plast

See also: Plast, plašt, plást, plášť, płast, -plast, and пласт

Czech

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek πλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term, particularly:

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈplast]

Noun

plast m inan

1. plastic

   Synonym: umělá hmota

Declension

Declension of plast (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	plast	plasty
genitive	plastu	plastů
dative	plastu	plastům
accusative	plast	plasty
vocative	plaste	plasty
locative	plastu	plastech
instrumental	plastem	plasty

Derived terms

• plastický
• plastový

Further reading

• “plast”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “plast”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Danish

Etymology

A shortening of plastic, plastik.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈplasd]

Noun

plast c (singular definite plasten or plastet, not used in plural form)

1. (uncountable, technical) plastic

Declension

Declension of plast

common gender	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	plast	plasten plastet
genitive	plasts	plastens plastets

Derived terms

• kompositplast
• plastaffald
• plastbøtte
• plastfilm
• plastfolie
• plastindustri
• plastmager
• plastmateriale
• plastplade
• plastrør
• plastslange
• plastsæk
• skumplast

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɑst

Verb

plast

1. inflection of plassen:
   1. second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. (archaic) plural imperative

Estonian

Noun

plast (genitive plasti, partitive plasti)

1. plastic

Declension

Declension of plast (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		plast	plastid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	plasti
genitive			plastide
partitive		plasti	plaste plastisid
illative		plasti plastisse	plastidesse plastesse
inessive		plastis	plastides plastes
elative		plastist	plastidest plastest
allative		plastile	plastidele plastele
adessive		plastil	plastidel plastel
ablative		plastilt	plastidelt plastelt
translative		plastiks	plastideks plasteks
terminative		plastini	plastideni
essive		plastina	plastidena
abessive		plastita	plastideta
comitative		plastiga	plastidega

See also

• plastmass

Further reading

• “plast”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Icelandic

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek πλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term, particularly:

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰlast/

  Rhymes: -ast

Noun

plast n (genitive singular plasts, nominative plural plöst)

1. (uncountable) plastic
2. (countable) a plastic covering

Declension

Declension of plast (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	plast	plastið	plöst	plöstin
accusative	plast	plastið	plöst	plöstin
dative	plasti	plastinu	plöstum	plöstunum
genitive	plasts	plastsins	plasta	plastanna

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [plast]

Verb

plast

1. supine of plasć

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πλαστικός (plastikós), via English plastic.

Noun

plast m (definite singular plasten, indefinite plural plaster, definite plural plastene)

1. plastic

Derived terms

• plastbeholder
• plastflaske
• plastfolie
• plastpose

References

• “plast” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πλαστικός (plastikós), via English plastic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plɑst/

Noun

plast m (definite singular plasten, indefinite plural plastar, definite plural plastane)

1. plastic

Derived terms

• plastflaske
• plastfolie
• plastpose

References

• “plast” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *plastъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plâːst/

Noun

plȃst m inan (Cyrillic spelling пла̑ст)

1. haycock, rick, mow (arranged amount of hay that can be carried on pitchfork or by hands)

Declension

Declension of plast

	singular	plural
nominative	plȃst	plastovi
genitive	plásta	plastova
dative	plastu	plastovima
accusative	plast	plastove
vocative	plaste	plastovi
locative	plastu	plastovima
instrumental	plastom	plastovima

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek πλαστικός (plastikós), via English plastic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plast/, [ˈplast]
• Rhymes: -ast

Noun

plast m inan (relational adjective plastový or plastický)

1. plastic

   Synonym: umelá hmota f

Declension

Declension of plast
(pattern dub)

	singular	plural
nominative	plast	plasty
genitive	plastu	plastov
dative	plastu	plastom
accusative	plast	plasty
locative	plaste	plastoch
instrumental	plastom	plastmi, plastami

Further reading

• “plast”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Swedish

hushållsartiklar av plast [plastic household items]

en plasttallrik [a plastic plate]

en gul plasthink [a yellow plastic bucket]

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek πλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term, particularly:

Noun

plast c

1. plastic; a stiff but usually slightly flexible synthetic material, generally consisting of a hydrocarbon-based polymer

   ett glas av plast

   a glass made of plastic

   en plastgaffel

   a plastic fork

Declension

Declension of plast

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	plast	plasts
	definite	plasten	plastens
plural	indefinite	plaster	plasters
	definite	plasterna	plasternas

Derived terms

• plastmamma
• plastpappa
• sockiplast

Related terms

• plastig
• plasta
• plasta in

References

• “plast”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “plast”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “plast”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• Svensk MeSH

Anagrams

• plats, spalt