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    [Plate]

    ** English

    [wikipedia]

    *** Pronunciation

    - [plāt] , [en] - [en] - [en] - [en] - [en] - [en]

    *** Etymology 1

    [en] From [en], from [en], from [en], from [en], from [en]. Compare [es].

    [foot] Cockney rhyming slang, from "plates of meat" for "feet".

    **** Noun

    [en-noun]

    1. [en] A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which food is serve d or eat en. 2. [en] Such dishes collectively. 3. The contents of such a dish. 4. A course at a meal . 5. [en] An agenda of tasks, problems, or responsibilities 6. A flat object of uniform thickness. 7. [en] Vehicle license plate s, registration plate s. 8. A taxi permit, especially of a metal disc. 9. [en] Plate armor . 10. * [2] 11. * [book=6] 12. A layer of a material on the surface of something, usually qualified by the type of the material; plating 13. A material covered with such a layer. 14. [en] An ornamental or food service item coated with silver or gold or otherwise decorated. 15. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1777 | author=w:Richard Brinsley Sheridan | title=The School for Scandal | section=V.i |passage=The silver ore of pure Charity is an expensive article in the catalogue of a man's good Qualities—whereas the sentimental French PLATE I use instead of it makes just as good a shew—and pays no tax.}}

    1. [en] A weight ed disk , usually of metal , with a hole in the center for use with a barbell , dumbbell , or exercise machine. 2. [en] An engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper. 3. [en] An image or copy . 4. [en] An illustration in a book, either black and white, or colour, usually on a page of paper of different quality from the text pages. 5. [en] A shaped and fitted surface, usually ceramic or metal that fits into the mouth and in which teeth are implanted ; a dental plate . 6. [en] A horizontal framing member at the top or bottom of a group of vertical studs . 7. [en] A person's foot . 8. [en] Home plate . 9. [en] A tectonic plate . 10. * [1=en] 11. [en] Any of various larger scales found in some reptile s. 12. [en] A flat electrode such as can be found in an accumulator battery, or in an electrolysis tank. 13. [en] The anode of a vacuum tube . 14. A prize given to the winner in a contest . 15. [en] Any flat piece of material such as coated glass or plastic. 16. [en] A metallic card, used to imprint tickets with an airline's logo, name, and numeric code. 17. [en] The ability of a travel agent to issue tickets on behalf of a particular airline. 18. [en] A VIN plate, particularly with regard to the car's year of manufacture. 19. One of the thin parts of the brisket of an animal . 20. A very light steel horseshoe for racehorse s. 21. [en] Skins for fur lining s of garment s, sew n together and roughly shaped, but not finally cut or fitted. 22. [en] The fine nap (as of beaver , musquash , etc.) on a hat whose body is made from inferior material . 23. [en] A record , usually vinyl . 24. [en] trauma plate . 25.. [en] Any of the potential romantic or sexual partner s with whom a person keeps in touch as part of plate spinning . 26. (Lego building) A Lego piece that is thin, 1/3 the height of a brick, and has studs on top.

    ***** Derived terms

    {{col|en|armplate |assay plate|rego plate|golden plates|plates of meat|spin plates |autoplate |backplate |base plate |baseplate |bedplate |beef plate |Bitter plate |black plate |blue-plate special,blue plate special |bodyplate |boiler plate,boilerplate |boiling plate |bookplate |bread-and-butter plate |breastplate,brest-plate|armor plate,armour plate|Chladni's plate |bridging plate |buckler plate |butter plate|blue plate,blue-plate |buttplate |cake plate |catch plate |CD plate |cell plate |chainplate |Champy plate |channel plate |cheek plate |chestplate |china plate |Chladni plate |chromium-plate |chromium plate |clean one's plate |clean up one's plate |clutchplate |clutch plate |collection plate |collection-plate |cooking plate |copperplate |cornplate |cortical plate |counterplate |cribriform plate |dam plate |dead plate |dessert-plate |diamond plate |die plate |dinner plate |dinnerplate |doorplate |drawplate |dry plate |dub plate |dubplate |dub-plate |earth plate |echo plate |endplate |epiphyseal plate |Europlate |eye plate |face-plate |face plate |fall plate |fashion plate |filterplate |fingerplate |fishplate |flexplate |floorplate |footplate |forceplate |Fresnel zone plate |futtock plate |garbage plate |give someone his head on a plate |gold plate |gold-plate |growth plate |hair plate |half-plate |hand someone his head on a plate |heelplate |heteroplate |hotplate |hot plate |hot-plate |hourplate |immunoplate |implate |interplate |intraplate |Ishihara plate |jack of plate |jaw plate |keyplate |kickplate |kick plate |lateral pterygoid plate |legplate |licence plate |license plate |lip plate |lockplate |L-plate |lysoplate |medial pterygoid plate |microplate |microtiter plate |midplate |miniplate |misplate |mixed plate |nail plate |nameplate,name plate |nanoplate |neck plate |neckplate |neural plate |nickel-plate |Nickel Plate Road |nonplate |notoplate |number plate |offering plate |office floor plate |on a plate |on one's plate |overplate |paper plate |perch plate |perforation plate |photographic plate |piano plate |picky plate |picotiter plate |pie plate |pitcher's plate |plateable |plate appearance |plate armor |plate armour |plate block |plate bone |platebound |plate carrée |plate-carrier |plate count |plateful |plate girder |plate glass |plate-glass |plate glass university |plate-glass university |plateholder |platelayer |platelaying |platelegs |plateless |platelet |platelike |plate lunch |platemail |plate mail |platemaker |platemaking |plateman |plate mark |platemark |plate meal |plate money |plate number coil |plate-out |plate out |plate paper |plate powder |plate press |plate reader |plate reverb |plateroon |plate sale |platescape |plate ship |plate tectonics |plate up |plateware |plateway |plate wheel |platewise |pole plate |P-plate |preplate |process plate |pronto plate |pterygoid plate |quadrant plate |quarter-plate |quarter-wave plate |raising plate |reed plate |register plate |replate |reverb plate |ridgeplate |roof-plate |roving plate |saddle plate |salad plate |sauceplate |Schmidt corrector plate |scratchplate |screwplate |selling plate |shinplate |short plate |side plate |sieve plate |silver-plate |silver plate |skidplate |slide plate |small plate |smokeplate |soleplate |star plate |step up to the plate |stereoplate |stir plate |streak plate |strike plate |striking plate |string plate |stripper plate |subplate |swash plate |swashplate |switchplate |theoretical plate |throatplate |tie plate |tieplate |tinplate |tin plate |tin-plate |toeplate |toothplate |tramplate |treadplate |trench plate |troll plate |trunnion plate |tubeplate |turnplate |underplate |vanity license plate |vanity plate |veiled plate |visiplate |wall plate |water plate |waveplate |wave plate |weight plate |weirplate |wet plate |whole plate |wrist plate |zone plate |λ/4 plate }}

    ***** Descendants

    - [bor=1] - [bor=1]

    ***** Translations

    {{multitrans|data= [flat dish]

    - Afrikaans: [af] - Ainu: [ain] - Akan: [ak] , [ak] - Albanian: [sq] - Arabic: [ar] , [ar] - Armenian: [hy] , [hy] - Assamese: [as] - Asturian: [ast] - Azerbaijani: [az] - Bashkir: [ba] - Basque: [eu] - Belarusian: [be] , [be] , [be] - Bengali: [bn] , [bn] , [bn] , [bn] - Bikol Central: [bcl] , [bcl] - Brunei Malay: [kxd] , [kxd] , [kxd] - Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg] - Burmese: [my] - Buryat: [bua] - Carpathian Rusyn: [rue] - Catalan: [ca] - Chechen: [ce] - Cherokee: [chr] - Chichewa: [ny] - Chickasaw: [cic] - Chinese: - Chuvash: [cv] - Coptic: [cop] - Corsican: [co] - Czech: [cs] - Danish: [da] - Dutch: [nl] , [nl] - Elfdalian: [ovd] - Esperanto: [eo] - Estonian: [et] - Faroese: [fo] , [fo] , [fo] - Finnish: [fi] - French: [eating dish] [fr] , [serving dish] [fr] - Georgian: [ka] , [ka] - German: [de] , [de] , [de] - Greek: [el] - Greenlandic: [kl] - Guaraní: [gn] - Hebrew: [he] - Hindi: [hi] , [hi] , [hi] [thali] - Hungarian: [hu] - Icelandic: [is] - Ido: [io] - Indonesian: [id] , [id] - Ingrian: [izh] , [izh] - Irish: [ga] - Italian: [it] - Japanese: [ja] - Karelian: [krl] - Kashubian: [csb] - Kazakh: [kk] , [kk] , [kk] - Khiamniungan Naga: [kix] - Khmer: [km] - Konkani: [kok] , [kok] - Korean: [ko] - Kurdish: - Kyrgyz: [ky] , [ky] - Lao: [lo] - Latgalian: [ltg] - Latin: [la] , [la] , [la] , [la] , [la] , [la] - Latvian: [lv] - Lutuv: [clt] - Limburgish: [li] , [li] , [li] , [li] - Lithuanian: [lt] - Low German: [nds] - Luganda: [lg] - Luxembourgish: [lb] - Macedonian: [mk] , [mk] - Maguindanao: [mdh] - Malay: [ms] - Malayalam: [ml] - Maltese: [mt] - Manchu: [mnc] - Maori: [mi] - Maranao: [mrw] - Mòcheno: [mhn] - Mongolian: - Nanai: [gld] - Navajo: [nv] - Nepali: [ne] - Northern Sami: [se] - Norwegian: - Occitan: [oc] , [oc] - Odia: [or] - Ojibwe: [oj] - Old English: [ang] - Old Tupi: [tpw] - Oromo: [om] - Ottoman Turkish: [ota] , [ota] - Pannonian Rusyn: [rsk] - Papiamentu: [pap] - Pashto: [ps] , [ps] , [ps] - Pennsylvania German: [pdc] - Persian: - Piedmontese: [pms] - Plautdietsch: [pdt] - Polish: [pl] - Portuguese: [pt] - Quechua: [qu] - Romanian: [ro] - Romansch: [rm] , [rm] - Russian: [ru] , [ru] [shallow] , [ru] , [ru] [shallow] - Sango: [sg] - Sardinian: [sc] - Scottish Gaelic: [gd] , [gd] , [gd] - Serbo-Croatian: - Shor: [cjs] - Sicilian: [scn] , [scn] - Slovak: [sk] - Slovene: [sl] - Spanish: [es] - Swahili: [sw] - Swedish: [sv] , [sv] - Sylheti: [syl] - Tagalog: [tl] , [tl] - Tajik: [tg] , [tg] , [tg] - Tatar: [tt] - Tausug: [tsg] - Thai: [th] - Tibetan: [bo] - Tumbuka: [tum] - Turkish: [tr] - Turkmen: [tk] , [tk] , [tk] - Ugaritic: [uga] - Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk] , [uk] - Urdu: [ur] , [ur] , [ur] , [ur] , [ur] - Uyghur: [ug] , [ug] - Uzbek: [uz] , [uz] , [uz] , [uz] - Venetan: [vec] , [vec] - Vietnamese: [vi] - Vilamovian: [wym] - Waray-Waray: [war] , [war] - Welsh: [cy] - West Flemish: [vls] , [vls] - White Hmong: [mww] - Yakan: [yka] - Yakut: [sah] - Yiddish: [yi] - Yoruba: [yo] - Zazaki: [zza] - Zulu: [nc 7] [zu] [trans-bottom]

    [such dishes collectively]

    - Bulgarian: [bg] - Finnish: [fi] - German: [de] - Hungarian: [hu] - Sicilian: [scn] , [scn] [trans-bottom]

    [contents of a plate]

    - Bulgarian: [bg] - Catalan: [ca] - Chinese: - Finnish: [fi] - French: [fr] - German: [de] - Greek: [el] - Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] - Irish: [ga] - Italian: [it] - Khiamniungan Naga: [kix] - Portuguese: [pt] - Romanian: [ro] - Russian: [ru] - Sicilian: [scn] , [scn] - Spanish: [es] [trans-bottom]

    [course at a meal]

    - Bulgarian: [bg] - Czech: [cs] - Esperanto: [eo] - Finnish: [fi] - French: [fr] - German: [de] , [de] - Greek: [el] - Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] - Italian: [it] , [it] - Norwegian: - Polish: [pl] - Portuguese: [pt] - Russian: [ru] - Sicilian: [scn] , [scn] - Spanish: [es] [trans-bottom]

    [agenda of tasks, problems, or responsibilities]

    - Bulgarian: [bg] - Finnish: [fi] [trans-bottom]

    [flat metallic object]

    - Bulgarian: [bg] - Catalan: [ca] - Czech: [cs] - Dutch: [nl] - Esperanto: [eo] - Finnish: [fi] , [fi] - French: [fr] - Galician: [gl] - German: [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] - Greek: [el] - Hebrew: [he] - Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu] - Italian: [it] , [it] - Latvian: [lv] - Macedonian: [mk] - Norwegian: - Ottoman Turkish: [ota] - Polish: [pl] - Portuguese: [pt] - Romanian: [ro] - Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru] [especially with writings] , [ru] - Scottish Gaelic: [gd] , [gd] - Sicilian: [scn] , [scn] , [scn] - Spanish: [es] , [es] - Swedish: [sv] - Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk] , [uk] [trans-bottom]

    [vehicle license plate]

    - Belarusian: [be] - Bulgarian: [bg] - Catalan: [ca] - Dutch: [nl] - Esperanto: [eo] - Finnish: [fi] - French: [fr] , [fr] , [fr] - German: [de] , [de] - Hungarian: [hu] - Italian: [it] - Macedonian: [mk] - Persian: - Polish: [pl] , [pl] - Portuguese: [pt] - Romanian: [ro] - Russian: [ru] , [ru] - Sicilian: [scn] , [scn] - Spanish: [es] , [es] - Ukrainian: [uk] [trans-bottom]

    [layer of a material on the surface of something]

    - Bulgarian: [bg] - Finnish: [fi] , [fi] , [fi] - German: [de] , [de] , [de] - Hungarian: [hu] - Russian: [ru] , [ru] - Sicilian: [scn] , [scn] [trans-bottom]

    [material covered with such a layer]

    - Bulgarian: [bg] - Finnish: [fi] - German: [de] , [de] - Sicilian: [scn] [trans-bottom]

    [item coated with silver]

    - Bulgarian: [bg] - Dutch: [nl] - Finnish: [fi] [dish] , [fi] [other object] - Greek: [el] - Norwegian: [trans-bottom]

    [weightlifting: weighted disk]

    - Bulgarian: [bg] - Finnish: [fi] - Italian: [it] , [it] , [it] [informally] - Turkish: [tr] [trans-bottom]

    [printing: engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper]

    - Bulgarian: [bg] - Catalan: [ca] - Czech: [cs] - Dutch: [nl] - Finnish: [fi] , [fi] , [fi] - French: [fr] - German: [de] - Greek: [el] , [el] - Hungarian: [hu] - Irish: [ga] - Macedonian: [mk] - Norwegian: - Polish: [pl] - Portuguese: [pt] - Sicilian: [scn] - Spanish: [es] - Swedish: [sv] [trans-bottom]

    [printing, photography: image or copy]

    - Bulgarian: [bg] - Catalan: [ca] - Finnish: [fi] - French: [fr] - Irish: [ga] - Polish: [pl] - Spanish: [es] - Swedish: [sv] [trans-bottom]

    [printing, publishing: full page illustration]

    - Bulgarian: [bg] - Catalan: [ca] - Danish: [da] - Finnish: [fi] - French: [fr] - German: [de] , [de] - Portuguese: [pt] - Sicilian: [scn] - Spanish: [es] - Swedish: [sv] [trans-bottom]

    [dental plate]

    - Bulgarian: [bg] - Catalan: [ca] - Finnish: [fi] - French: [fr] - Greek: [el] - Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] - Irish: [ga] - Italian: [it] - Latvian: [lv] - Russian: [ru] - Sicilian: [scn] - Spanish: [es] - Ukrainian: [uk] - Zazaki: [zza] [trans-bottom]

    [construction: horizontal framing member]

    - Bulgarian: [bg] - Finnish: [fi] - German: [de] , [de] - Macedonian: [mk] - Maori: [mi] - Russian: [ru] - Sicilian: [scn] [trans-bottom]

    [Cockney rhyming slang: foot]

    [baseball: home plate]

    [geology: tectonic plate]

    [historical: plate armour]

    - Bulgarian: [bg] - Finnish: [fi] - French: [fr] - Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu] - Sicilian: [scn] - Spanish: [es] [trans-bottom]

    [herpetology: large reptilian scale]

    - Bulgarian: [bg] - Finnish: [fi] - Sicilian: [scn] [trans-bottom]

    [flat electrode]

    - Bulgarian: [bg] - Finnish: [fi] - French: [fr] - Romanian: [ro] - Sicilian: [scn] - Spanish: [es] [trans-bottom]

    [anode of vacuum tube]

    - Bulgarian: [bg] - Catalan: [ca] - Finnish: [fi] - German: [de] - Hungarian: [hu] - Romanian: [ro] - Russian: [ru] - Sicilian: [scn] - Swedish: [sv] [trans-bottom]

    [prize given to the winner in a contest]

    [chemistry: flat piece of material]

    - Bulgarian: [bg] - Finnish: [fi] - French: [fr] - Italian: [it] - Portuguese: [pt] , [pt] - Sicilian: [scn] , [scn] - Spanish: [es] [trans-bottom]

    [aviation, dated: metallic card, used to imprint tickets with an airline's logo]

    - Bulgarian: [bg] [trans-bottom]

    [aviation: ability of a travel agent to issue tickets on behalf of a particular airline]

    - Bulgarian: [bg] - Finnish: [fi] [trans-bottom]

    [VIN plate]

    - Bulgarian: [bg] - Finnish: [fi] - Polish: [pl] [trans-bottom]

    [one of the thin parts of the brisket of an animal]

    - Bulgarian: [bg] [trans-bottom]

    [very light steel horseshoe]

    - Bulgarian: [bg] - Finnish: [fi] - German: [de] [trans-bottom]

    [skins sewn together for fur lining]

    - Bulgarian: [bg] - Finnish: [fi] [trans-bottom]

    [hat-making: fine nap on a hat made from inferior material]

    - Bulgarian: [bg] [trans-bottom]

    [music: record]

    - Bulgarian: [bg] - Catalan: [ca] - Finnish: [fi] ; [fi] [slang] - German: [de] , [de] [trans-bottom]

    [checktrans-top]

    - Esperanto: [eo] [trans-bottom] }}

    *** Etymology 2

    From [en], from [en] and [en], both ultimately from [en] (see above).

    **** Verb

    [en-verb]

    1. To cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material, usually a metal. 2. [en] To place the various elements of a meal on the diner's plate prior to serving. 3. * [en] 4. [en] To score a run . 5. [en] To arm or defend with metal plates. 6. [en] To beat into thin plates. 7. [en] To specify which airline a ticket will be issued on behalf of. 8. [en] to categorise stamps based on their position on the original sheet, in order to reconstruct an entire sheet. 9. [en] To identify the printing plate used.

    ***** Derived terms

    {{col|en |chrome-plated |chromium-plated |electroplate |nickel-plated |plate away |plate out |plating }}

    ***** Translations

    {{multitrans|data= [to cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material]

    - Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg] - Catalan: [ca] - Chinese: - Czech: [cs] - Finnish: [fi] , [fi] - French: [fr] - Galician: [gl] - German: [de] - Irish: [ga] - Italian: [it] , [it] - Malayalam: [ml] - Norwegian: [no] - Portuguese: [pt] - Russian: [ru] - Sicilian: [scn] , [scn] - Spanish: [es] - Swedish: [sv] - Tày: [tyz] - Vietnamese: [vi] [trans-bottom]

    [put meal on a plate]

    - Bulgarian: [bg] - Czech: [cs] - Italian: [it] , [it] , [it] - Norwegian: [no] - Sicilian: [scn] , [scn] , [scn] , [scn] , [scn] [trans-bottom]

    [baseball: to score a run]

    - Bulgarian: [bg] - Finnish: [fi] [trans-bottom]

    [aviation: to specify which airline a ticket will be issued on behalf of]

    - Bulgarian: [bg] [trans-bottom] }}

    *** Etymology 3

    From [en], partly from [en] [fro] and partly from [en], from [en], from feminine of [en].

    **** Noun

    [-]

    1. Precious metal, especially silver. 2. * [en] 3. * {{ RQ:Peake Gormenghast |passage=At the northern extremity of this chill province the gold PLATE of the Groans, pranked across the shining black of the long table, smoulders as though it contains fire[...]}}

    *** Etymology 4

    From [en].

    **** Noun

    [en-noun]

    1. [en] Silver or gold, in the form of a coin , or less often silver or gold utensils or dishes. 2. * [V] 3. [en] A roundel of silver or argent .

    ***** Translations

    {{multitrans|data= [silver coin]

    - Bulgarian: [bg] - Finnish: [fi] [trans-bottom]

    [heraldic charge: roundel of silver]

    - Bulgarian: [bg] - Swedish: [sv] , [sv] [trans-bottom] }}

    **** See also

    [table:roundels/en]

    *** Anagrams

    - [en] [en] [en]

    ** French

    *** Pronunciation

    - [fr-IPA] - [fr] - [fr] - [fr]

    *** Etymology 1

    **** Adjective

    [fr]

    1. [fr]

    **** Noun

    [f]

    1. very small flat boat

    *** Etymology 2

    **** Adjective

    [fr-adj] [fr]

    1. boring 2. * {{ quote-book | fr | year=1999 | author=w:Chrystine Brouillet | title=Les Fiancées de l'Enfer | isbn=2-89021-363-3 | page=204 |passage=On va se mettre à ressembler aux gens qui racontent leur crisse de vie PLATE dans les émissions de télé débiles. |translation=We're going to sound like those people who tell their frickin' BORING lives on those idiotic tv shows.}}

    1. Annoying or disappointing

    **** Further reading

    - [R:fr:TLFi]

    *** Etymology 3

    **** Noun

    [f]

    1. [fr] [en] , roundel argent

    **** See also

    [table:roundels/fr]

    *** Anagrams

    - [fr] , [fr] , petal , leapt , pleat [fr]

    ** Latvian

    *** Noun

    [f]

    1. plate 2. table-leaf 3. [lv] record 4. [lv] disc 5. [lv] board 6. [lv] card 7. [lv] printed circuit board 8. [lv] circuit board

    **** Declension

    [pla]

    **** Synonyms

    - [lv] - [lv] - [lv] - [lv] drukātās shēmas plate - [lv] shēmas plate

    ** Norwegian Bokmål

    *** Etymology

    From [nb], from [nb].

    *** Pronunciation

    - [nb]

    *** Noun

    [nb-noun-c]

    1. [en] [thin, flat object] 2. record [vinyl disc]

    **** Synonyms

    - [flat object] : [nb]

    **** Derived terms

    - [nb] - [nb]

    *** References

    [R:The Bokmål Dictionary]

    ** Norwegian Nynorsk

    *** Etymology

    From [nn], from [nn].

    *** Pronunciation

    - [no]

    *** Noun

    [nn-noun-f2]

    1. [en] [thin, flat object] 2. record [vinyl disc]

    **** Synonyms

    - [flat object] : [nn]

    **** Derived terms

    - [nn] - [nn]

    *** References

    [R:The Nynorsk Dictionary]

    ** Old French

    *** Alternative forms

    - [fro]

    *** Etymology

    From [fro], [la].

    *** Noun

    [f]

    1. a flat metal disk 2. * [fro] 3. a flat [en] of armor

    **** Descendants

    - [bor=1] - [en] - [sco] - [bor=1]

    *** References

    - [R:Godefroy]

    ** Scots

    *** Etymology

    [sco], from [sco].

    *** Pronunciation

    - [sco] , or sometimes [sco] in the 吴语: Scottish Borders

    *** Noun

    [sco-noun]

    1. bowl

    ** Serbo-Croatian

    *** Noun

    [sh-noun form]

    1. [sh]

    *** Verb

    [sh-verb form]

    1. [sh]