Platon

See also: platon, platón, Platón, and Platoń

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French Platon, Greek Πλάτων (Pláton) or Russian and Ukrainian 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: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Forebears

Etymology 2

From Middle English Platon, from Latin Platōn and its etymon Ancient Greek Πλάτων (Plátōn).

Proper noun

Platon

1. Alternative form of Plato.
   • 1881 April, “Life of Platon”, in Thomas M[oore] Johnson, editor, The Platonist. […], volume I, number 3, St. Louis, Mo., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 37, column 1:

     Platon returned to the Academy and devoted himself to divine philosophy.

   • 2003, John H. Kunkel, “Aster”, in The Winged Soul: Plato’s Autobiography, Philadelphia, Pa.: Xlibris, →ISBN, page 64:

     But after a while Sokrates began to draw me into the conversations. “And what do you think, Platon?” he encouraged me, and I replied as my thoughts dictated.

   • 2011, Sang Hwa Hong, quoting Mr. Kim, “Things Money Cannot Buy”, in The 99% Manifesto: Who Destroyed the American Middle Class? And How to Restore It!, [Annandale, Va.?]: Korea Monitor, →ISBN, book III (A Conversation with a Journalist/Economist for Solutions), page 56:

     Twenty five centuries ago, Greek philosopher Platon said ‘money is only good for paying off one’s debts before one’s death.’

Anagrams

• pontal

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

Estonian

Proper noun

Platon

1. Plato

Further reading

• Platon on the Estonian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^et

Finnish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πλάτων (Plátōn).

Pronunciation

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

• platonilainen
• platoninen
• platonismi

Further reading

• Platon on the Finnish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fi

Anagrams

• tolpan

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pla.tɔ̃/

Etymology 1

From Latin Platō.

Proper noun

Platon m

1. Plato (Greek philosopher)

Derived terms

• platonicien
• platonique

Related terms

• Pléthon
• Plotin

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

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplaːtɔn/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

Platon m (proper noun, strong, genitive Platons)

1. Plato (Greek philosopher)

Related terms

• Plethon
• Plotin

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpɫa.toːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈplaː.ton]

Proper noun

Platōn m sg (genitive Platōnos); third declension

1. alternative form of Platō

Declension

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

	singular
nominative	Platōn
genitive	Platōnos
dative	Platōnī
accusative	Platōna
ablative	Platōne
vocative	Platōn

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πλάτων (Plátōn).

Proper noun

Platon

1. Plato

Derived terms

• platonsk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πλάτων (Plátōn).

Proper noun

Platon

1. Plato

Derived terms

• platonsk

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-us

Proto-Indo-European *pléth₂us

Proto-Hellenic *plətús

Ancient Greek πλᾰτῠ́ς (plătŭ́s)

Proto-Indo-European *-ō

Ancient Greek -ων (-ōn)

Ancient Greek Πλάτων (Plátōn)lbor.

Polish Platon

Learned borrowing 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. 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 Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πλάτων (Plátōn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpla.ton/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Platon m

1. (philosophy) Plato

Further reading

• “Platon”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Plàtōn m anim (Cyrillic spelling Пла̀то̄н)

1. Plato

Declension

Declension of Platon

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

Swedish

Proper noun

Platon c (genitive Platons)

1. Plato

Derived terms

• platonsk
• platonisk

References

• “Platon”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Tagalog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /plaˈton/ [plɐˈt̪on̪]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: Pla‧ton

Proper noun

Platón (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜎᜆᜓᜈ᜔)

1. Plato

Related terms

• plato
• platoniko

Further reading

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