platan

English

Alternative forms

• platane [16th-19th c.]

Etymology

From Latin platanus; later reborrowed from Middle French platane.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈplat(ə)n/

Noun

platan (plural platans)

1. (now rare, literary) A planetree.
   • 1633, John Donne, "The Autumnall":

     Xerxes strange Lydian love, the Platane tree, / Was lov'd for age, none being so large as shee [...].

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Czech

Etymology

From German Platane from Latin platanus from Ancient Greek πλάτανος (platanos).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /platan/

Noun

platan m

1. plane tree, any tree of genus Platanus

Declension

    declension of platan

	singular	plural
nominative	platan	platany
genitive	platanu	platanů
dative	platanu	platanům
accusative	platan	platany
vocative	platane	platany
locative	platanu, plataně	platanech
instrumental	platanem	platany

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Esperanto

Adjective

platan

1. accusative singular of plata

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Polish

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Noun

platan m

1. plane tree, any tree of genus Platanus

Declension

    declension of platan

	singular	plural
nominative	platan	platany
genitive	platana	platanów
dative	platanowi	platanom
accusative	platan	platany
instrumental	platanem	platanami
locative	platanie	platanach
vocative	platanie	platany

Derived terms

• platanowy

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Romanian

Etymology

From Greek πλάτανος, partially through the French intermediate platane.

Noun

platan m (plural platani)

1. plane tree

See also

• paltin