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flat en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

/ˈflat/ (British, Northern-England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales)
/ˈflɛt/ (New-Zealand)
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/ˈflæt/ (Australia, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *flataz Old Norse flatrbor. Middle English flat English flat From Middle English flat, a borrowing from Old Norse flatr (compare Norwegian and Swedish flat, Danish flad), from Proto-Germanic *flataz, from Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (“flat”); akin to Saterland Frisian flot (“smooth”), German Flöz (“a geological layer”), Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús), Latvian plats, Sanskrit प्रथस् (prathas, “extension”). Doublet of plat and pleyt. The noun is from Middle English flat (“level piece of ground, flat edge of a weapon”), from the adjective. The algebraic sense was coined by Serre in a 1956 paper, originally as French plat.

Meanings

Having no variations in height.
- The land around here is flat.
Having no variations in height. ▸ In a horizontal line or plane; not sloping.
- a flat roof
Having no variations in height. ▸ Smooth; having no protrusions, indentations or other surface irregularities, or relatively so.
- She has quite a flat face.
- This early slowdown is one piece of a broader evolutionary trend known as gracilization, the tendency for modern humans to become more delicate in form. Our bones are thinner, our muscles smaller, and our faces flatter than those of earlier hominins. 2025 November 27, Tibi Puiu, “This Is Why Modern Human Faces Look So Different From Neanderthals”, in ZME Science, archived from the original on 23 Feb 2026:
- The carpet isn't properly flat in that corner.
- The surface of the mirror must be completely flat.
- The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue. […]. 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 17, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
(slang) Having no variations in height. ▸ Having small or invisible breasts and/or buttocks.
- That girl is completely flat on both sides.
- Near-synonym: flat-chested
Without variation in level, quantity, value, tone etc.
- The exchange rate has been flat for several weeks.
Without variation in level, quantity, value, tone etc. ▸ At a consistently depressed level; consistently lacklustre.
- Sales have been flat all year, and we've barely broken even.
(not-comparable) Without variation in level, quantity, value, tone etc. ▸ Of fees, fares etc., fixed; unvarying.
- a flat fee
- a flat fare on public transport
- flat rates
(qualifier:voice) Without variation in level, quantity, value, tone etc. ▸ Without variations in pitch.
- He delivered the speech in a flat tone.
(of a vowel) Without variation in level, quantity, value, tone etc. ▸ Not diphthongal; without variation in height or backness.
(of colours) Without variation in level, quantity, value, tone etc. ▸ Without variation in tone or hue (uniform), and dull (not glossy).
- The walls were painted a flat gray.
(figuratively) Lacking liveliness or action; depressed; uninteresting; dull and boring.
- The party was a bit flat.
- The market is flat today as most traders are on holiday.
- February 16, 1833, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Table Talk A large part of the work is, to me, very flat.
- The dialogue in your screenplay is flat — you need to make it more exciting.
- How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable / Seem to me all the uses of this world. c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
(especially, figuratively, of a character) Lacking liveliness or action; depressed; uninteresting; dull and boring. ▸ Lacking in depth, substance, or believability; underdeveloped; one-dimensional.
- The author added a chapter to flesh out the book's flatter characters.
(qualifier:note) Lowered by one semitone.
Of a note or voice, lower in pitch than it should be.
- Your A string is flat.
Absolute; downright; peremptory.
- I'm not going to the party and that's flat.
- Wag[ner]. Vilaine, call me Maiſter Wagner, and let thy left eye be diametarily fixt vpon my right heele, with quaſi veſtigias nostras inſistere [as if to follow in our footsteps]. / Clo[wn]: God forgiue me, he ſpeakes Dutch fuſtian: / well, Ile folow him, Ile ſerue him, thats flat. 1589–1592 (date written), Ch[ristopher] Marl[owe], The Tragicall History of D. Faustus. […], London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for Thomas Bushell, published 1604, →OCLC, signature [B4], recto:
- A great Tobacco taker too, thats flat. 1602, John Marston, Antonio and Mellida, Malone Society Reprint, 1921, Act I, lines 324-326, He is made like a tilting staffe; and lookes For all the world like an ore-rosted pigge
- His claim was in flat contradiction to experimental results.
- SECOND WATCH. Marry, that he had received a thousand ducats of Don John for accusing the Lady Hero wrongfully. DOGBERRY. Flat burglary as ever was committed 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:
(of a tire or other inflated object) Deflated, especially because of a puncture.
(of a carbonated drink) With all or most of its carbon dioxide having come out of solution so that the drink no longer fizzes or contains any bubbles.
Lacking acidity without being sweet.
(of a battery) Unable to emit power; dead.
(of a throw) Without spin; spinless.
(dated, of a consonant) Sonant; vocal, as distinguished from a sharp (non-sonant) consonant.
Not having an inflectional ending or sign, such as a noun used as an adjective, or an adjective as an adverb, without the addition of a formative suffix; or an infinitive without the sign "to".
- Many flat adverbs, as in 'run fast', 'buy cheap', etc. are from Old English.
(of a golf club) Having a head at a very obtuse angle to the shaft.
(of certain fruits) Flattening at the ends.
(of measurements of time) Exact.
- He finished the race in a flat four minutes.
(of a module, qualifier:homological algebra) Such that the tensor product preserves exact sequences. See Flat module on Wikipedia.Wikipedia.
(of a ring homomorphism, qualifier:ring theory) Such that its target, regarded as a module over its source, is flat (as above).
(of a morphism of schemes, qualifier:scheme theory) Such that the induced map on every stalk is flat (as a map of rings).
(of coffee) Having little froth and little milk.
(UK, obsolete, slang) Foolish; simple-minded.
- We either burns the old brooms, or, if we can, we sells ’em for a ha’penny to some other boy, if he’s flat enough to buy ’em. 1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, published 1861:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
flatt		alternative, obsolete	lexicographic
flatte		alternative, obsolete	lexicographic
flattest	Degree=Sup		lexicographic
flatter	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic

Antonyms

rough (antonym(s) of “having no variations in altitude”) · cratered (antonym(s) of “having no variations in altitude”) · hilly (antonym(s) of “having no variations in altitude”) · sharp (antonym(s) of) · round · bumpy (antonym(s) of “having no variations in altitude”) · sharp (antonym(s) of) · wrinkled (antonym(s) of “having no variations in altitude”)

Synonyms

monotone (without variations in pitch) · boring (uninteresting) · even (having no variations in altitude) · planar (having no variations in altitude) · uniform (having no variations in altitude) · flabby (of wine: lacking acidity) · unfizzy · dull · smooth (having no variations in altitude) · uninteresting · puncture (deflated) · deflated (deflated) · matte · still (of a carbonated drink: no longer fizzes) · plane (having no variations in altitude)

Translations (363)

fr ennuyeux (uninteresting) · rm guliv (having no variations in altitude) · mi kurapāpā (having no variations in altitude) · pt murcho (of a tyre: deflated) · fi lattea (uninteresting) · fi alennettu (lowered by one semitone) · sq rrafshtë (having no variations in altitude) · sv platt (lower in pitch than it should be) · it monotòno (without variations in pitch) · as সমান (having no variations in altitude) · fr plat (having no variations in altitude) · ota یاصی (of a body part having no projection) · mr सपाट (having no variations in altitude) · nv ditʼąh (having no variations in altitude) · ko 평평(平平)하다 (having no variations in altitude) · fa هموار (having no variations in altitude) · fi väljähtynyt (with its carbon dioxide having come out of solution) · fi tylsä (uninteresting) · ta தட்டை (having no variations in altitude) · sh раван (having no variations in altitude) · vec gałivo (having no variations in altitude) · tl bimol (lowered by one semitone) · pt sem gás (with its carbon dioxide having come out of solution) · he מְפֻנְצָ׳ר (of a tyre: deflated) · hy հարթ (having no variations in altitude) · hy բեմոլ (lowered by one semitone) · hu lapos (having no variations in altitude) · id datar (without variations in pitch) · eu ordeka (having no variations in altitude) · chr ᎤᏩᎾᏕᏍᎩ (having no variations in altitude) · lt lėkštas (having no variations in altitude) · sva ტყელ (having no variations in altitude) · grc πλατύς (having no variations in altitude) · ko 판판하다 (having no variations in altitude) · el ξεφούσκωτος (of a tyre: deflated) · eo plata (having no variations in altitude) · izh tasa (having no variations in altitude) · nl plat (having no variations in altitude) · he בֶּמוֹל (lowered by one semitone) · et -bemoll (lowered by one semitone) · th เรียบ (having no variations in altitude) · vec desgionfà (of a tyre: deflated) · hu -esz (lowered by one semitone) · vi phẳng (having no variations in altitude) · mi paparite (having no variations in altitude) · de flach (having no variations in altitude) · ro plat (uninteresting) · pl odgazowany (with its carbon dioxide having come out of solution) · pl flakowaty (of a tyre: deflated) · rm gualiv (having no variations in altitude) · tk düz (having no variations in altitude) · hi समतल (having no variations in altitude) · pl wygazowany (with its carbon dioxide having come out of solution) · fr à plat (unable to emit power) · mi papatairite (having no variations in altitude) · xmf ბირტყა (having no variations in altitude) · ar مُسَطَّح (having no variations in altitude) · grc ὁμαλός (having no variations in altitude) · mi kenu (of a body part having no projection) · nl vlak (having no variations in altitude) · ast planu (having no variations in altitude) · cs rovný (having no variations in altitude) · sv monoton (without variations in pitch) · sv plan (having no variations in altitude) · fi tyhjä (of a tyre: deflated) · dsb płony (having no variations in altitude) · sl spuščena (of a tyre: deflated) · sk rovný (having no variations in altitude) · fi tyhjä (unable to emit power) · fr bas (lower in pitch than it should be) · da død (unable to emit power) · de eben (having no variations in altitude) · fr à plat (of a tyre: deflated) · mi tūpā (having no variations in altitude) · da flad (unable to emit power) · af pap (unable to emit power) · la plānus (having no variations in altitude) · izh lakkia (having no variations in altitude) · tsg datag (having no variations in altitude) · ga cothrom (having no variations in altitude) · de platt (of a tyre: deflated) · kk жалпак (having no variations in altitude) · de breit (unable to emit power) · pl sflaczały (of a tyre: deflated) · fi alavireinen (lower in pitch than it should be) · pt plano (having no variations in altitude) · rm anguliv (having no variations in altitude) · bcl lapnad (having no variations in altitude) · it morto (unable to emit power) · ro monotonă (without variations in pitch) · ta சலிப்பூட்டும் (uninteresting) · nl lek (of a tyre: deflated) · ja パンクした (of a tyre: deflated) · it scarico (unable to emit power) · he מְנֻקָּר (of a tyre: deflated) · cmn 平 (of a body part having no projection) · got 𐌹𐌱𐌽𐍃 (having no variations in altitude) · fi lattea (without variations in pitch) · de flach (of a body part having no projection) · id kempes (of a tyre: deflated) · inh воьда (having no variations in altitude) · no flat (of a tyre: deflated) · de leer (unable to emit power) · roa-opt chão (having no variations in altitude) · uz sidirgʻa (having no variations in altitude) · uk рі́вний (having no variations in altitude) · it piatto (having no variations in altitude) · es muerto (unable to emit power) · nl mol (lowered by one semitone) · ro mort (unable to emit power) · te అరిగిన (of a tyre: deflated) · fr plate (uninteresting) · el επίπεδος (having no variations in altitude) · ota دوز (having no variations in altitude) · de schal (with its carbon dioxide having come out of solution) · eo bemola (lowered by one semitone) · ga réidh (having no variations in altitude) · sl bas (lower in pitch than it should be) · sk plochý (having no variations in altitude) · nrf pliat (having no variations in altitude) · km រាបស្មើ (having no variations in altitude) · mi pātiki (having no variations in altitude) · es plano (having no variations in altitude) · ta தேய்ந்த (of a tyre: deflated) · uz tekis (having no variations in altitude) · is lækkaður (lowered by one semitone) · mwl praino (having no variations in altitude) · lo ສເມີ (having no variations in altitude) · sv flat (having no variations in altitude) · mk издишана (of a tyre: deflated) · vec piat (having no variations in altitude) · rm plàn (having no variations in altitude) · io plata (having no variations in altitude) · ro monoton (without variations in pitch) · id datar (uninteresting) · mi parahe (of a body part having no projection) · sv död (unable to emit power) · pl bemolowy (lowered by one semitone) · te చదునైన (without variations in pitch) · de flach (uninteresting) · cmn 漏氣的 /漏气的 (of a tyre: deflated) · pt raso (lower in pitch than it should be) · ja 平板 (without variations in pitch) · bg пло́сък (having no variations in altitude) · lo ພຽງ (having no variations in altitude) · bg изветрял (with its carbon dioxide having come out of solution) · tr düz (having no variations in altitude) · fa مسطح (having no variations in altitude) · bg спаднал (of a tyre: deflated) · mk рамен (having no variations in altitude) · xmf ლაფართია (having no variations in altitude) · mi parahe (having no variations in altitude) · is flatur (with its carbon dioxide having come out of solution) · pt descarregado (unable to emit power) · sah хаптаҕай (having no variations in altitude) · af eentonig (without variations in pitch) · no -es (lowered by one semitone) · sv sänkt (lowered by one semitone) · kaw rata (having no variations in altitude) · eu lau (having no variations in altitude) · pt monótono (uninteresting) · mi tangihē (without variations in pitch) · et lame (having no variations in altitude) · it piano (having no variations in altitude) · cmn 平淡 (uninteresting) · bn সমতল (having no variations in altitude) · id rata (having no variations in altitude) · pt chato (having no variations in altitude) · cmn 低 (lower in pitch than it should be) · min data (having no variations in altitude) · rm planiv (having no variations in altitude) · mi tangi hē (lower in pitch than it should be) · de glatt (without variations in pitch) · da flad (of a tyre: deflated) · bg бемо́л (lowered by one semitone) · as চেপেটা (having no variations in altitude) · sl nezanimivo (uninteresting) · cmn 單調 /单调 (uninteresting) · sq bemol (lowered by one semitone) · af plat (having no variations in altitude) · sv punkterad (of a tyre: deflated) · el άτονος (without variations in pitch) · bg ра́вен (having no variations in altitude) · cs plochý (having no variations in altitude) · mi mōwai (of coffee) · ro șes (having no variations in altitude) · kk жазық (having no variations in altitude) · cmn 平坦 (having no variations in altitude) · fur plac (having no variations in altitude) · ckb تەخت (having no variations in altitude) · sq rrafshët (without variations in pitch) · grc πεδιεινός (having no variations in altitude) · uk пло́ский (having no variations in altitude) · be пло́скі (having no variations in altitude) · yue 降 (lowered by one semitone) · fr grave (lower in pitch than it should be) · te బల్లపరుపు (having no variations in altitude) · es sin gas (with its carbon dioxide having come out of solution) · bo ལེབ་ལེབ (having no variations in altitude) · be ро́ўны (having no variations in altitude) · cmn 降 (lowered by one semitone) · cdo 平 (having no variations in altitude) · fi puhjennut (of a tyre: deflated) · hu defektes (of a tyre: deflated) · nl plat (of a tyre: deflated) · ms datar (having no variations in altitude) · uz silliq (having no variations in altitude) · gl plano (having no variations in altitude) · izh latsu (having no variations in altitude) · gl chairo (having no variations in altitude) · ast llanu (having no variations in altitude) · it sgonfio (of a tyre: deflated) · sv avslagen (uninteresting) · is flatur (of a tyre: deflated) · arz مسطح (having no variations in altitude) · fi monotoninen (without variations in pitch) · is flatur (having no variations in altitude) · lv plakans (having no variations in altitude) · de platt (of a body part having no projection) · ln patatalu (having no variations in altitude) · sl monoton (without variations in pitch) · es desinflado (of a tyre: deflated) · de flau (uninteresting) · eu zulatu (of a tyre: deflated) · pt monótono (without variations in pitch) · ky жалпак (having no variations in altitude) · bg безинтересен (uninteresting) · ckb تات (having no variations in altitude) · rm uliv (having no variations in altitude) · sv låg (lower in pitch than it should be) · ga rodta (with its carbon dioxide having come out of solution) · eo ebena (having no variations in altitude) · ru ро́вный (having no variations in altitude) · sh ravan (having no variations in altitude) · ru бемо́ль (lowered by one semitone) · yue 平 (having no variations in altitude) · vec pian (having no variations in altitude) · el ανούσιος (uninteresting) · cy gwastad (having no variations in altitude) · no doven (with its carbon dioxide having come out of solution) · gd maol (lowered by one semitone) · lt plokščias (having no variations in altitude) · is dauður (unable to emit power) · mi pararaha (having no variations in altitude) · tl patag (having no variations in altitude) · es llano (having no variations in altitude) · pl zwietrzały (with its carbon dioxide having come out of solution) · ce веда (having no variations in altitude) · evn наптама (having no variations in altitude) · id habis (unable to emit power) · vi bằng (having no variations in altitude) · mi orotaha (without variations in pitch) · gl chan (having no variations in altitude) · te ఆసక్తి లేని (uninteresting) · fur vualîf (having no variations in altitude) · it bucata (of a tyre: deflated) · pl wyczerpany (unable to emit power) · ka ბრტყელი (having no variations in altitude) · cmn 扁平 (uninteresting) · no monoton (without variations in pitch) · ru прокол (of a tyre: deflated) · lv lēzens (having no variations in altitude) · ro neted (having no variations in altitude) · ja 変 (lowered by one semitone) · ja 扁平 (having no variations in altitude) · lo ສເມີພຽງ (having no variations in altitude) · km រាបទាប (having no variations in altitude) · fi litteä (of a body part having no projection) · kk жайпақ (having no variations in altitude) · nl verschaald (with its carbon dioxide having come out of solution) · et tühi (of a tyre: deflated) · mi haukore (of a tyre: deflated) · mi pongare (of a body part having no projection) · hy տափակ (having no variations in altitude) · eu laun (having no variations in altitude) · ru пло́ский (having no variations in altitude) · pl równy (having no variations in altitude) · rm plat (having no variations in altitude) · da flad (with its carbon dioxide having come out of solution) · hu lapos (of a tyre: deflated) · ro plat (having no variations in altitude) · mk бемол (lowered by one semitone) · xmf ლაპარტყია (having no variations in altitude) · it piatto (uninteresting) · it a terra (of a tyre: deflated) · no flat (having no variations in altitude) · mi paparahi (having no variations in altitude) · fr bémol (lowered by one semitone) · nl leeg (unable to emit power) · ru поло́гий (having no variations in altitude) · sv platt (having no variations in altitude) · ro plan (having no variations in altitude) · fr crevé (of a tyre: deflated) · mi taka (lowered by one semitone) · es descargado (unable to emit power) · mi papatahi (having no variations in altitude) · tet tetuk (having no variations in altitude) · it sgasata (with its carbon dioxide having come out of solution) · cmn 扁平 (lacking in depth, substance, or believability) · pt vazio (of a tyre: deflated) · cs prasklý (of a tyre: deflated) · et lapik (having no variations in altitude) · fur plan (having no variations in altitude) · sl bemol (lowered by one semitone) · fr dégonflé (of a tyre: deflated) · ca pla (having no variations in altitude) · rm guleiv (having no variations in altitude) · fa صاف (having no variations in altitude) · ang efn (having no variations in altitude) · id datar (having no variations in altitude) · el νεκρός (unable to emit power) · pl bezbarwny (uninteresting) · it bemolle (lowered by one semitone) · cmn 平 (having no variations in altitude) · id gepeng (having no variations in altitude) · da flad (having no variations in altitude) · no dødt (uninteresting) · es chato (of a body part having no projection) · sq (e) shfryrë (of a tyre: deflated) · mr चपटे (having no variations in altitude) · tr yassı (of a body part having no projection) · jv rata (having no variations in altitude) · af pap (of a tyre: deflated) · sl raven (having no variations in altitude) · mkz tetuku (having no variations in altitude) · fi tasainen (having no variations in altitude) · fa پنچر (of a tyre: deflated) · ja 平ら (having no variations in altitude) · el ξεθυμασμένος (with its carbon dioxide having come out of solution) · ca xato (of a body part having no projection) · uk поло́гий (having no variations in altitude) · alt јалбак (having no variations in altitude) · uk пласки́й (having no variations in altitude) · ja 平坦 (having no variations in altitude) · et liiga madal (lower in pitch than it should be) · sv avslagen (with its carbon dioxide having come out of solution) · te అశక్తత (unable to emit power) · pox flötĕ (having no variations in altitude) · es soso (uninteresting) · pt bemol (lowered by one semitone) · pl monotonny (without variations in pitch) · sva ტყჷფრი (having no variations in altitude) · fr plat (with its carbon dioxide having come out of solution) · no dødt (unable to emit power) · haw papa (having no variations in altitude) · es bemol (lowered by one semitone) · cmn 癟 /瘪 (of a tyre: deflated) · ta சம (having no variations in altitude) · is lágur (lower in pitch than it should be) · fi laakea (having no variations in altitude) · he שָׁטוּחַ (having no variations in altitude) · sl gorjenje (with its carbon dioxide having come out of solution) · he שִׁטְחִי (uninteresting) · tg мусаттаҳ (having no variations in altitude) · vec guałivo (having no variations in altitude) · sc pranu (having no variations in altitude) · el ισόπεδος (having no variations in altitude) · km ងាប់ (unable to emit power) · az düz (having no variations in altitude) · fi litteä (having no variations in altitude) · pl płaski (having no variations in altitude) · yi פֿלאַך (having no variations in altitude) · pl nijaki (uninteresting)

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Pronunciation

/ˈflat/ (British, Northern-England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales)
/ˈflɛt/ (New-Zealand)
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/ˈflæt/ (Australia, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *flataz Old Norse flatrbor. Middle English flat English flat From Middle English flat, a borrowing from Old Norse flatr (compare Norwegian and Swedish flat, Danish flad), from Proto-Germanic *flataz, from Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (“flat”); akin to Saterland Frisian flot (“smooth”), German Flöz (“a geological layer”), Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús), Latvian plats, Sanskrit प्रथस् (prathas, “extension”). Doublet of plat and pleyt. The noun is from Middle English flat (“level piece of ground, flat edge of a weapon”), from the adjective. The algebraic sense was coined by Serre in a 1956 paper, originally as French plat.

Meanings

So as to be flat.
- Spread the tablecloth flat over the table.
Completely, firmly, or unequivocally.
- I asked him if he wanted to marry me and he turned me down flat.
- "You'll understand this flat, I won't be fooled about by you any longer." 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 63:
(of accurately measured timings) Exactly; precisely.
- Dan Patch clocked a scorching 1:55.5 flat. 1996, Jon Byrell, Lairs, Urgers and Coat-Tuggers, Sydney: Ironbark, page 186:
- I play doctor for five minutes flat Before I cut my heart open and let the air out 1997, “Scissors”, performed by Slipknot:
- In the mile race, Smith's time was 3:58.56, and Brown's was four minutes flat.
(qualifier:distance; etc; distance; etc, with units of time) Used to emphasize the smallness of the measurement.
- Found my coat and grabbed my hat / Made the bus in seconds flat 1967, Lennon–McCartney, “A Day in the Life”, in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band:
- He can run a mile in four minutes flat.
(of a sentence) Without parole.
- The recent case in Dallas where two gay males were killed by an 18 yr old straight kid is a perfect example of what gays in this state face. The kid got 30 yrs (he'll do 3 or 4 yrs and be paroled) yet I must do 12 years flat for a robbery in which no one was hurt. 1989 February 5, Mary Shallhorn, “No Unity Among The Sisters”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 29, page 5:
Completely.
- I am flat broke this month.
Directly; flatly.
- Sin is flat opposite to the Almighty. [1633], George Herbert, edited by [Nicholas Ferrar], The Temple. Sacred Poems, and Private Ejaculations, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Thomas Buck and Roger Daniel; and are to be sold by Francis Green, […], →OCLC:
Without allowance for accrued interest.
- The bonds are trading flat.
Flat out (at top speed).
- In the dry, the racing cars can take the corner flat.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
most flat	Degree=Sup		lexicographic
more flat	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic

Deriveds

in nothing flat · flat out · flat signed · four flat · flat strap · flat chat

Synonyms

bluntly (bluntly) · curtly (bluntly) · absolutely (completely) · completely (completely) · tops (not exceeding) · utterly (completely)

Translations (55)

de flach (so as to be flat) · sv platt (so as to be flat) · sv jämnt (so as to be flat) · te పూర్తిగా (completely) · ru соверше́нно (completely) · de vollkommen (completely) · bg точно (with units of time, distance, etc: not exceeding) · da jævnt (with units of time, distance, etc: not exceeding) · fi tasaisesti (so as to be flat) · ta முற்றிலும் (completely) · fr pile (with units of time, distance, etc: not exceeding) · sv totalt (completely) · ru пло́ско (so as to be flat) · de glatt (with units of time, distance, etc: not exceeding) · da helt (completely) · mk рамно (with units of time, distance, etc: not exceeding) · ta மொட்டையாக (bluntly) · sv helt och hållet (completely) · ru ро́вно (so as to be flat) · ta சமம் (so as to be flat) · ta முழுமையாக (completely) · sv blankt (with units of time, distance, etc: not exceeding) · te పెరగని (with units of time, distance, etc: not exceeding) · de direkt (bluntly) · sv helt (completely) · sv jämnt (with units of time, distance, etc: not exceeding) · ru без обиняко́в (bluntly) · de unverblümt (bluntly) · fi kokonaan (completely) · ru пря́мо (bluntly) · lv lēzeni (so as to be flat) · ru целико́м (completely) · ru ро́вно (with units of time, distance, etc: not exceeding) · bg досущ (completely) · de glatt (so as to be flat) · id rata (so as to be flat) · ba теүәл (with units of time, distance, etc: not exceeding) · ta மிகாமல் (with units of time, distance, etc: not exceeding) · id pipih (bluntly) · mk рамно (so as to be flat) · bg изцяло (completely) · fi tylysti (bluntly) · pl płasko (so as to be flat) · fi täysin (completely) · ta முழுதும் (completely) · lv plakani (so as to be flat) · ta அப்பட்டமாக (bluntly) · pt diretamente (bluntly) · bg плоско (so as to be flat) · de total (completely) · bg съвсем (completely) · ta பொசுக்கென்று (bluntly) · de eben (so as to be flat) · de völlig (completely) · te మొద్దుబారిన (bluntly)

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flat en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

/ˈflat/ (British, Northern-England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales)
/ˈflɛt/ (New-Zealand)
(Australia) audio
audio SSB
/ˈflæt/ (Australia, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
(US) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *flataz Old Norse flatrbor. Middle English flat English flat From Middle English flat, a borrowing from Old Norse flatr (compare Norwegian and Swedish flat, Danish flad), from Proto-Germanic *flataz, from Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (“flat”); akin to Saterland Frisian flot (“smooth”), German Flöz (“a geological layer”), Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús), Latvian plats, Sanskrit प्रथस् (prathas, “extension”). Doublet of plat and pleyt. The noun is from Middle English flat (“level piece of ground, flat edge of a weapon”), from the adjective. The algebraic sense was coined by Serre in a 1956 paper, originally as French plat.

Meanings

An area of level ground (sometimes covered with shallow or tidal water).
- My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price. 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter III, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
- the eastern end of the salt flat; mud flat, tidal flat, flood flat
- The hovercraft skimmed across the open flats.
- Envy is as the sunbeams that beat hotter upon a bank, or steep rising ground, than upon a flat. 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Envy”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:
(in the phrase 'the flat') An area of level ground (sometimes covered with shallow or tidal water). ▸ Level ground in general.
- I can run on the flat but not up hills.
- The going will be easier once we're through these mountains and onto the flat.
- "Indeed it's troubling you too much, Sir!" the maid exclaimed. "She can walk very well on the flat." 1889, Lewis Carroll, Sylvie and Bruno:
(sometimes, with 'the' or attributively, with capital) An area of level ground (sometimes covered with shallow or tidal water). ▸ Level horse-racing ground, as contrasted with courses incorporating jumps, or the racing done on such ground.
- In light of Horse Racing Ireland's Covid-19 contingency plan announcement, that whenever racing resumes the Flat will be given priority, Elliott has decided to keep a number of talented jumpers on the go during the summer, with a view towards a dual-purpose campaign. 2020, Brian Sheerin, Racing Post, "Gordon Elliott maps out summer Flat campaigns for talented jumpers" (article) https://web.archive.org/web/20211102070751/https://www.racingpost.com/news/gordon-elliott-maps-out-summer-flat-campaigns-for-talented-jumpers/431475
- flat racing, the flat season
- This horse will do better over the flat.
- 2021 (retrieved), racing365.com, "Flat Racing Explained" https://racing365.com/flat-racing-explained/ In British horse racing, the classics are a series of horse races run over the flat (i.e. without jumps).
(Australia, sometimes, with 'the' or attributively, with capital) An area of level ground (sometimes covered with shallow or tidal water). ▸ the area in the centre of a racecourse.
- As forecast, Joe suspected nothing as he pottered round the flat in the sunshine, absorbed in the task of picking winners. 1963, George Blaikie, Scandals of Australia's Strange Past, Adelaide: Rigby Limited, page 117:
An area of level ground (sometimes covered with shallow or tidal water). ▸ The areas behind the line of scrimmage to either side of an offensive football formation.
A note played one chromatic semitone lower than a natural, denoted by the symbol ♭ placed after the letter representing the note (e.g., B♭) or in front of the note symbol (e.g. ♭♪).
- The key of E♭ has three flats.
(informal) A flat tyre/flat tire.
- The next one surrendered his bike, only for that, too, to give him a second flat as he started the descent. 2012 July 15, Richard Williams, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track, Guardian Unlimited:
(in-plural) A type of ladies' shoe with a very low heel.
- She liked to walk in her flats more than in her high heels.
(in-plural) A type of flat-soled running shoe without spikes.
(qualifier:painting) A thin, broad brush used in oil and watercolour painting.
The most prominent flat part of something.
- The outboard bales in each tier should be placed on their edges so that their flats will be presented to the sweat battens. This precaution is necessary to lessen the damage in case of chafage. If the bales chafe or become wet on their flats, only one or two layers will be damaged. 2024, Robert J. Meurn, Marine Cargo Operations:
The most prominent flat part of something. ▸ The flat side of a blade, as opposed to the sharp edge.
The most prominent flat part of something. ▸ The palm of the hand, with the adjacent part of the fingers.
A wide, shallow container or pallet.
- In mild areas, start sowing seeds in pots and flats for later transplanting. 1978, Keith Vincent Smith, The Illustrated Earth Garden Herbal, Melbourne: Thomas Nelson Australia, page endpaper:
- a flat of strawberries
(US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of flat water (“nonfizzy drinking water”).
alt of flat water
- Waiter: Would you like sparkling or flat? Guest: Flat, thank you.
(qualifier:postal) A large mail piece measuring at least 8 1/2 by 11 inches, such as catalogs, magazines, and unfolded paper enclosed in large envelopes.
(US) A railroad car without a roof, and whose body is a platform without sides; a platform car or flatcar.
- For example, when trailers containing new automobiles were first piggybacked two areas of potential damage became evident: (1) diesel locomotive exhaust left a film of oil on the new autos; and (2) auto windshields could be scarred or cracked by the metal-tipped "tell-tales" which warn men atop trains of oncoming bridges or tunnels. Accordingly, automobiles aboard piggyback flats are usually coupled into the train 15 or more cars behind the locomotive; and telltales have been raised. 1960 November, David Morgan, “"Piggyback"—U.S. success story”, in Trains Illustrated, page 684:
A flat spot on the wheel of a rail vehicle.
- The tender roared along vibrating vigorously; braking had resulted in "flats" on most of its tyres. 1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, page 706:
A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught.
A subset of n-dimensional space that is congruent to a Euclidean space of lower dimension.
A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned.
A flat sheet for use on a bed.
- You might think that Americans buy roughly the same number of fitted sheets as flats. Or, considering the market for electric blankets, duvets, and other covers, that consumers buy even more bottom sheets, simply forgoing the tops. 1986, New York Magazine, volume 19, number 49, page 20:
A flat, glossy children's book with few pages.
- This same publisher notes pricing is a crucial factor in the mass market field of $1, $1.95 and $2.95 "flats." 1970, The Publishers Weekly, volume 197, page 85:
A platform on a wheel, upon which emblematic designs etc. are carried in processions.
A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein; also, any horizontal portion of a vein not elsewhere horizontal.
(qualifier:theatre) A rectangular wooden structure covered with masonite, lauan, or muslin, often produced in standard modules, that is used to build wall surfaces on stage. Flats can be painted and outfitted with doors and/or windows to depict a building or other part of a scene, and are a hard-surfaced alternative to a backcloth or backdrop.
Any of various hesperiid butterflies that spread their wings open when they land.
(historical) An early kind of toy soldier having a flat design.
- Among the many US museums hosting flats, we may mention the Toy Soldier Museum in the Pocono Mountains, supervised by the historian, collector and dealer J. Hillestad. 2019, Luigi Toiati, The History of Toy Soldiers, page 78:
(obsolete) A dull fellow; a simpleton.
- "She can indeed walk very well on the flat," I said. "And I think I was the Flat." 1889, Lewis Carroll, Sylvie and Bruno:
- “But,” said I, “you said the other day, that you liked the fair thing.” “That was by way of gammon,” said the landlord; “just, do you see, as a Parliament cove might say speechifying from a barrel to a set of flats, whom he means to sell. Come, what do you think of the plan?” 1851, George Borrow, Lavengro; the Scholar—the Gypsy—the Priest. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: John Murray […], →OCLC:
- […] if you cannot make a speech, Because you are a flat, Go very quietly and drop A button in the hat! 1836, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., The Music-Grinders:
- "He fancies he can play at billiards," said he. "I won two hundred of him at the Cocoa-Tree. HE play, the young flat! […]" 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 14, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:
(abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of flat ride (“spinning amusement ride”).
alt of flat ride
A flat (i.e. plane) mirror
- "When sampling the aperture of a telescope, using auto-collimating flats (ACFs) is more economical" 2013 April 1, Spechler et al., “Advanced Dispersed Fringe Sensing Algorithm for Coarse Phasing Segmented Mirror Telescopes”, in NASA Tech Briefs, retrieved 27 Dec 2021:
(slang) A cheater's die with the edges shaved to make certain rolls more likely.
- He would slip in his six-ace flats, shaved dice that were made to bring up sevens. He'd throw them just long enough to get well, and then replace them with legitimate cubes. 2005, Fred Cicetti, Local Angles: The Big News in Small Towns, page 78:
(British-Columbia, Canadian-Prairies) A 24-case of beer.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
flats	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Antonyms

sharp (antonym(s) of “note”) · high heels (antonym(s) of “shoes”)

Deriveds

wheel flat · mudflat · double flat · flat store · Captains Flat · container flat · stage flat · optical flat · flat passer · demiflat · flat lad · salt flat · mud flat · Thwaite Flat · Broadway flat · Ash Flat · sandflat · Halls Flat · wheelflat · tideflat · false flat · six-ace flat · on the flat · Cornish Flat · flat joint · tidal flat · dead flat · mahogany flat · ballet flat · Hollywood flat · dusk-flat · Hollywood-style flat · alkali flat

Descendants

flet

Translations (71)

de Turnschuhe (plural: ladies' shoes) · nb b (music: note played a semitone lower than a natural) · nl bemol (music: note played a semitone lower than a natural) · af mol (music: note played a semitone lower than a natural) · it bemolle (music: note played a semitone lower than a natural) · is lækkuð nóta (music: note played a semitone lower than a natural) · nl mol (music: note played a semitone lower than a natural) · bg плоскост (area of level ground) · ru равни́на (area of level ground) · sh snizilica (music: note played a semitone lower than a natural) · ja 変 (music: note played a semitone lower than a natural) · fi ropponen (wide, shallow container) · ru пло́скость (flat part of something) · de Abflachung (flat part of something) · ta சமநிலம் (area of level ground) · af platkant (flat part of something) · de Träger (wide, shallow container) · mi papatahi (area of level ground) · ca bemoll (music: note played a semitone lower than a natural) · fr bémol (music: note played a semitone lower than a natural) · el ύφεση (music: note played a semitone lower than a natural) · fi matalakorkoiset (kengät) (plural: ladies' shoes) · pl but m na płaskim obcasie (plural: ladies' shoes) · de Ebene (area of level ground) · is flatbotna skór (plural: ladies' shoes) · mi taka (music: note played a semitone lower than a natural) · de Flachland (area of level ground) · fa هامون (area of level ground) · lv kurpes bez papēžiem (plural: ladies' shoes) · de Schale (wide, shallow container) · de Erniedrigungszeichen (music: note played a semitone lower than a natural) · yue 降號 /降号 (music: note played a semitone lower than a natural) · ru туфли-балетки (plural: ladies' shoes) · es bemol (music: note played a semitone lower than a natural) · sv lågklackad (sko) (plural: ladies' shoes) · ru бемо́ль (music: note played a semitone lower than a natural) · is flöt (area of level ground) · mi haupapa (area of level ground) · ko 플랫 (music: note played a semitone lower than a natural) · fi lape (flat part of something) · ta தட்டு (wide, shallow container) · de Ballerinas (plural: ladies' shoes) · bg бемол (music: note played a semitone lower than a natural) · fi tasanne (area of level ground) · cmn 降號 /降号 (music: note played a semitone lower than a natural) · fi tasanko (area of level ground) · it ballerine (plural: ladies' shoes) · fi alennettu nuotti (music: note played a semitone lower than a natural) · et bemoll (music: note played a semitone lower than a natural) · sh снизилица (music: note played a semitone lower than a natural) · de Platte (wide, shallow container) · fi lape (swordfighting: flat side of a blade) · de Blatt (swordfighting: flat side of a blade) · bg равнина (area of level ground) · ko 내림표 (music: note played a semitone lower than a natural) · pt planura (area of level ground) · pl bemol (music: note played a semitone lower than a natural) · pt bemol (music: note played a semitone lower than a natural) · ru пло́скость (area of level ground) · fi talttasivellin (thin, broad brush) · de Breitpinsel (thin, broad brush) · de Fläche (flat part of something) · lv bemols (music: note played a semitone lower than a natural) · ja フラット (music: note played a semitone lower than a natural) · it scarpe senza tacco (plural: ladies' shoes) · de erniedrigter Ton (music: note played a semitone lower than a natural) · ru балетки (plural: ladies' shoes) · el χωρίς τακούνι (plural: ladies' shoes) · lv plakana virsma (area of level ground) · da flade (plural: ladies' shoes) · de Freizeitschuhe (plural: ladies' shoes)

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flat en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

/ˈflat/ (British, Northern-England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales)
/ˈflɛt/ (New-Zealand)
(Australia) audio
audio SSB
/ˈflæt/ (Australia, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
(US) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *flataz Old Norse flatrbor. Middle English flat English flat From Middle English flat, a borrowing from Old Norse flatr (compare Norwegian and Swedish flat, Danish flad), from Proto-Germanic *flataz, from Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (“flat”); akin to Saterland Frisian flot (“smooth”), German Flöz (“a geological layer”), Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús), Latvian plats, Sanskrit प्रथस् (prathas, “extension”). Doublet of plat and pleyt. The noun is from Middle English flat (“level piece of ground, flat edge of a weapon”), from the adjective. The algebraic sense was coined by Serre in a 1956 paper, originally as French plat.

Meanings

(slang) To make a flat call; to call without raising.
(intransitive) To become flat or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface.
(colloquial, intransitive) To fall from the pitch.
(transitive) To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone.
(dated, transitive) To make flat; to flatten; to level.
- And thus thoſe Forts vvhich vvere erected to defend the Crovvne, firſt offended the King, ſome fevv vvhereof as he recouered, he flatted to the ground, and vviſhed the other no higher vvalls; ſtill ſvvearing by Gods Birth (his vſuall Oath) hee vvould not ſlightly bee vnſeated of his Crovvne, and vvondring vvhat ſhould mooue them, vvho had ſo readilie aduanced him, ſo ſpeedily to vnſtate him. 1611, Iohn Speed [i.e., John Speed], “Stephen, the Two and Fortieth Monarch of the English-men: His Raigne, Acts, and Issue”, in The History of Great Britaine under the Conquests of yͤ Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans. […], London: […] William Hall and John Beale, for John Sudbury and George Humble, […], →OCLC, book IX ([Englands Monarchs] […]), paragraph 13, page 447, column 2:
- The pods, which seldom contain less than thirty nuts of the size of a flatted olive, grow upon the stem and principal branches. 1764, James Granger, The Sugar-Cane: a Poem. In Four Books. With Notes., M.D., Book 1, page 44, note to verse 605:
(dated, transitive) To render dull, insipid, or spiritless; to depress.
- Passions are allayed, appetites are flatted. a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number)”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1830–1831, →OCLC:

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Spelling	Features	Source
flats	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres	lexicographic
flatted	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
flatted	Tense=Past	lexicographic
flatting	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic

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flat down

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es espichar ((intransitive) (of a tire))

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flat en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

/ˈflat/ (British, Northern-England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales)
/ˈflɛt/ (New-Zealand)
(Australia) audio
audio SSB
/ˈflæt/ (Australia, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
(US) audio

Etymology

From an alteration (due to Scots flatt (“a level part of a structure”)) of Scots flet, flett (“inner part of a house”), from Middle English flet (“dwelling”), from Old English flet, flett (“ground floor, dwelling”), from Proto-West Germanic *flati, from Proto-Germanic *flatją (“floor”), from Proto-Germanic *flataz (“flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (“flat”). Akin to Old Frisian flet, flette (“dwelling, house”). More at flet, flat₁.

Meanings

(Australia, India, New-England, New-Zealand, Singapore, South-Africa, UK, dialectal) A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rent
- When the Dolphin Square's flats were first offered to the public in 1936, the South Block was still under construction, and the North Block was a building site. 2014, Terry Gourvish, Dolphin Square: The History of a Unique Building, page 75:
- [NICELY]When you meet a gent paying all kinds of rent for a flat that could flatten the Taj Mahal. [BOTH]Call it sad, call it funny but it’s better than even money that the guy’s only doing it for some doll. 1955 November 3, “Guys and Dolls”, in Guys and Dolls (Original Broadway Cast Recording), performed by Stubby Kaye (as Nicely Nicely Johnson) and Johnny Silver (as Benny Southstreet):
- Fifteen percent of this group said that they were not satisfied with the public housing estates and their HDB^([Singapore Housing & Development Board]) flats (see Tables 11 and 12 respectively). 1983, Tai Ching Ling, “Relocation and Population Planning: A Study of the Implications of Public Housing and Family Planning in Singapore”, in Wilfredo F. Arce, Gabriel C. Alvarez, editors, Population Change in Southeast Asia, page 184:
- The Greater London Council formed the Estmanco company to manage a block of 60 council-owned flats. The council entered into an agreement with the company to sell off the flats to owner-occupiers. 2002, MIchael Ottley, Briefcase on Company Law, page 76:
- The excellence of French flats is so well known in America, that the owner will often refer to his property as "first class French flats." 1905, Sydney Perks, Residential flats of all classes, including artisans' dwellings: a practical treatise on their planning and arrangement, together with chapters on their history, financial matters, etc.,with numerous illustrations, page 204:
- A kiss may be grand but it won’t pay the rental on your humble flat or help you at the automat. 1953 January 1, “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend”, in My Heart Belongs to Daddy, performed by Marilyn Monroe:
- Of course, closure of the West station took away the hotel's raison d'être. In May 2012, the local newspaper reported that this historic hotel, by then rated the town's worst (exemplified by its final review: "Please avoid at all costs"), was to be converted into 31 first-time-buyer one-bedroom flats. 2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Bournemouth (circa 1880)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 60:

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Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
flats	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Deriveds

flatdom · studio flat · flatless · flathouse · flatshare · flatblock · block of flats · flatsharing · flatmate · flat-warming · microflat · flatette · BTO flat · coldwater flat · flattage · granny flat · flatsharer · nanoflat · flatlet · flatter · show flat · bachelor flat

Descendants

flate

Synonyms

apartment

flat en · VERB · etymology 3

Pronunciation

/ˈflat/ (British, Northern-England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales)
/ˈflɛt/ (New-Zealand)
(Australia) audio
audio SSB
/ˈflæt/ (Australia, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
(US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English flatten, from Old French flatir (“to knock or strike down, dash”), from Frankish *flattjan (“to move the palm of the hand”), from Proto-Germanic *flatjaną (“to make flat, flatten”).

Meanings

(obsolete, transitive) To beat or strike; pound
(transitive) To dash or throw
(intransitive) To dash, rush

Forms

Spelling	Features	Source
flats	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres	lexicographic
flatted	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
flatted	Tense=Past	lexicographic
flatting	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic

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flatter

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flat en · VERB · etymology 3

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