different between platt vs pratt

English

Etymology 1

From Early Modern English platte, a variation (probably dialectal) of plot (“plot of land”); see plat and plot for more.

Noun

platt (plural platts)

1. Obsolete spelling of plat or plot (scheme, plan, design, map).
   • 1794 July 30, minutes of the Executive council of Georgia, published in Minutes of the Executive council, from January 14, 1778, to January 6, 1785 (1908), page 684:

     3rdly That it also be recommended to all persons concerned to have their platts passed through the Surveyor Generals Office, and, in all respects, ready for the grant, in case they shall be entitled to the same, by the said 10th of September.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:platt.

Etymology 2

From Middle English platten, whence also plait; see plat.

Noun

platt (plural platts)

1. Obsolete spelling of plat (material made by interweaving, especially material made by interweaving straw, used to make hats).

   straw platt

   • c. 1750, a record, quoted in The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (1931):

     The versatility of his craftsmanship is likewise evidenced by the inventory which included "8½ Doz. Walking Sticks & Rodds" and "3½ Doz. Straw Hatts, some platt &c." His name appears in several account books of early Philadelphians, in 1751, […]

German

Etymology

From northern Middle High German plat, blat and Middle Low German plat, from Old French plat, from Vulgar Latin *plattus, probably from Ancient Greek ?????? (platús). Compare Dutch plat, French plat, Italian piatto, obsolete English plat. Also related to English flat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plat/
• Rhymes: -at

Adjective

platt (comparative platter, superlative am plattesten)

1. flat
2. (of a building or structure; by extension also of immaterial things) completely destroyed, razed to the ground
3. bromidic, banal
4. (colloquial) very tired, exhausted
5. (colloquial) astonished, dumbstruck

Declension

Synonyms

• flach

Related terms

• Platt
• Plattfuß
• Platter
• Plattbauchspinne

Further reading

• “platt” in Duden online

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle Low German plat, a borrowing from Old French plat, from Vulgar Latin *plattus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?plat/

Adjective

platt

1. flat

2. flattened

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle Low German plat, a borrowing from Old French plat (whence French plat), from Vulgar Latin *plattus. Cognate with German platt, Dutch plat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pl?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Adjective

platt (masculine platten, neuter platt, comparative méi platt, superlative am plattsten)

1. flat

Declension

Maltese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

platt m (plural platti)

1. plate (dish)

Related terms

• plattin

Swedish

Etymology

From German platt

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plat?/

Adjective

platt (comparative plattare, superlative plattast)

1. flat

Declension

Related terms

• platta
• plattång
• plattfisk
• plattform
• plattfot
• plattpannkaka
• plattysk

See also

• flat
• platå

Adverb

platt (comparative plattare, superlative plattast)

1. entirely, absolutely, at all

   det är platt intet

   that is absolutely nothing, that is nothing at all

Noun

platt c

1. a flat piece of ground

Declension

References

• platt in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

English

Etymology

From Middle English prat, from Old English prætt. More at prat.

Noun

pratt (plural pratts)

1. Alternative spelling of prat (“trick, prank”)

References

• pratt, in Sex-Lexis.com by Farlex.

Anagrams

• trapt