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French

Etymology

Vulgar Latin *plattus, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platus, “broad, flat”).

Pronunciation

• audio

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• IPA: /pla/

Adjective

plat m. (f. plate, m. plural plats, f. plural plates)

1. flat

Derived terms

• plateau
• à plat

Noun

plat m. (plural plats)

1. a flat area of ground; a flat thing; a flat dish or receptacle
2. dish or course (served in a restaurant)

Synonyms

• mets

See also

• plat du jour

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Gothic

Romanization

plat

1. Romanization of 𐍀𐌻𐌰𐍄

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Old French

Noun

plat m. (oblique plural plats, nominative singular plats, nominative plural plat)

1. a footbridge

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Romanian

Etymology

French plat (Can we verify this etymology?)

Pronunciation

• IPA: [plat]

Adjective

plat ^{4 nom/acc forms}

1. flat, level, even

Declension

declension of plat

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	plat		plată	plați	plate
	definite	platul		plata	plații	platele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	plat		plate	plați	plate
	definite	platului		platei	plaților	platelor

Noun

plat n.

1. The high first tone in Hanyu pinyin

Synonyms

• tonul plat

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Slovak

Etymology

the stem plat (pay)

Noun

plat m., platy pl.

plat stem

platu gen sg

(declension pattern): dub

1. salary

Derived terms

• platík m.
• platovo adv
• platový -á -é

Related terms

• platiť
• výplata