platan
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- platane [16th–19th c.]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin platanus; later reborrowed from Middle French platane.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
platan (plural platans)
- (now rare, literary) A planetree.
- 1633, John Donne, The Autumnall:
- Xerxes strange Lydian love, the Platane tree, / Was lov'd for age, none being so large as shee [...].
- 1847, Alfred Tennyson, “(please specify the page number, or |part=Prologue, I to VII, or conclusion)”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:
- A double hill ran up his furrowy forks / Beyond the thick-leaved platans of the vale.
Anagrams[edit]
Aromanian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Greek πλάτανος (plátanos). Compare the doublet paltin. Cf. also Romanian platan.
Noun[edit]
platan m (plural platanj)
- plane tree
Synonyms[edit]
Czech[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from German Platane from Latin platanus from Ancient Greek πλάτανος (plátanos).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
platan m inan
Declension[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "platan" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007
Esperanto[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Adjective[edit]
platan
- accusative singular of plata
Icelandic[edit]
Noun[edit]
platan
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ultimately from Ancient Greek πλάτανος (plátanos).
Noun[edit]
platan m (definite singular platanen, indefinite plural plataner, definite plural platanene)
- a plane (tree), plane tree (genus Platanus)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “platan” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ultimately from Ancient Greek πλάτανος (plátanos).
Noun[edit]
platan m (definite singular platanen, indefinite plural platanar, definite plural platanane)
- a plane (tree), plane tree (genus Platanus)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “platan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Internationalism; compare English plane tree, French platane, German Platane, ultimately from Latin platanus, from Ancient Greek πλάτανος (plátanos).
Noun[edit]
platan m inan
- plane tree (any tree of genus Platanus)
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun[edit]
platan f
Further reading[edit]
- platan in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- platan in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek πλάτανος (plátanos), Latin platanus, partially through the French intermediate platane. See also paltin, inherited through a Vulgar Latin intermediate.
Noun[edit]
platan m (plural platani)
- plane tree
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) platan | platanul | (niște) platani | platanii |
genitive/dative | (unui) platan | platanului | (unor) platani | platanilor |
vocative | platanule | platanilor |
Related terms[edit]
- English terms borrowed from Latin
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- English terms derived from Middle French
- English 2-syllable words
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- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with rare senses
- English literary terms
- English terms with quotations
- en:Proteales order plants
- Aromanian terms borrowed from Greek
- Aromanian terms derived from Greek
- Aromanian lemmas
- Aromanian nouns
- Aromanian masculine nouns
- Czech terms borrowed from German
- Czech terms derived from German
- Czech terms derived from Latin
- Czech terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech lemmas
- Czech nouns
- Czech masculine nouns
- Czech inanimate nouns
- Czech masculine inanimate nouns
- Czech hard masculine inanimate nouns
- Esperanto terms with audio links
- Esperanto non-lemma forms
- Esperanto adjective forms
- Icelandic non-lemma forms
- Icelandic noun forms
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- nb:Trees
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- nn:Trees
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Polish/atan
- Rhymes:Polish/atan/2 syllables
- Polish internationalisms
- Polish terms derived from Latin
- Polish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish masculine nouns
- Polish inanimate nouns
- Polish non-lemma forms
- Polish noun forms
- pl:Proteales order plants
- pl:Trees
- Romanian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Romanian terms derived from Latin
- Romanian terms derived from French
- Romanian doublets
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
- Romanian masculine nouns