placet

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English

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Etymology

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Latin placet (it is pleasing), inflection of placeō (I am pleasing).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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placet (plural placets)

  1. A vote of assent, as of the governing body of a university, an ecclesiastical council, etc.
  2. The assent of the civil power to the promulgation of an ecclesiastical ordinance.
    • 1882, J. P. Peter (translator), Political History of Recent Times, 1816-1875: With Special Reference to Germany originally by Wilhelm Müller
      The king [] annulled the royal placet.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for placet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Interjection

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placet

  1. Expression of assent to a vote in the governing body of a university, an ecclesiastical council, etc.

Anagrams

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French

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Latin placet (literally it pleases). Doublet of plaît.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pla.sɛ/
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Noun

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placet m (plural placets)

  1. (historical) petition, appeal

Further reading

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpla.t͡ʃet/
  • Rhymes: -atʃet
  • Hyphenation: plà‧cet

Noun

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placet m (invariable)

  1. consent, approval, pleasure
    Synonyms: assenso, consenso, approvazione, beneplacito

Latin

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Verb

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placet

  1. third-person singular present active indicative of placeō: "he/she/it pleases"
    Videāmus, sī placet.
    Let us see, if he/she/it pleases.