plâtre

See also: plâtré

French

Etymology

From Middle French plâtre, plastre, from Old French plastre (first attested ca. 1165), from Vulgar Latin *plastrum (attested later in Medieval Latin plastrum), from Latin emplastrum, from Ancient Greek ἔμπλαστρον (émplastron, “daub; salve”). Doublet of piastre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plɑtʁ/

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• Rhymes: -ɑtʁ
• Homophone: plâtres

Noun

plâtre m (plural plâtres)

1. plaster, plaster of Paris (the building material)
2. plaster, cast (supportive and immobilising device)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• plaque de plâtre
• plâtrage
• plâtras

• plâtrer
• plâtreux
• plâtrier

Verb

plâtre

1. first-person singular present indicative of plâtrer
2. third-person singular present indicative of plâtrer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of plâtrer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of plâtrer
5. second-person singular imperative of plâtrer

Further reading

• “plâtre” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).