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plat
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /plæt/
- Rhymes: -æt
- Homophones: plait, Platte
Etymology 1
The noun is derived from Middle English plat, platte (“flat part of a sword; flat piece of ground, plot of ground”), probably a variant of Middle English plot, (modern English plot) and influenced by Middle English plat, plate (modern English plate) and Anglo-Norman, Middle French and Old French plat. See platy-, plaice, flat.
The verb is derived from the noun.
Noun
plat (plural plats)
- A plot of land; a lot.
- A map showing the boundaries of real properties (delineating one or more plots of land), especially one that forms part of a legal document.
- (obsolete) A plot, a scheme.
Translations
Verb
plat (third-person singular simple present plats, present participle platting, simple past and past participle platted)
- (transitive) To create a plat; to lay out property lots and streets; to map.
Translations
Etymology 2
The noun is a variant of plait.
The verb is from Middle English platte, English plat, respectively archaic past and past participle forms of English pleat (a variant of plait), Middle English platten (“to braid, weave; plait; to fold”).
Noun
plat (plural plats)
- A braid; a plait (of hair, straw, etc.).
- c. 1806, record in the journals of Lewis and Clark, recorded in The United States Exploration Anthology (2013, ?ISBN):
- they also wear a cap or cup on the head formed of beargrass and cedar bark. the men also frequently attatch[sic] some small ornament to a small plat of hair on the center of the crown of their heads.
- 1830, The Ladies’ Museum, volume 31, page 59:
- [...] hair ornamented with a bandeau of gold on one side of the forehead, with a large pearl in the centre of the bandeau; on the opposite side is a plat of hair.
- c. 1806, record in the journals of Lewis and Clark, recorded in The United States Exploration Anthology (2013, ?ISBN):
- Material produced by braiding or interweaving, especially a material of interwoven straw from which straw hats are made.
- 1824, New Material for Straw Plat, in The New England Farmer, volume 2, page 316:
- The large silver medal and twenty guineas, were this Session given to Miss Sophia Woodhouse, (Mrs. Wells,) of Weathersfield, in Connecticut, United States, for a new Material for Straw Plat.
- 1829, On British Leghorn Plat for Hats and Bonnets, by Lady Harriet Bernard, in Gill’s Technological Repository, volume 4, page 381:
- Her Ladyship, in a letter to A. Aikin, Esq., [...] dated Castle Bernard, Ireland, Oct. 19, 1827, states that she has made some improvement in the mode of preparing the rye-straw, which is the material for plat employed in the school under her ladyship’s patronage.
- 1842, The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, volume 23:
- Mr. Corston states that 781,605 straw hats had been imported from 1794 to 1803; and that in the last four years of that period 5281 lbs. of straw-plat, which was equal to 26,405 hats, had also been brought to this country.
- 2000, Whittington Bernard Johnson, Race Relations in the Bahamas, 1784–1834:
- Eleuthera made palmetto plat for hats, arrowroot, and casaba starch.
- 2002, John McAllister Ulrich, Signs of Their Times ?ISBN, page 45
- The most detailed example of this particular mode of production occurs in the section of Cottage Economy devoted to the making of straw plat for hats, fashioned from raw material grown in England.
- 1824, New Material for Straw Plat, in The New England Farmer, volume 2, page 316:
Translations
Verb
plat (third-person singular simple present plats, present participle platting, simple past and past participle platted)
- (dated except regional England) To braid, to plait.
- 1844, Thomas Jefferson Jacobs, Scenes, Incidents, and Adventures in the Pacific Ocean, page 349:
- A customer hailed him; he placed the stool on the ground, and the customer seated himself upon it, while the barber shaved his face, platted his hair, and washed his hands [...]
- 1844, Thomas Jefferson Jacobs, Scenes, Incidents, and Adventures in the Pacific Ocean, page 349:
Translations
Etymology 3
From Middle English plat, plate, platte (“flat; smooth; blunt, plain”), from Anglo-Norman, Middle French, and Old French plat (“(adjective) flat, level; calm; blunt, plain; (adverb) in a flat position; directly, straight; bluntly, plainly”), from Vulgar Latin *plattus (“flat; smooth”); further etymology uncertain, but possibly from Ancient Greek ?????? (platús, “flat; wide”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleth?- (“flat”).
The English word is cognate with French plat, Italian piatto, Middle Dutch plat (modern Dutch plat (“flat”)), Middle High German blat, plat, Middle Low German plat (modern German platt (“flat”)), Old Danish plat (modern Danish plat), Old Occitan plat (modern Occitan plat), Old Swedish plat (modern Swedish platt); and is a doublet of flat.
Adjective
plat (comparative more plat, superlative most plat)
- (obsolete except Scotland) Flat; level; (by extension) frank, on the level.
- c. 1400, John Lydgate, poem, commented upon by Thomas Gray and printed in The Works of Thomas Gray, volume 5, page 305:
- But, crying mercy, the emperour lay plat on the ground.
- 1889, Henry Morley, Early Prose Romances: The history of Reynard the Fox, page 149:
- But else, hold alway[sic] your tail fast between your legs that he catch you not thereby; and hold down your ears lying plat after your head that he hold you not thereby; and see wisely to yourself.
- 1891, Arthur Conan Doyle, The White Company:
- But now, youngster, I have answered you freely, and I trow it is time that you answered me. Let things be plat and plain between us. I am a man who shoots straight at his mark.
- 2011, Gordon Kendall, MHRA Tudor & Stuart Translations, volume 7.II: Gavin Douglas, The Aenid (1513) ?ISBN, page 638:
- The whirling wheel and speedy swift axle-tree / Smat down to ground, and on the earth lay plat.
- c. 1400, John Lydgate, poem, commented upon by Thomas Gray and printed in The Works of Thomas Gray, volume 5, page 305:
Adverb
plat (comparative more plat, superlative most plat)
- (obsolete except Scotland) Flatly, plainly.
- Synonyms: bluntly, directly, straightforwardly
- c. 1547?1555, John Hooper, A Declaration of the Ten Commandments, published by the Parker Society in 1843:
- Fourth, see [that] thou hide nothing, nor dissemble, but speak plat, and plainly as much as thou knowest.
- c. 1584?1656, Joseph Hall:
- But single out, and say once plat and plain / That coy Matrona is a courtesan;
References
Further reading
- plat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- plat (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “plat” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
- plat in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- PTAL, TLPA
Catalan
Etymology
Substantivization of the archaic adjective plat (compare French plat (“flat”)), from Old Occitan, from Vulgar Latin *plattus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (platús, “flat”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?plat/
Noun
plat m (plural plats)
- plate
- dish
Related terms
- plata
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plat/
- Rhymes: -at
Etymology 1
From platit (“to pay”) derived from Proto-Slavic *plat? (“a piece of cloth”), as pieces of cloth were used as currency. Possibly cognate with plátno (“canvas, linen”).
Noun
plat m
- salary
Declension
Synonyms
- mzda
- gáže
- výplata
Derived terms
- platový
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun
plat
- genitive plural of plato
References
Further reading
- plat in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- plat in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed via Middle Low German platt from Old French plat, from Vulgar Latin *plattus, which probably is loan from Ancient Greek ?????? (platús), a cognate of Danish flad.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?p?l?ad?]
Adjective
plat (plural and definite singular attributive platte)
- inane, lacking inspiration, corny, insipid
- 2016, Anne Strandvad, Vejen til Sofie, Lindhardt og Ringhof ?ISBN
- De ting, hun lavede, var platte og måtte klemmes ud af pligt. Først når de andre spillede dem, blev de til andet end livløse slag på klaveret.
- The things she made were uninspired and had to be squeezed out by duty. It was only when others played them that they became anything else than lifeless beatings on the piano.
- De ting, hun lavede, var platte og måtte klemmes ud af pligt. Først når de andre spillede dem, blev de til andet end livløse slag på klaveret.
- 2006, Min krønike: 1932-1979, Gyldendal A/S ?ISBN, page 150
- Jeg fandt, at især de sidste fire linjer i visen var platte og stødende.
- I found that, in particular, the last four lines in the song were inane and offensive.
- Jeg fandt, at især de sidste fire linjer i visen var platte og stødende.
- 2016, Jørgen Thorgaard, Kolonien, Lindhardt og Ringhof ?ISBN
- Enhver var af den opfattelse, Ladegaards morsomheder var platte.
- Everyone was of the view that Ladegaard's jokes were corny.
- Enhver var af den opfattelse, Ladegaards morsomheder var platte.
- 2011, Irene Oestrich, Slip bekymringerne, Politikens Forlag ?ISBN
- ... at de syntes Carolines bemærkninger var platte, ...
- ... that they felt Caroline's remarks to be stupid, ...
- ... at de syntes Carolines bemærkninger var platte, ...
- 1986, Eske Holm, Den erotiske handel: roman
- Mænds fascination af Martin berørte ham meget lidt. Han syntes dog bøsserne var besværlige – han syntes, de oftest var platte og seksuelt fikserede.
- The fascination that men held for Martin affected him very little. He did however feel that the gays were troublesome – he felt that they were most often insipid and sexually fixated.
- Mænds fascination af Martin berørte ham meget lidt. Han syntes dog bøsserne var besværlige – han syntes, de oftest var platte og seksuelt fikserede.
- 2016, Anne Strandvad, Vejen til Sofie, Lindhardt og Ringhof ?ISBN
Inflection
Derived terms
- plathed
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pl?t/
- Rhymes: -?t
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch plat, from Old French plat, from Vulgar Latin *plattus.
Adjective
plat (comparative platter, superlative platst)
- flat
- of soft consistency
Inflection
Derived terms
- platbranden
- plattegrond
Descendants
- Afrikaans: plat
- ? Sranan Tongo: plata
Etymology 2
From Platduits, which originally referred to any dialect specific to the low countries.
Noun
plat n (uncountable)
- One’s local dialect.
- Kan jij plat praten?
- Can you speak the dialect?
- Kan jij plat praten?
Adjective
plat (comparative platter, superlative platst)
- as one’s local dialect
- (by extension) common, rural, vulgar
- een platte mop
Derived terms
- platte uitdrukking
Anagrams
- lapt
French
Etymology
From Middle French plat, from Old French plat, from Vulgar Latin *plattus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (platús, “broad, flat”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pla/
Adjective
plat (feminine singular plate, masculine plural plats, feminine plural plates)
- flat
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Romanian: plat
Noun
plat m (plural plats)
- a flat area of ground; a flat thing; a flat dish or receptacle
- dish or course (e.g. served in a restaurant)
Synonyms
- mets
Derived terms
Further reading
- “plat” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Gothic
Romanization
plat
- Romanization of ????????????????
Old French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *plattus (“flattened”)
Noun
plat m (oblique plural plaz or platz, nominative singular plaz or platz, nominative plural plat)
- a footbridge
Romanian
Etymology
From French plat.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [plat]
Adjective
plat m or n (feminine singular plat?, masculine plural pla?i, feminine and neuter plural plate)
- flat, level, even
Declension
Noun
plat n (plural plate)
- The high first tone in Hanyu pinyin
Synonyms
- tonul plat
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?at/
Noun
plat m (genitive singular platu, nominative plural platy, genitive plural platov, declension pattern of dub)
- salary
Declension
Synonyms
- mzda
Derived terms
- platík m
- platovo adv
- platový -á -é
Related terms
- plati?
- výplata
Further reading
- plat in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
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lat
English
Etymology 1
From Hindi ??? (l??, “pillar; minaret; staff, club”), ??? (l??h, “long staff; cudgel”), etc.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /l??t/
- Rhymes: -??t
Noun
lat (plural lats)
- (weaponry, rare) A staff, particularly one of an Indian kind.
- (architecture) A monumental pillar, particularly the Buddhist columns erected in East India.
- 1801, "Miscellaneous Tracts" in the Asiatic Annual Register, p. 313:
- A high pillar of stone called Bheem-lat, or the Tealee, or oilman's lat or staff.
- 1801, "Miscellaneous Tracts" in the Asiatic Annual Register, p. 313:
Alternative forms
- lât, l?t
Etymology 2
Clipped form of latrine (q.v.).
Noun
lat (plural lats)
- (Britain slang, usually in the plural) A latrine: a rudimentary or military facility for urination and defecation.
- 1927, William Edward Collinson, Contemporary English, p. 92:
- At Salisbury Plain and Camberley in 1909/10 I learnt a number of camping expressions like... lats (latrines).
- 1940, M. Marples, Public School Slang, p. 112:
- Other synonyms [sc. for lavatories] are rears, lats... and dubs.
- 1927, William Edward Collinson, Contemporary English, p. 92:
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:bathroom
Etymology 3
From Latvian lats, a clipping of Latvija (“Latvia”)
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /l??t/
- (US) IPA(key): /l?t/
Noun
lat (plural lats)
- (historical numismatics) The gold-backed monetary unit of Latvia from August 1922 until April 1941, when it was replaced by the Soviet ruble; it was typically pegged at about 25 to the British pound.
- (historical numismatics) The floating fiat monetary unit of Latvia from 1992 until January 2014, when it was replaced by the euro.
- A coin or bill of either currency.
Synonyms
- lats sg
Hyponyms
- (1/100 lat): santim
Translations
Etymology 4
Clipping of latissimus (q.v.).
Noun
lat (plural lats)
- (slang, usually in the plural) A latissimus dorsi muscle.
Etymology 5
Clipping of latitude (q.v.).
Pronunciation
- enPR: l?t, IPA(key): /læt/
- Rhymes: -æt
Noun
lat (plural lats)
- (slang) latitude
Coordinate terms
- long
See also
- lat.
References
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
Anagrams
- ATL, Alt, Alt., Atl., LTA, TLA, Tal, alt, alt-, alt.
A-Pucikwar
Etymology
From Proto-Great Andamanese *lat
Adjective
lat
- afraid
Noun
lat
- fear
References
- Juliette Blevins, Linguistic clues to Andamanese pre-history: Understanding the North-South divide, pg. 19 (2009)
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch lat, from Middle Dutch latte, from Old Dutch *latta, from Proto-Germanic *latt?, *laþþ?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lat/
Noun
lat (plural latte, diminutive latjie)
- A slate, a lath.
- (informal) A chap, a bloke, a dude.
- (informal) A penis, a dick.
Derived terms
- kleilat
Aromanian
Alternative forms
- latu
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin l?tus; cf. Romanian lat.
Adjective
lat
- wide
Synonyms
- largu
Czech
Noun
lat
- genitive plural of lata
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch latte, from Old Dutch *latta, from Proto-Germanic *latt?, *laþþ?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l?t/
- Hyphenation: lat
- Rhymes: -?t
Noun
lat f (plural latten, diminutive latje n)
- A slate, a lath.
- A specifically, the common shortening of meetlat: flat ruler, yardstick.
Derived terms
- meetlat
Descendants
- Afrikaans: lat
References
- M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]
Anagrams
- alt, tal
Friulian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin lactem (“milk”, masculine or feminine accusative), from Latin lac (“milk”, neuter).
Noun
lat m (plural lats)
- milk
Related terms
- latâ
- latâr
- latuie
See also
- molzi
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?l?t]
- Rhymes: -?t
Etymology 1
From German Lot.
Noun
lat (plural latok)
- (archaic, unit of measure) half an ounce
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
lat (plural latok)
- lat (the floating fiat monetary unit of Latvia from 1992 until January 2014, when it was replaced by the euro)
Declension
References
Further reading
- (unit of measure): lat in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old Norse latr.
Adjective
lat (neuter singular lat, definite singular and plural late, comparative latere, indefinite superlative latest, definite superlative lateste)
- lazy
Etymology 2
Verb
lat
- imperative of late
References
- “lat” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse latr.
Adjective
lat (neuter singular lat or latt, definite singular and plural late, comparative latare, indefinite superlative latast, definite superlative lataste)
- lazy
Etymology 2
Verb
lat
- imperative of late
References
- “lat” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lat/
Etymology 1
Univerbation of la (“with”) +? tú (“you sg”)
Pronoun
lat
- second-person singular of la (“with”)
Etymology 2
Univerbation of la (“with”) +? do (“your sg”)
Determiner
lat (triggers lenition)
- with your sg
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lat/
Noun
lat n
- genitive plural of lata (“years”)
- genitive plural of lato
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lat/
Etymology 1
From Latin l?tus (“wide”), from earlier stl?tus, from Proto-Indo-European *sterh?- (“to stretch out, extend, spread”) or *stelh?- (“broad”).
Adjective
lat m or n (feminine singular lat?, masculine plural la?i, feminine and neuter plural late)
- wide, broad
Declension
Derived terms
- l??i
Etymology 2
From Latin latus (“side”).
Noun
lat n (plural laturi)
- the wide part of an object
Related terms
- latur?
See also
- l??ime
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish later, from Old Norse latr, from Proto-Germanic *lataz, from Proto-Indo-European *l?(y)d-.
Pronunciation
Adjective
lat (comparative latare, superlative latast)
- lazy
Declension
Derived terms
- lata sig
Noun
lat c
- (rare) A habit, custom
Declension
Synonyms
- vana
Derived terms
- olat
See also
- last
Anagrams
- tal
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse latr, from Proto-Germanic *lataz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?la?t/
- Rhymes: -á?t
Adjective
lat (comparative latänä, superlative latest)
- Lazy.
Derived terms
- latn
- latstöling
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