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[Appendix:Variations of "plat"]
** English
[2019]
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 1
The noun is derived from [en], [enm],[1] probably a variant of [enm],[2]
(modern [en])[3] and influenced by [enm], [enm][4] (modern [en]) and [en],
[en] and [en].[5] See [en], [en], [en].
The verb is derived from the noun.[6]
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. A plot of land ; a lot .
2. * [edition=2nd]
3. * [book=VIII]
4. * [volume=I]
5. * [en]
6. A map showing the boundaries of real properties ( delineating one or more plots of land), especially one that forms part of a legal document .
7. * [chapter=Notes in Writing, besides More Priuie by Mouth, that were Giuen by M. Richard Hakluyt, [of Eiton in the Countie of Hereford, Esquire] , Anno 1580: To M. Arthur Pet, and to M. Charles Iackman, Sent by the Merchants of the Moscouie Companie for the Discouerie of the Northeast Straight, [Not Altogether Vnfit for Some Other Enterprises of Discouerie, heerafter to be Taken in Hand]]
8. * [en]
9. * [en]
10. * [en]
11. [en] A plot, a scheme .
12. * [en]
13. * [en]
***** Derived terms
- [en]
- [en]
***** Translations
[plot of land]
[map showing the boundaries of real properties]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
[trans-bottom]
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To create a plat ; to lay out property lot s and street s; to map .
2. * [en]
3. * [en]
4. * [en]
5. * [en]
***** Translations
[to create a plat; to lay out property lots and streets] [trans-bottom]
*** Etymology 2
The noun is a variant of [en].[7]
The verb is from [en], 吴语: English language _plat_, respectively archaic
[past] and past [participle] forms of [en][8] (a variant of _plait_),[9]
[en].[10]
**** Noun
[~]
1. A braid ; a plait (of hair , straw , etc.).
2. * [poem=A Lover's Complaint]
3. * [1806] , record in the journals of Lewis and Clark, recorded in _The United States Exploration Anthology_ (2013, [1628409932] ):
4. *: 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.
5. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1830 | title=The Ladies’ Museum | volume=31 | page=59
|passage=[...] 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.}}
1. Material produced by braiding or interweaving , especially a material of interwoven straw from which straw hat s are made.
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1824 | chapter=New Material for Straw PLAT | title=The New England Farmer | volume=2 | page=316
|passage=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.}}
1. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1829 | chapter=On British Leghorn PLAT for Hats and Bonnets, by Lady Harriet Bernard | title=Gill’s Technological Repository | volume=4 | page=381
|passage=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.}}
1. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1842 | title=The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge | volume=23
|passage=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.}}
1. * {{ quote-text | en | year=2000 | author=Whittington Bernard Johnson | title=Race Relations in the Bahamas, 1784–1834
|passage=Eleuthera made palmetto PLAT for hats, arrowroot, and casaba
starch.}}
1. * {{ quote-book | en | year=2002 | author=John McAllister Ulrich | title=Signs of Their Times | isbn=0821414011 | page=45
|passage=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.}}
***** Translations
[a braid; a plait]
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To braid , to plait .
2. * [Matthew]
3. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1844 | author=Thomas Jefferson Jacobs | title=Scenes, Incidents, and Adventures in the Pacific Ocean | page=349
|passage=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 [...]}}
1. * [en]
2. * [en]
***** Translations
[to braid, plait]
*** Etymology 3
[en] From [en], [enm], [enm],[11] from [en], [en], and [en], from [en];
further etymology [en], but possibly from [en], ultimately from [en].
The English word is cognate with [fr], [it], [dum] (modern [nl]), [gmh],
[gmh], [gml] (modern [de]), [gmq-oda] (modern [da]), [pro] (modern [oc]),
[gmq-osw] (modern [sv]); and is a [en].[12]
**** Adjective
[en-adj]
1. [en] Flat ; level ; [en] frank , on the level .
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1889 | author=Henry Morley | title=Early Prose Romances: The history of Reynard the Fox | page=149
|passage=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.}}
1. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1891 | author=Arthur Conan Doyle | title=The White Company
|passage=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.}}
1. * 2011 , Gordon Kendall, _MHRA Tudor & Stuart Translations, volume 7.II: Gavin Douglas, _ The Aenid _(1513)_ [1907322493] , page 638: < !--this is a modern English translation of a 1500s Scots or Middle Scots work, which has the line “The quhirland quheill and spedy swyft extre Smaite doun to ground, and on the erd lay plat”-->
2. *: The whirling wheel and speedy swift axle-tree / Smat down to ground, and on the earth lay PLAT .
***** Related terms
- [en]
**** Adverb
[en-adv]
1. [en] Flatly , plainly .
2. * [1547‒1555] , John Hooper, _A Declaration of the Ten Commandments_ , published by the Parker Society in 1843 :
3. *: Fourth, see [ that ] thou hide nothing, nor dissemble, but speak PLAT , and plainly as much as thou knowest.
4. * [1584‒1656] , Joseph Hall:
5. *: But single out, and say once PLAT and plain / That coy Matrona is a courtesan;
*** Etymology 4
[en].
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] [en]
2. [en] [en]
***** Derived terms
- [en]
*** See also
- [en] [etymologically unrelated]
*** References
References:
[1]. [pos=n]
[2]. [entry=plot]
[3]. [pos= _n. [3]_] ; [R:Lexico]
[4]. [entry=plā̆t(e]
[5]. Compare [pos= _n. [2]_]
[6]. [pos= _v. [4]_]
[7]. [pos= _n. [6]_]
[8]. [pos= _v. [3]_]
[9]. [entry=pleat]
[10]. [entry=platten]
[11]. [pos=adj]
[12]. [pos=adj. _and _ adv]
[13]. [R:cs:Rejzek 2007]
*** Further reading
- [pedia]
- [plat (disambiguation)]
- [R:DSL]
- [R:Webster 1913]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en]
** Catalan
*** Etymology
Substantivization of the archaic adjective [roa-oca], from [ca], from [ca].
Compare [fr].
*** Pronunciation
- [ca-IPA]
- [ca]
*** Noun
[m]
1. plate
2. dish
**** Derived terms
- [ca]
**** Related terms
- [ca]
*** References
- [R:ca:DCVB]
** Cypriot Arabic
[p-l-t]
*** Etymology
From [acy].
*** Noun
[sing=plata]
1. a block of hard , white cheese made from the residue of halloumi
*** References
- [page=166]
** Czech
[lang=cs]
*** Pronunciation
- [cs-IPA]
- [cs]
*** Etymology 1
From [cs] derived from [cs],[13] as pieces of cloth were used as currency.
Possibly cognate with [cs].
**** Noun
[m-in]
1. salary
***** Declension
[m]
***** Derived terms
[cs]
*** Etymology 2
[nonlemma]
**** Noun
[cs]
1. [cs]
*** References
References:
[1]. [pos=n]
[2]. [entry=plot]
[3]. [pos= _n. [3]_] ; [R:Lexico]
[4]. [entry=plā̆t(e]
[5]. Compare [pos= _n. [2]_]
[6]. [pos= _v. [4]_]
[7]. [pos= _n. [6]_]
[8]. [pos= _v. [3]_]
[9]. [entry=pleat]
[10]. [entry=platten]
[11]. [pos=adj]
[12]. [pos=adj. _and _ adv]
[13]. [R:cs:Rejzek 2007]
*** Further reading
- [R:cs:PSJC]
- [R:cs:SSJC]
- [R:cs:IJP]
** Danish
*** Etymology
Borrowed via [da] from [da], from [da], which probably is loan from [da], a
cognate of [da].
*** Pronunciation
- [da]
*** Adjective
[platte]
1. inane , lacking inspiration , corny , insipid
2. * {{ quote-book | da | year=2016 | author=Anne Strandvad | title=Vejen til Sofie | publisher=Lindhardt og Ringhof | isbn=9788711618967
|passage=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.
|t=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.}}
1. * {{ quote-book | da | year=2006 | title=Min krønike: 1932-1979 | page=150 | publisher=Gyldendal A/S | isbn=9788702054460
|passage=Jeg fandt, at især de sidste fire linjer i visen var PLATTE og
stødende. |t=I found that, in particular, the last four lines in the song
were INANE and offensive.}}
1. * {{ quote-book | da | year=2016 | author=Jørgen Thorgaard | title=Kolonien | publisher=Lindhardt og Ringhof | isbn=9788711589465
|passage=Enhver var af den opfattelse, Ladegaards morsomheder var PLATTE.
|t=Everyone was of the view that Ladegaard's jokes were CORNY.}}
1. * {{ quote-book | da | year=2011 | author=Irene Oestrich | title=Slip bekymringerne | publisher=Politikens Forlag | isbn=9788756705141
|passage=... at de syntes Carolines bemærkninger var PLATTE, ... |t=...
that they felt Caroline's remarks to be STUPID, ...}}
1. * {{ quote-text | da | year=1986 | author=Eske Holm | title=Den erotiske handel: roman
|passage=Mænds fascination af Martin berørte ham meget lidt. Han syntes dog
bøsserne var besværlige – han syntes, de oftest var PLATTE og seksuelt
fikserede. |translation=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.}}
**** Inflection
[platt]
**** Derived terms
- [da]
** Dutch
*** Pronunciation
- [nl]
- [nl]
- [nl]
*** Etymology 1
From [nl], from [nl], from [nl].
**** Adjective
[platter]
1. flat
2. of soft consistency
***** Declension
[platte]
***** Derived terms
{{col|nl |platbranden |plattegrond |platvloers }}
***** Descendants
- [af]
- [brc]
- [pap]
- [srn] [see desc]
*** Etymology 2
[Plat (taal)] From [nl]. Cognate to [de].
**** Noun
[n]
1. [nl] dialect ; one’s local dialect
2. * 2015 , _Frans Kellendonk. Verzamelt werk._ 2nd ed. (as e-book; original 1st ed. printed 2015), Querido, 2015 <small> ( [978 90 214 0033 4] ; preview at Google Books (see https://books.google.com/books?id=1wMCCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT777&dq=%22het+plat%22) ) </small>
3. *: {{ quote | nl | De taal is een Bordewijkse kunsttaal, de figuren zijn geen herkenbare mensen, het PLAT dat ze spreken is een synthetisch PLAT .
|translation=The language is a Bordewijkian artificial language, the figures
are not recognisable people, the _dialect_ that they speak is a synthetic
_dialect_. _[ Note: _Bordewijk_is a Netherlandic surename.]_}}
1. a flat surface ; particularly a (roof) terrace
**** Adjective
[platter]
1. dialectal ; as one’s local dialect
2. [nl] common , rural , vulgar
***** Derived terms
{{col|nl |platte uitdrukking |platweg }}
**** Descendants
- [id]
- [ms]
*** Anagrams
- [nl]
** French
*** Etymology
[fr], from [fr], from [fr], from [fr].
*** Pronunciation
- [fr-IPA]
- [fr]
- [fr]
- [fr]
- [fr]
- [fr]
- [fr]
*** Adjective
[fr-adj]
1. flat
**** Derived terms
{{col3|fr |à plat |battre à plate couture |calme plat |eau plate |écran plat
|nœud plat |pied plat |plateau |platitude |poisson plat }}
**** Descendants
- [bor=1]
*** Noun
[m]
1. a flat area of ground; a flat thing; a flat dish or receptacle
2. dish or course (e.g. served in a restaurant)
3. * [fr]
**** Synonyms
- [fr]
**** Derived terms
{{col3|fr |à plat ventre |faire tout un plat de |faux plat |la vengeance est
un plat qui se mange froid |mettre les petits plats dans les grands |mettre
les pieds dans le plat |œuf sur le plat |plat de résistance |plat du jour
|plat principal }}
*** Further reading
- [R:fr:TLFi]
** Gothic
*** Romanization
[got-rom]
1. [got]
** Middle English
*** Adjective
[enm]
1. [en] : flat ; level ; [enm] frank , on the level .
2. * [volume=I]
3. * [1400] , John Lydgate, poem, commented upon by Thomas Gray and printed in _The Works of Thomas Gray_ , volume 5, page 305:
4. *: [enm]
*** Adverb
[enm]
1. [en] : flatly , plainly
2. * [title=The Romaunt of the Rose]
** Middle French
*** Etymology
[frm]
*** Adjective
[frm-adj]
1. flat
**** Descendants
- [fr]
*** References
- [R:DMF]
** Old French
*** Etymology
[fro] From [fro].
*** Adjective
[fro-adj]
1. flat
**** Descendants
- [frm]
- [nrf]
- [dum]
- [nl] [see desc]
- [li]
- [enm]
- [en]
- [sco]
- [gmh] [see desc]
- [gml]
- [da]
- [sv]
*** Noun
[m]
1. a footbridge
*** References
- [R:fro:DEAF]
** Romanian
*** Etymology
[ro].
*** Pronunciation
- [ro]
*** Adjective
[4]
1. flat , level , even
**** Declension
[mpl=plați]
*** Noun
[n]
1. level tone , first tone [in Hanyu pinyin]
**** Synonyms
- [ro]
** Slovak
*** Pronunciation
- [sk-IPA]
*** Noun
[m-in]
1. salary
**** Declension
[m-in]
**** Derived terms
- [sk] _adv_
**** Related terms
- [sk]
- [sk]
*** Further reading
- [R:sk:SDK]
** Tagalog
*** Etymology
[tl].
*** Pronunciation
[tl-pr]
*** Adjective
[b=+]
1. flat
*** Further reading
- [R:Pambansang Diksiyonaryo]