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plate en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • [ˈpʰl̥eɪ̯t] (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈpleɪ̯t/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈplæ̝ɪ̯t/ (Australia)
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Etymology

From Middle English plate, from Old French plate, from Medieval Latin plata, from Vulgar Latin *plat(t)us, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “broad, flat, wide”). Compare Spanish plato. (foot): Cockney rhyming slang, from "plates of meat" for "feet".

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which food is served or eaten.
    • I filled my plate from the bountiful table.
  2. (uncountable) Such dishes collectively.
    • A valuable collection of silver plate was donated to the museum.
  3. (countable, uncountable) The contents of such a dish.
    • I ate a plate of beans.
  4. (countable, uncountable) A course at a meal.
    • The meat plate was particularly tasty.
  5. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) An agenda of tasks, problems, or responsibilities
    • With revenues down and transfer payments up, the legislature has a full plate.
  6. (countable, uncountable) A flat object of uniform thickness.
    • The most important and most expensive part of any solar cell is a silicon plate.
  7. (Australia, countable, especially, metonymically, plural, plural-only, uncountable) Vehicle license plates, registration plates.
    • He stole a car and changed the plates as soon as he could.
  8. (countable, uncountable) A taxi permit, especially of a metal disc.
  9. (countable, historical, uncountable) Plate armor.
    • He was confronted by two knights in full plate.
    • He hewd, and lasht, and foynd, and thondred blowes, And euery way did seeke into his life, Ne plate, ne male could ward so mighty throwes, But yeilded passage to his cruell knife. 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 248:
    • Two potent Thrones, that to be less then Gods Disdain’d, but meaner thoughts learnd in thir flight, Mangl’d with gastly wounds through Plate and Maile. 1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 366-368:
  10. (countable, uncountable) A layer of a material on the surface of something, usually qualified by the type of the material; plating
    • The bullets just bounced off the steel plate on its hull.
  11. (countable, uncountable) A material covered with such a layer.
    • If you're not careful, someone will sell you silverware that's really only silver plate.
  12. (countable, dated, uncountable) An ornamental or food service item coated with silver or gold or otherwise decorated.
    • 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. 1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal, V.i:
    • The tea was served in the plate.
  13. (countable, uncountable) A weighted disk, usually of metal, with a hole in the center for use with a barbell, dumbbell, or exercise machine.
  14. (countable, uncountable) An engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper.
    • We finished making the plates this morning.
    • "Do you really mean me to go on with plates for all the high values up to the thousand pound printing?" 1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London:
  15. (countable, uncountable) An image or copy.
  16. (countable, uncountable) An illustration in a book, either black and white, or colour, usually on a page of paper of different quality from the text pages.
  17. (countable, uncountable) A shaped and fitted surface, usually ceramic or metal that fits into the mouth and in which teeth are implanted; a dental plate.
  18. (countable, uncountable) A horizontal framing member at the top or bottom of a group of vertical studs.
  19. (Cockney, countable, slang, uncountable) A person's foot.
    • Sit down and give your plates a rest.
  20. (countable, uncountable) Home plate.
    • There was a close play at the plate.
  21. (countable, uncountable) A tectonic plate.
    • Our planet's crust is split into eight major plates and many minor plates. 2012, Chinle Miller, In Mesozoic Lands: The Mesozoic Geology of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, Kindle edition:
  22. (countable, uncountable) Any of various larger scales found in some reptiles.
  23. (countable, uncountable) A flat electrode such as can be found in an accumulator battery, or in an electrolysis tank.
  24. (countable, uncountable) The anode of a vacuum tube.
    • Regulating the oscillator plate voltage greatly improves the keying.
  25. (countable, uncountable) A prize given to the winner in a contest.
  26. (countable, uncountable) Any flat piece of material such as coated glass or plastic.
  27. (countable, dated, uncountable) A metallic card, used to imprint tickets with an airline's logo, name, and numeric code.
  28. (broadly, countable, uncountable) The ability of a travel agent to issue tickets on behalf of a particular airline.
  29. (Australia, countable, uncountable) A VIN plate, particularly with regard to the car's year of manufacture.
  30. (countable, uncountable) One of the thin parts of the brisket of an animal.
  31. (countable, uncountable) A very light steel horseshoe for racehorses.
  32. (countable, qualifier:furriers' slang, uncountable) Skins for fur linings of garments, sewn together and roughly shaped, but not finally cut or fitted.
  33. (countable, qualifier:hat-making, uncountable) The fine nap (as of beaver, musquash, etc.) on a hat whose body is made from inferior material.
  34. (countable, uncountable) A record, usually vinyl.
  35. (countable, uncountable) trauma plate.
    • The SAPI plate in his vest protected him from the bullet's impact.
  36. (countable, slang, uncountable) Any of the potential romantic or sexual partners with whom a person keeps in touch as part of plate spinning.
    • More plates means more dates!
  37. (countable, uncountable) A Lego piece that is thin, 1/3 the height of a brick, and has studs on top.

Forms

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Deriveds

cell plate · pitcher's plate · neural plate · floorplate · nail plate · lip plate · short plate · deckplate · silver-plate · platemark · platelaying · brest-plate · weight plate · Europlate · lateral pterygoid plate · plate lunch · earth plate · soleplate · on one's plate · plate appearance · tectonic plate · dessert-plate · λ/4 plate · kickplate · echo plate · plate glass university · give someone his head on a plate · nickel-plate · backplate · diamond plate · Bitter plate · gold-plate · chromium plate · sieve plate · plate paper · toothplate · underplate · plateful · photographic plate · preplate · overplate · reverb plate · perforation plate · trench plate · toeplate · mixed plate · armour plate · swash plate · tramplate · troll plate · golden plates · Chladni plate · plate-glass university · armor plate · plate press · trade plate · fingerplate · swashplate · kick plate · tubeplate · autoplate · clutch plate · continental plate · tin plate · number plate · saddle plate · copperplate · quarter-wave plate · vanity plate · midplate · dinnerplate · bread-and-butter plate · medial pterygoid plate · pole plate · keyplate · plate meristem · screwplate · plate armor · tinplate · offering plate · neckplate · tin-plate · boilerplate · beef plate · blue plate · plate meal · strike plate · zone plate · cheek plate · plate tectonics · quarter-plate · futtock plate · blue-plate · butter plate · die plate · counterplate · side plate · miniplate · heteroplate · hair plate · plates of meat · roof-plate · photoplate · platebound · plateway · plate sale · face-plate · whole plate · on a plate · Fresnel zone plate · selling plate · microplate · plate girder · immunoplate · interplate · china plate · platework · chestplate · boiler plate · plate reverb · slide plate · bookplate · vanity license plate · eye plate · platelike · pronto plate · clean up one's plate · perch plate · plate-carrier · jaw plate · Nickel Plate Road · dead plate · star plate · growth plate · plate carrée · plateless · platemaking · scratchplate · buckler plate · fashion plate · plate-glass · flexplate · collection plate · hand someone his head on a plate · plate glass · process plate · CD plate · tieplate · platelegs · licence plate · cribriform plate · plate reader · plateware · streak plate · plate armour · salad plate · theoretical plate · clutchplate · garbage plate · plate block · treadplate · plateskirt · name plate · hotplate · platemaker · dorsal plate · microtiter plate · plateroon · catch plate · forceplate · cooking plate · picky plate · smokeplate · switchplate · stereoplate · turnplate · Champy plate · ridgeplate · give someone their head on a plate · lysoplate · plate up · platelet · buttplate · nanoplate · waveplate · notoplate · roving plate · assay plate · water plate · wrist plate · P-plate · misplate · dinner plate · weirplate · face plate · wave plate · subplate · fall plate · dubplate · wet plate · plateman · tie plate · piano plate · visiplate · stripper plate · dockplate · spin plates · build plate · dub-plate · raising plate · drawplate · throatplate · platemail · string plate · collection-plate · neck plate · plate wheel · platewise · lockplate · base plate · plate bone · filterplate · bedplate · baseplate · T-plate · trunnion plate · armplate · picotiter plate · L-plate · step up to the plate · doorplate · jack of plate · epiphyseal plate · skidplate · Chladni's plate · replate · plateholder · plate out · plate ship · plate-out · black plate · nameplate · heart attack on a plate · computer-to-plate · plate mark · stir plate · cortical plate · striking plate · heelplate · hot plate · channel plate · license plate · blue-plate special · chainplate · shinplate · plateroom · dry plate · office floor plate · rego plate · legplate · platescape · intraplate · gold plate · veiled plate · register plate · wall plate · hourplate · hand someone their head on a plate · chromium-plate · plate number coil · clean one's plate · boiling plate · cake plate · plate count · paper plate · blue plate special · plate money · bridging plate · nonplate · breastplate · cornplate · Ishihara plate · plate powder · silver plate · pterygoid plate · half-plate · endplate · dub plate · dam plate · hot-plate · plateable · fishplate · pie plate · luncheon plate · small plate · plate mail · sauceplate · quadrant plate · bodyplate · platelayer · footplate · implate · Schmidt corrector plate · reed plate

Descendants

pereti · प्लेट

Synonyms

rego plates

Translations (499)

pl talerz (flat dish) · vi dĩa (flat dish) · de Beschichtung (layer of a material on the surface of something) · ca planxa (printing: engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper) · pt chapa (chemistry: flat piece of material) · fr plaque minéralogique (vehicle license plate) · zh(flat dish) · sh tanjir (flat dish) · sah тэриэлкэ (flat dish) · ru блю́дце (flat dish) · scn cappa (chemistry: flat piece of material) · de Anode (anode of vacuum tube) · kix chìu (flat dish) · mk плоча (construction: horizontal framing member) · mn таваг (flat dish) · ar صحن (flat dish) · ru номерно́й знак (vehicle license plate) · la patina (flat dish) · ast platu (flat dish) · bcl plato (flat dish) · mi pereti (flat dish) · ka საინი (flat dish) · it placca (flat metallic object) · li teier (flat dish) · mdh kanan (flat dish) · kok वाट्टे (flat dish) · fr planche (printing, photography: image or copy) · fr dentier (dental plate) · be тале́рка (flat dish) · hu tányérok (such dishes collectively) · nb brett (item coated with silver) · zh 碟仔 (flat dish) · be мі́ска (flat dish) · ar صَحْن (flat dish) · uk табли́чка (flat metallic object) · de Beschlag (very light steel horseshoe) · kl puugutaq (flat dish) · is diskur (flat dish) · fr assiette (contents of a plate) · de Kennzeichen (vehicle license plate) · pt prato (flat dish) · mn пял (flat dish) · gd mias (flat dish) · scn manciata (such dishes collectively) · kxd kudut (flat dish) · fi lipunkirjoitusoikeus (aviation: ability of a travel agent to issue tickets on behalf of a particular airline) · it piatto (contents of a plate) · fi laatta (flat metallic object) · grc πίναξ (flat dish) · kok ताट्टे (flat dish) · ca placa (anode of vacuum tube) · ur رَکابی (flat dish) · la catīnus (flat dish) · ru пласти́на (flat metallic object) · fi pinta (layer of a material on the surface of something) · it placca (dental plate) · pt placa (vehicle license plate) · bg блю́до (contents of a plate) · nl plaat (printing: engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper) · ota پیاطه (contents of a plate) · fi hopeoitu astia (item coated with silver) · sv plåt (printing: engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper) · nl bord (flat dish) · lt lėkštė (flat dish) · la patella (flat dish) · ga pláta (contents of a plate) · hy ափսե (flat dish) · gld котан (flat dish) · uga 𐎕𐎓 (flat dish) · lo ຈານ (flat dish) · el πιάτο (flat dish) · krl luota (flat dish) · nl plaat (flat metallic object) · fi haarniska (historical: plate armour) · ru блю́до (course at a meal) · de Gericht (course at a meal) · fr planche (printing: engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper) · kxd pinggan (flat dish) · oj onaagan (flat dish) · uk пласти́на (flat metallic object) · ga pláta (printing: engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper) · cic amposhimpatha' (flat dish) · de Nummernschild (vehicle license plate) · ny mbale (flat dish) · cs štoček (printing: engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper) · pdc Deller (flat dish) · mk та́нир (flat dish) · ru ми́ска (flat dish) · bua табаг (flat dish) · uk пласти́нка (dental plate) · unm pàkënchu (flat dish) · bg фо́топла́ка (printing, photography: image or copy) · pl klisza (printing: engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper) · gl placa (flat metallic object) · de Tafel (printing, publishing: full page illustration) · cv турилкке (flat dish) · mi paetara (construction: horizontal framing member) · gug ña'embe (flat dish) · pt pratada (contents of a plate) · de Schichtplatte (material covered with such a layer) · vls tallôre (flat dish) · hu tányér (flat dish) · scn chiattu (contents of a plate) · de Platte (flat metallic object) · or ଥାଳି (flat dish) · uz likop (flat dish) · hu fogás (course at a meal) · tk tarelka (flat dish) · zza plaqa (dental plate) · it piastra (chemistry: flat piece of material) · war plato (flat dish) · kxd piring (flat dish) · ru регистрацио́нный но́мер (vehicle license plate) · de Tafel (flat dish) · nb tallerken (flat dish) · lv šķīvis (flat dish) · yi טעלער (flat dish) · de Schicht (layer of a material on the surface of something) · ug تەخسە (flat dish) · hu páncél (historical: plate armour) · bg блю́до (course at a meal) · scn placatura (layer of a material on the surface of something) · sv tallrik (flat dish) · ko 접시 (flat dish) · tg бушқоб (flat dish) · it pizza (weightlifting: weighted disk) · sv fat (flat dish) · wym tełłer (flat dish) · fr armure de plates (historical: plate armour) · eo telero (flat dish) · tkl ipumāfolafola (flat dish) · uz tarelka (flat dish) · ota طباق (flat dish) · ba тәрилкә (flat dish) · ca làmina (flat metallic object) · pl płyta (flat metallic object) · fi suomu (herpetology: large reptilian scale) · fi painolaatta (printing: engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper) · ur پْلیٹ (flat dish) · fr plat (course at a meal) · la lanx (flat dish) · nds Töller (flat dish) · sh тањур (flat dish) · de Druckstock (printing: engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper) · es plato (flat dish) · ug لېگەن (flat dish) · grc πατάνη (flat dish) · fi pinnoite (layer of a material on the surface of something) · hu fémlap (flat metallic object) · fi planssi (printing, photography: image or copy) · fi kilpi (vehicle license plate) · hu rendszámtábla (vehicle license plate) · scn placa (layer of a material on the surface of something) · ro placă (flat electrode) · ar طَبَق (flat dish) · es armadura (historical: plate armour) · ps تينګړی (flat dish) · de Gang (course at a meal) · uk метале́вий лист (flat metallic object) · ky талиңке (flat dish) · ro anod (anode of vacuum tube) · de Scheibe (music: record) · el πιάτο (contents of a plate) · ga pláta (printing, photography: image or copy) · eo plado (course at a meal) · ja(flat dish) · ro plăcuță de înmatriculare (vehicle license plate) · fi levy (flat metallic object) · war pinggan (flat dish) · fr plat (flat dish) · scn armatura (historical: plate armour) · zu isitsha (flat dish) · sh tanjur (flat dish) · nl dienblad (item coated with silver) · oc sieta (flat dish) · scn signa (vehicle license plate) · gd clàr (flat metallic object) · ltg škeivs (flat dish) · es plato (contents of a plate) · scn làmina (printing, publishing: full page illustration) · tr plaka (weightlifting: weighted disk) · sg sembe (flat dish) · fr planche (printing, publishing: full page illustration) · el ασημένιο σερβίτσιο (item coated with silver) · fo tallerkur (flat dish) · pt prato (course at a meal) · pl danie (course at a meal) · zh дезы (flat dish) · hu tányérnyi (contents of a plate) · fi painolevy (printing: engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper) · clt pakaa (flat dish) · sq pjatë (flat dish) · kmr teyfik (flat dish) · or ଥାଲ (flat dish) · el πιάτο (course at a meal) · hu fémlemez (flat metallic object) · scn lamera (flat metallic object) · vec piato (flat dish) · scn placa (flat electrode) · es placa (dental plate) · ru плакиро́вка (layer of a material on the surface of something) · bg плака (chemistry: flat piece of material) · bn থালা (flat dish) · mt pjanċa (flat dish) · bg анод (anode of vacuum tube) · scn travu (construction: horizontal framing member) · sw sahani (flat dish) · ar طبق (flat dish) · de Belag (layer of a material on the surface of something) · ml പാത്രം (flat dish) · fi levy (flat electrode) · id piring (flat dish) · ro farfurie (flat dish) · be блю́да (flat dish) · fi lautanen (flat dish) · tk tarýelka (flat dish) · zza qab (flat dish) · bg посуда (such dishes collectively) · fi turkislevy (skins sewn together for fur lining) · fi levy (chemistry: flat piece of material) · fr plaque (flat metallic object) · yue(flat dish) · ru пласти́нка (dental plate) · fi lautasellinen (contents of a plate) · fo borðdiskur (flat dish) · hy պնակ (flat dish) · fr plaque (vehicle license plate) · kix chìu (contents of a plate) · io plado (flat dish) · mhn piatt (flat dish) · de Lagerplatte (construction: horizontal framing member) · scn chiattu (flat dish) · ca matrícula (vehicle license plate) · ckb قاپ (flat dish) · bcl pinggan (flat dish) · sl krožnik (flat dish) · pms piat (flat dish) · et taldrik (flat dish) · fi laatta (printing: engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper) · la catillus (flat dish) · hu lap (flat metallic object) · hu lemez (flat metallic object) · it disco (weightlifting: weighted disk) · scn scagghia (herpetology: large reptilian scale) · tk tabak (flat dish) · mnc ᡶᡳᠯᠠ (flat dish) · chr ᎤᎿᏩ (flat dish) · scn purtata (such dishes collectively) · de Scheibe (flat metallic object) · cop ⲃⲓⲛⲁϫ (flat dish) · it piatto (course at a meal) · ota صحن (contents of a plate) · gd truinnsear (flat dish) · ps بشقاب (flat dish) · fi levy (weightlifting: weighted disk) · eo licencplato (vehicle license plate) · mn ᠲᠠᠪᠠᠭ (flat dish) · sv plansch (printing, publishing: full page illustration) · grc ἔλασμα (flat metallic object) · bg чини́я (flat dish) · as প্লে'ট (flat dish) · hu páncéllemez (historical: plate armour) · ar صَحَن (flat dish) · ky тарелка (flat dish) · pt placa (chemistry: flat piece of material) · fa بُشْقاب (flat dish) · hu lemez (printing: engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper) · om caabii (flat dish) · fi päällyste (layer of a material on the surface of something) · it lamella (flat metallic object) · ar صحن (flat dish) · el μασέλα (dental plate) · fi ravikenkä (very light steel horseshoe) · da planche (printing, publishing: full page illustration) · ur تھال (flat dish) · gd lann (flat metallic object) · kk тәрелке (flat dish) · de Scheibe (construction: horizontal framing member) · ms pinggan (flat dish) · fi hammasproteesin pohjalevy (dental plate) · bg пло́ча (flat electrode) · tpw nha'ẽ (flat dish) · tr tabak (flat dish) · bg пло́ча (music: record) · fi laatta (construction: horizontal framing member) · ur رَکاب (flat dish) · de Blech (flat metallic object) · gd soitheach (flat dish) · es placa (printing: engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper) · pt placa (printing: engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper) · scn chiattu (course at a meal) · ga pláta (dental plate) · ru блю́до (contents of a plate) · ak prɛte (flat dish) · ovd taldrikk (flat dish) · ro placă (flat metallic object) · mrw kanan (flat dish) · tsg lāy (flat dish) · vec piat (flat dish) · es placa (flat electrode) · cjs айақ (flat dish) · de Tafel (flat metallic object) · kmr dewrî (flat dish) · cy plât (flat dish) · ta தட்டு (flat dish) · he צַלַּחַת (flat dish) · es lámina (printing, publishing: full page illustration) · pl klisza (printing, photography: image or copy) · izh tarelka (flat dish) · fi työlista (agenda of tasks, problems, or responsibilities) · mk плоча (flat metallic object) · alt табак (flat dish) · ang disċ (flat dish) · fa قَاب (flat dish) · sh тањир (flat dish) · tr tabak (contents of a plate) · pl tablica rejestracyjna (vehicle license plate) · fr plaque (flat electrode) · bg пласти́на (flat metallic object) · scn ànudu (anode of vacuum tube) · lv zobu plate (dental plate) · li Tälde̩r (flat dish) · zh 碟子 (flat dish) · th จาน (flat dish) · hu tál (course at a meal) · tl plato (flat dish) · uk блю́до (flat dish) · scn lanna (flat metallic object) · el κλισέ (printing: engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper) · da tallerken (flat dish) · es placa (vehicle license plate) · alt тарелке (flat dish) · nb rett (course at a meal) · it portata (course at a meal) · grc πινάκιον (flat dish) · fa بُشْقَاب (flat dish) · hu bevonat (layer of a material on the surface of something) · km ចាន (flat dish) · ru плакирова́ние (layer of a material on the surface of something) · de Tafel (such dishes collectively) · rm taglier (flat dish) · de Platte (music: record) · az boşqab (flat dish) · hi थाली (flat dish) · zh 盤子 /盘子 (flat dish) · mk чи́нија (flat dish) · fi levy (music: record) · bg олимпийски диск (weightlifting: weighted disk) · ps قاب (flat dish) · ca placa (printing, photography: image or copy) · pt placa (flat metallic object) · fa قاب (flat dish) · fi pinnoitettu materiaali (material covered with such a layer) · cs štítek (flat metallic object) · be нумарны́ знак (vehicle license plate) · ca plat (flat dish) · fi anodi (anode of vacuum tube) · izh tantarikko (flat dish) · rsk танєр (flat dish) · fi hopeoitu esine (item coated with silver) · fr plaque d'immatriculation (vehicle license plate) · ru таре́лка (flat dish) · ru плита́ (construction: horizontal framing member) · af bord (flat dish) · uk номерни́й знак (vehicle license plate) · tl pinggan (flat dish) · ain セイ (flat dish) · bn পিরিচ (flat dish) · uz lagan (flat dish) · uk ми́ска (flat dish) · es matrícula (vehicle license plate) · ln sáni (flat dish) · la scutella (flat dish) · hu protézis (dental plate) · ak taforabɔtɔ (flat dish) · fi planssi (printing, publishing: full page illustration) · ne थाल (flat dish) · ota طباق (contents of a plate) · ru блю́до (flat dish) · fi lätty (music: record) · sv plansch (printing, photography: image or copy) · scn placa (printing: engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper) · es grabado (printing, photography: image or copy) · tg табақча (flat dish) · hu műfogsor (dental plate) · bg гравю́ра (printing: engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper) · uk тарі́лка (flat dish) · nv łeetsʼaaʼ (flat dish) · my ပန်းကန် (flat dish) · vls assiette (flat dish) · es placa (chemistry: flat piece of material) · es placa (flat metallic object) · ru ши́льдик (flat metallic object) · scn laminatu (material covered with such a layer) · pl blacha (vehicle license plate) · de Platte (contents of a plate) · yka laley (flat dish) · pdt Schiew (flat dish) · hu tányér (contents of a plate) · scn placa (dental plate) · scn piastra (chemistry: flat piece of material) · tg табақ (flat dish) · ro platou (contents of a plate) · yo àwo (flat dish) · bg регистрацио́нен но́мер (vehicle license plate) · de Teller (flat dish) · ota لوحه (flat metallic object) · de Platte (flat dish) · nb plate (flat metallic object) · bn তশতরী (flat dish) · sv platta (flat metallic object) · fi lautaset (such dishes collectively) · ota پیاطه (flat dish) · sc prattu (flat dish) · mk табличка (vehicle license plate) · wuu(flat dish) · scn purtata (course at a meal) · ga pláta (flat dish) · scn manciari (contents of a plate) · scn piattu (flat dish) · ce бошхап (flat dish) · nb asjett (flat dish) · mn ᠫᠢᠯᠠ (flat dish) · ru ано́д (anode of vacuum tube) · grc λεπάς (flat dish) · pap tayó (flat dish) · eu plater (flat dish) · ca placa (dental plate) · fo borðiskur (flat dish) · ca làmina (printing, publishing: full page illustration) · fi VIN-kilpi (VIN plate) · se tallearka (flat dish) · kmr sênîk (flat dish) · bo སྡེར་མ (flat dish) · he לוּחַ (flat metallic object) · lb Teller (flat dish) · bg блю́до (flat dish) · fi ruokalaji (course at a meal) · es lámina (flat metallic object) · it targa (vehicle license plate) · cs chod (course at a meal) · mww phaj (flat dish) · am ሳሕን (flat dish) · bg покри́тие (layer of a material on the surface of something) · sk tanier (flat dish) · lv plāksne (flat metallic object) · ca placa (music: record) · nl dienblad (flat dish) · hi प्लेट (flat dish) · de Laminat (material covered with such a layer) · ca plat (contents of a plate) · li teleur (flat dish) · ka თეფში (flat dish) · li teiel (flat dish) · it piatto (flat dish) · hu anód (anode of vacuum tube) · ar طَبَق (flat dish) · mk плоча (printing: engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper) · hu páncélzat (historical: plate armour) · rm plat (flat dish) · cs talíř (flat dish) · ur قاب (flat dish) · scn placa (flat metallic object) · ota صحن (flat dish) · fr plaque (chemistry: flat piece of material) · tt тәлинкә (flat dish) · el λιθογράφημα (printing: engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper) · syl ꠛꠞꠔꠘ (flat dish) · ru табли́чка (flat metallic object) · oc plat (flat dish) · it piastra (weightlifting: weighted disk) · hu tárcsa (flat metallic object) · scn targa (vehicle license plate) · kk табақ (flat dish) · fa پِلاک (vehicle license plate) · uz likopcha (flat dish) · eo plato (flat metallic object) · bn রেকাবী (flat dish) · hi रकाबी (flat dish) · kk тамақ (flat dish) · qu chuwa (flat dish) · el έλασμα (flat metallic object) · fr assiette (flat dish) · rue та́нїр (flat dish) · sv anod (anode of vacuum tube) · ru пласти́нка (flat metallic object) · lg sowaani (flat dish) · es plato (course at a meal) · nl kentekenplaat (vehicle license plate) · de Abbildung (printing, publishing: full page illustration) · co piattu (flat dish) · nb trykkplate (printing: engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper) · yue(contents of a plate) · tum mbale (flat dish) · csb talérz (flat dish) · zh(flat dish) · pl tabliczka znamionowa (VIN plate) · pt prancha (printing, publishing: full page illustration) · id pinggan (flat dish)

wikidata: Q57216

plate en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • [ˈpʰl̥eɪ̯t] (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈpleɪ̯t/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈplæ̝ɪ̯t/ (Australia)
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Etymology

From Middle English platen, from Old English platian and Old French plater, both ultimately from Latin plata (see above).

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material, usually a metal.
    • This ring is plated with a thin layer of gold.
  2. (transitive) To place the various elements of a meal on the diner's plate prior to serving.
    • I took her for sushi, she wanted to fuck / So we took it to go, told 'em don't even plate it 2011, “HYFR”, in Take Care, performed by Drake ft. Lil Wayne:
    • After preparation, the chef will plate the dish.
  3. (transitive) To score a run.
    • The single plated the runner from second base.
  4. (transitive) To arm or defend with metal plates.
  5. (transitive) To beat into thin plates.
  6. To specify which airline a ticket will be issued on behalf of.
    • Tickets are normally plated on an itinerary's first international airline.
  7. (transitive) To categorize stamps based on their position on the original sheet, in order to reconstruct an entire sheet.
  8. (transitive) To identify the printing plate used, particularly with early British stamps.

Forms

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plating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
plates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
plated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
plated Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

electroplate · chrome-plated · plate away · chromium-plated · nickel-plated · plate out · plating

Translations (34)

it scodellare (put meal on a plate) · bg галванизирам (to cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material) · cs naložit (put meal on a plate) · fi tehdä juoksu (baseball: to score a run) · it guarnire (put meal on a plate) · ca xapar (to cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material) · scn nchiattari (put meal on a plate) · fi päällystää (to cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material) · fi pinnoittaa (to cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material) · es chapar (to cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material) · zh 鍍 /镀 (to cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material) · tyz áp (to cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material) · ml പൂശുക (to cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material) · scn cummigghiari (to cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material) · gl chapar (to cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material) · it laminare (to cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material) · it placcare (to cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material) · scn varniri (put meal on a plate) · cs pokrýt (to cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material) · it servire in un piatto (put meal on a plate) · bg покривам (to cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material) · de überziehen (to cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material) · ru плакирова́ть (to cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material) · no plettere (to cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material) · sv plätera (to cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material) · vi mạ (to cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material) · scn laminari (to cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material) · fr plaquer (to cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material) · scn garniri (put meal on a plate) · scn spatiḍḍari (put meal on a plate) · ga plátáil (to cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material) · pt laminar (to cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material) · scn cunzari (put meal on a plate) · no legge opp (put meal on a plate)

plate en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • [ˈpʰl̥eɪ̯t] (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈpleɪ̯t/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈplæ̝ɪ̯t/ (Australia)
  • (US) audio
  • audio
  • (UK) audio

Etymology

From Middle English, partly from Anglo-Norman plate (“plate, bullion”) and partly from Latin plata (“silver”), from Vulgar Latin *platta (“metal plate”), from feminine of Latin *plattus (“flat”).

Meanings

  1. (uncountable, usually) Precious metal, especially silver.
    • 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[…] 1950, Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, →OCLC:
    • At every meal—and I have heard the meals at Petleighcote were neither abundant nor succulent—enough plate stood upon the table to pay for the feeding of the poor of the whole county for a month 1864, Andrew Forrester, The Female Detective:

Forms

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plates Number=Plur lexicographic

plate en · NOUN · etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • [ˈpʰl̥eɪ̯t] (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈpleɪ̯t/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈplæ̝ɪ̯t/ (Australia)
  • (US) audio
  • audio
  • (UK) audio

Etymology

From Spanish plata (“silver”).

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) Silver or gold, in the form of a coin, or less often silver or gold utensils or dishes.
    • […] realms and islands were As plates dropp’d from his pocket. c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:
  2. A roundel of silver or argent.

Forms

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plates Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (3)

sv rundel av silver (heraldic charge: roundel of silver) · fi hopearaha (silver coin) · sv bysantin av silver (heraldic charge: roundel of silver)