Platonic

See also: platonic and platònic

English

Alternative forms

• platonic, platonick, Platonick

Etymology

From Latin Platōnicus; surface analysis is Plato +‎ -n- (intervocalic) +‎ -ic (“relating to”).

Adjective

Platonic (comparative more Platonic, superlative most Platonic)

1. Of or relating to the ancient Greek philosopher Plato or his philosophies.
2. Alternative letter-case form of platonic (non-sexual).

Derived terms

• Neoplatonic
• Platonical
• Platonically
• Platonic body
• Platonic dialogue
• Platonic hydrocarbon
• Platonic solid
• Platonic year

 

Related terms

• Plato
• Platonism
• Platonist
• Platonistic

 

Translations

related to Plato

• Arabic: أَفْلَاطُونِيّ (ʔaflāṭūniyy)
• Catalan: platònic (ca)
• Czech: platónský
• Finnish: platonilainen
• French: platonicien (fr)
• German: platonisch (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: Πλατωνικός (Platōnikós)

• Ido: Platonala (io)
• Irish: Platónach
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: platonsk

  Nynorsk: platonsk

• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пла̀то̄нскӣ

  Roman: plàtōnskī (sh)

• Slovak: platónsky
• Spanish: platónico
• Yiddish: פּלאַטאָניש (platonish)

Noun

Platonic (plural Platonics)

1. A Platonist; a follower of Plato's ideas.

Anagrams

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