platan

See also: plàtan and platån

English

Alternative forms

• platane [16th-19th c.]

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin platanus; later reborrowed from Middle French platane.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplat(ə)n/

Noun

platan (plural platans)

1. (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 [...].

   • Alfred, Lord Tennyson

     A double hill ran up his furrowy forks / Beyond the thick-leaved platans of the vale.

Anagrams

• Patlan, planta

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Aromanian

Alternative forms

• platanu

Etymology

From Greek πλάτανος (plátanos). Compare the doublet paltin. Cf. also Romanian platan.

Noun

platan m (plural platanj)

1. plane tree

Synonyms

• paltin

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Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Platane from Latin platanus from Ancient Greek πλάτανος (plátanos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /platan/

Noun

1. plane tree, any tree of genus Platanus

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Esperanto

Adjective

platan

1. accusative singular of plata

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Icelandic

Noun

1. definite nominative singular of plata

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek πλάτανος (plátanos).

Noun

platan m (definite singular platanen, indefinite plural plataner, definite plural platanene)

1. a plane (tree), plane tree (genus Platanus)

Derived terms

• platanlønn

References

• “platan” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek πλάτανος (plátanos).

Noun

platan m (definite singular platanen, indefinite plural platanar, definite plural platanane)

1. a plane (tree), plane tree (genus Platanus)

Derived terms

• platanløn, platanlønn

References

• “platan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpla.tan/

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Ancient Greek πλάτανος (plátanos).

Noun

platan m inan

1. plane tree, any tree of genus Platanus

Declension

Declension of platan

	singular	plural
nominative	platan	platany
genitive	platana	platanów
dative	platanowi	platanom
accusative	platan	platany
instrumental	platanem	platanami
locative	platanie	platanach
vocative	platanie	platany

Derived terms

• (adjective) platanowy

Etymology 2

Noun

platan f

1. genitive plural of platana

Further reading

• Template:R:PWN

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Romanian

Etymology

From Greek πλάτανος (plátanos), partially through the French intermediate platane. See also paltin, inherited through a Vulgar Latin intermediate.

Noun

platan m (plural platani)

1. plane tree

Related terms

• paltin