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plaque
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French plaque (“plate, sheet (of metal); slab (of marble); bacteria on teeth”), from French plaquer, Middle French plaquer (“to plate”), from Middle Dutch placken (“to patch, beat metal into a thin plate”), from placke (“disk, patch, stain”), from Old Dutch *plagga (“patch”), from Proto-Germanic *plagg? (“patch”).
The word is cognate with Middle Low German placke, plagge (“small stain, scraps, rags, thin grass”), German Placken (“spot, patch”), Saterland Frisian plak, plakke (“a blow, slap”), Swedish plagg (“clothing, garment”). Compare plack.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pl??k/, /plæk/
- (Northern England, Scotland) IPA(key): /plak/
- (General American) IPA(key): /plæk/, [p?l?æk]
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /pla?k/
- Rhymes: -??k, -ak, -æk, -a?k
Noun
plaque (countable and uncountable, plural plaques)
- (countable) Any flat, thin piece of clay, ivory, metal, etc., used for ornament, or for painting pictures upon, as a dish, plate, slab, etc., hung upon a wall; also, a smaller decoration worn by a person, such as a brooch.
- (countable) A piece of flat metal with writing on it, attached to a building, monument, or other structure to remind people of a person or an event.
- (countable) A small card representing an amount of money, used for betting in casinos; a sort of gaming chip.
- (countable, biology) A clearing in a bacterial lawn caused by a virus.
- (countable, music) In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system: any flat, thin musical instrument.
- (countable, pathology) A broad patch of abnormal tissue distinguishable from surrounding tissue, especially a broad papule (“inflamed, irritated patch”) on the skin.
- (countable, uncountable, pathology) An abnormal accumulation of material in or on an organ of the body, often associated with disease.
- (countable, uncountable, pathology) An accumulation in artery walls made up of macrophage cells and debris containing lipids, (cholesterol and fatty acids), calcium, and connective tissue; an atheroma.
- (uncountable, dentistry) An accumulation of biofilm, or bacteria, on teeth.
- (countable, uncountable, pathology) An accumulation in artery walls made up of macrophage cells and debris containing lipids, (cholesterol and fatty acids), calcium, and connective tissue; an atheroma.
Derived terms
Related terms
- placard
- placula
- plaquet
Translations
References
Further reading
- commemorative plaque on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- dental plaque on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- plaque (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Etymology
From Middle Dutch placken (“to patch, beat metal into a thin plate”), from placke (“disk, patch, stain”), from *Old Dutch plagga (“patch”), from Proto-Germanic *plagg? (“patch”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plak/
- Rhymes: -ak
Noun
plaque f (plural plaques)
- sheet, plate (of metal)
- slab (of marble)
- (medicine) plaque (bacteria on teeth)
- plaque, slab (ornamental)
- (casino) chip
- Synonym: jeton
- (electrics, photography) plate
- (geology) plate (especially a tectonic plate)
- slab, bar (of e.g. chocolate)
- (slang) 10,000 francs
- Synonyms: brique, bâton
- burner; ring (element on a kitchen stove that generates localized heat for cooking)
Derived terms
Verb
plaque
- first-person singular present indicative of plaquer
- third-person singular present indicative of plaquer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of plaquer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of plaquer
- second-person singular imperative of plaquer
Descendants
- ? Portuguese: placa
Further reading
- “plaque” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Spanish
Verb
plaque
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of placar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of placar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of placar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of placar.
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papule
English
Noun
papule (plural papules)
- A small, inflammatory, irritated spot on the skin, similar in appearance to a pimple, but not containing pus.
Derived terms
- pearly penile papules
Translations
Anagrams
- upleap
Italian
Noun
papule f
- plural of papula
Anagrams
- pupale
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