platform

English

Etymology

Recorded since 1550, from Middle French plate-forme, literally "flat form", from Middle French plate "flat" (from Old French plat, of uncertain origin) + forme "form" (from Latin forma)

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Noun

platform (plural platforms)

1. A raised stage from which speeches are made and on which musical and other performances are made.
2. a place or an opportunity to express one's opinion, a tribune

   this new talk show will give a platform to everyday men and women

3. (politics) A political stance on a broad set of issues, which are called planks.
4. A raised structure from which passengers can enter or leave a train, metro etc.
5. (automotive) A set of components shared by several vehicle models.
6. (computing) A particular type of operating system or environment such as a database or other specific software, and/or a particular type of computer or microprocessor, used to describe a particular environment for running other software, or for defining a specific software or hardware environment for discussion purposes.

   That program runs on an X-Window-System platform.

7. A high shoe type with an extra layer between the inner- and outer soles

Synonyms

• dais
• podium

Derived terms

• platformer
• platforming
• platform balance
• platform bed
• platform car
• platform game
• platform rocker
• platform scale

Translations

A raised stage from which speeches are made and on which performances are made

Croatian: podij (hr) m. Dutch: podium (nl) n., platform (nl) n., verhoog (nl) n. Finnish: lava, puhujakoroke (1,speeches only) French: scène (fr) f., podium (fr) m. German: Plattform f., Podest n. Greek: εξέδρα (el) (ekséδra) f., πλατφόρμα (el) (platfórma) f. Hungarian: emelvény (hu), pódium (hu)

Japanese: 演壇 (ja) (えんだん, endan) Romanian: podium (ro) n., scenă (ro) f., estradă (ro) f. Russian: помост (ru) (pomóst) m., подиум (ru) (pódium) m., платформа (ru) (platfórma) f. Scottish Gaelic: àrd-ùrlar (gd) m. Slovene: podij (sl) m.

A political stance on a broad set of issues, which are called planks

Croatian: platforma (hr) f. Dutch: podium n., (kies)programma n. Finnish: vaaliohjelma, puolueohjelma Greek: πλατφόρμα (el) (platfórma) f. Hebrew: מצע (he) (matsa') m.

Hungarian: politikai program (hu), pártprogram (hu) Russian: платформа (ru) (platfórma) f. Swedish: plattform (sv) c.

structure for passengers

Chinese: Mandarin: 月臺 (zh), 月台 (zh) (yuètái) Croatian: platforma (hr) f. Czech: nástupiště (cs) n., perón (cs) m. Dutch: perron (nl) n. Esperanto: kajo (eo) Finnish: asemalaituri (fi) French: quai (fr) m. German: Bahnsteig (de) m. Greek: αποβάθρα (el) (apováθra) f.

Hungarian: vágány (hu), peron (hu) Italian: binario (it) m. Japanese: プラットホーム (ja) (purattohōmu), ホーム (ja) (hōmu) Portuguese: plataforma (pt) f. Romanian: peron (ro) n., chei (ro) n. Russian: платформа (ru) (platfórma) f., перрон (ru) (perrón) m. Slovene: peron (sl) m. Spanish: andén (es) m., plataforma (es) f. Swedish: plattform (sv) c. Welsh: platfform (cy) m.

A set of components shared by several vehicle models

A particular type of operating system or environment

Arabic: منصة (manáʂʂa) f. Chinese: 台 (tái) Croatian: platforma (hr) f. Dutch: platform (nl) n. Finnish: alusta, sovellusalusta French: plate-forme (fr) f. German: Plattform (de) f.

Italian: piattaforma (it) f. Japanese: 台 (ja) (だい, dai) Korean: 단 (dan) Portuguese: plataforma (pt) f. Russian: платформа (ru) (platfórma) f. Spanish: plataforma (es) f. Swedish: plattform (sv) c.

A high shoe type

Dutch: platformschoen n.

Russian: платформа (ru) (platfórma) f.

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Translations to be checked

Old English: yppe f. Portuguese: plataforma f.

Spanish: plataforma f. Swedish: plattform c.

Verb

platform (third-person singular simple present platforms, present participle platforming, simple past and past participle platformed)

1. (transitive) To furnish with or shape into a platform
   • 1885, Frances Elliot, The Diary of an Idle Woman in Sicily^[1], page 192:

     […] upon a smiling knoll platformed by Nature […]

2. (politics) (transitive) To include in a political platform
   • 1955, Amy Lowell, Complete Poetical Works^[2], page 408:

     Among them I scarcely can plot out one truth / Plain enough to be platformed by some voting sleuth / And paraded before the precinct polling-booth.

See also

• Platform on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Platform in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.

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Dutch

Etymology

Probably from English (see above), or directly from French

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Noun

platform n. (^??? please provide the plural!, diminutive platformpje)

1. A platform, flat surface, notably a dais or stage
2. A political platform, (electoral) program
3. A plateau
4. A flat roof
5. (obsolete) A ground-plan

Synonyms

• (physical) podium n., verhoog n.
• (in a station) perron n.
• (political) (kies)programma n.
• (ground-plan) plattegrond

Derived terms

• kiesplatform n.