Platon

See also: platon, platón, Platón, and Platoń

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Platon, Greek Πλάτων (Pláton) or Russian Платон (Platon).

Proper noun

Platon (plural Platons)

1. A surname.
2. A male given name.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Platon”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Forebears

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Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πλάτων (Plátōn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʰl̥æːtˢʌn]

Proper noun

Platon

1. Plato

Related terms

• platonisk
• platonisme
• platoniker

Further reading

• Platon on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

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Estonian

Proper noun

Platon

1. Plato

Further reading

• Platon on the Estonian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^et

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Finnish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πλάτων (Plátōn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplɑton/, [ˈplɑ̝t̪o̞n]
• Rhymes: -ɑton
• Syllabification^(key): Pla‧ton

Proper noun

Platon

1. Plato

Declension

Inflection of Platon (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Platon	—
genitive		Platonin	—
partitive		Platonia	—
illative		Platoniin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Platon	—
accusative	nom.	Platon	—
	gen.	Platonin
genitive		Platonin	—
partitive		Platonia	—
inessive		Platonissa	—
elative		Platonista	—
illative		Platoniin	—
adessive		Platonilla	—
ablative		Platonilta	—
allative		Platonille	—
essive		Platonina	—
translative		Platoniksi	—
abessive		Platonitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Platon (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Platonini — accusative nom. Platonini — gen. Platonini genitive Platonini — partitive Platoniani — inessive Platonissani — elative Platonistani — illative Platoniini — adessive Platonillani — ablative Platoniltani — allative Platonilleni — essive Platoninani — translative Platonikseni — abessive Platonittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Platonisi — accusative nom. Platonisi — gen. Platonisi genitive Platonisi — partitive Platoniasi — inessive Platonissasi — elative Platonistasi — illative Platoniisi — adessive Platonillasi — ablative Platoniltasi — allative Platonillesi — essive Platoninasi — translative Platoniksesi — abessive Platonittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Platonimme — accusative nom. Platonimme — gen. Platonimme genitive Platonimme — partitive Platoniamme — inessive Platonissamme — elative Platonistamme — illative Platoniimme — adessive Platonillamme — ablative Platoniltamme — allative Platonillemme — essive Platoninamme — translative Platoniksemme — abessive Platonittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Platoninne — accusative nom. Platoninne — gen. Platoninne genitive Platoninne — partitive Platonianne — inessive Platonissanne — elative Platonistanne — illative Platoniinne — adessive Platonillanne — ablative Platoniltanne — allative Platonillenne — essive Platoninanne — translative Platoniksenne — abessive Platonittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Platoninsa — accusative nom. Platoninsa — gen. Platoninsa genitive Platoninsa — partitive Platoniaan Platoniansa — inessive Platonissaan Platonissansa — elative Platonistaan Platonistansa — illative Platoniinsa — adessive Platonillaan Platonillansa — ablative Platoniltaan Platoniltansa — allative Platonilleen Platonillensa — essive Platoninaan Platoninansa — translative Platonikseen Platoniksensa — abessive Platonittaan Platonittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• platoninen

Further reading

• Platon on the Finnish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fi

Anagrams

• tolpan

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pla.tɔ̃/

Etymology 1

From Latin Plato.

Proper noun

Platon m

1. Plato (Greek philosopher)

Derived terms

• platonicien
• platonique

 

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Platon m or f

1. a surname

Further reading

• Forebears (French)
• filae.com

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplaːtɔn/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Platon m (proper noun, strong, genitive Platons)

1. Plato (Greek philosopher)

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpla.toːn/, [ˈpɫ̪ät̪oːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpla.ton/, [ˈpläːt̪on]

Proper noun

Platōn m sg (genitive Platōnos); third declension

1. Alternative form of Platō

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Platōn
Genitive	Platōnos
Dative	Platōnī
Accusative	Platōna
Ablative	Platōne
Vocative	Platōn

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πλάτων (Plátōn).

Proper noun

Platon

1. Plato

Derived terms

• platonsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πλάτων (Plátōn).

Proper noun

Platon

1. Plato

Derived terms

• platonsk

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πλάτων (Plátōn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpla.tɔn/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -atɔn
• Syllabification: Pla‧ton

Proper noun

Platon m pers

1. (philosophy) Plato

Declension

Declension of Platon

	singular
nominative	Platon
genitive	Platona
dative	Platonowi
accusative	Platona
instrumental	Platonem
locative	Platonie
vocative	Platonie

Derived terms

adjectives

• platonowy
• platoński

 

nouns

• platonik
• platonizm
• platończyk

 

verb

• platonizować impf

 

Related terms

adjective

• platoniczny

 

adverb

• platonicznie

 

Further reading

• Platon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Platon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πλάτων (Plátōn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpla.ton/

Proper noun

Platon ?

1. (philosophy) Plato

Further reading

• Platon in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plǎtoːn/
• Hyphenation: Pla‧ton

Proper noun

Plàtōn m (Cyrillic spelling Пла̀то̄н)

1. Plato

Declension

Declension of Platon

	singular
nominative	Platon
genitive	Platona
dative	Platonu
accusative	Platona
vocative	Platone
locative	Platonu
instrumental	Platonom

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Platón, from Latin Platōn, from Ancient Greek Πλάτων (Plátōn), from πλατύς (platús, “broad, wide”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Pla‧ton
• IPA^(key): /plaˈton/, [plɐˈton]

Proper noun

Platón (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜎᜆᜓᜈ᜔)

1. Plato

Related terms

• plato
• platoniko

 

Further reading

• “Platon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018