plastron

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French plastron, from Italian piastrone, augmentive of piastra (“breastplate”), from Latin emplastrum (“plaster”), from Ancient Greek ἔμπλαστρον (émplastron), from ἔμπλαστος (émplastos, “daubed, plastered”), from ἔμπλασσειν (émplassein, “to mould, form”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈplæstɹən/ Rhymes: -æstɹən === Noun === plastron (plural plastrons) (zoology) The nearly flat part of the shell structure of a tortoise or other animal, similar in composition to the carapace. (fencing) A half-jacket worn under the jacket for padding or for safety. A man's shirt-bosom. An ornamental front panel on a woman's bodice. A breastplate. A film of air trapped by specialized hairs against the body of an aquatic insect, and which acts as an external gill. 2013, Jon F. Harrison, Lutz T. Wasserthal (revisions & updates), 17: Gaseous Exchange, R. F. Chapman, Stephen J. Simpson (editor), Angela E. Douglas (editor), The Insects: Structure and Function, 5th Edition, page 535, The plastrons of other insects are generally less efficient than that of Aphelocheirus as they have a less dense hair pile from which the air is more readily displaced. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from French plastron, from Italian piastrone. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /plɑsˈtrɔn/ Hyphenation: plas‧tron Rhymes: -ɔn === Noun === plastron n (plural plastrons, no diminutive) plastron (lower part of a turtle/tortoise shell) [from 19th c.] plastron, breastplate, piece of armour covering the chest [from 17th c.] ==== Descendants ==== → Indonesian: plastron == Esperanto == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈplastron/ Rhymes: -astron Syllabification: plas‧tron === Noun === plastron accusative singular of plastro == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian piastrone. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /plas.tʁɔ̃/ === Noun === plastron m (plural plastrons) breastplate (piece of armour) (fencing) plastron chest pad; chest protection; chestguard (zoology) plastron (part of a turtle's shell) shirt front; the front of a shirt plastron (ornamental front part of a bodice) (zoology) breast (front part of certain birds) ==== Derived terms ==== plastronnant plastronné plastronner ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: plastron → English: plastron → Polish: plastron → Portuguese: plastrão, plastrom → Romanian: plastron === Further reading === “plastron”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Indonesian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Dutch plastron, from French plastron, from Italian piastrone. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈplastron/ [ˈplas.t̪rɔn] Rhymes: -astron Syllabification: plas‧tron === Noun === plastron (plural plastron-plastron) plastron (zoology) part of the shell structure of a tortoise (fencing) a half-jacket worn under the jacket for padding or for safety. breastplate. ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “plastron”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French plastron. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈplas.trɔn/ Rhymes: -astrɔn Syllabification: plas‧tron === Noun === plastron m inan plastron, neckcloth (men's shirt-bosom) plastron (stiffened front of dress shirt) (fencing) plastron (half-jacket worn under the jacket for padding or for safety) plastron (nearly flat part of the shell structure of a tortoise or other animal, similar in composition to the carapace) (historical) plastron, breastplate Synonym: napierśnik (biology) plastron (film of air trapped by specialized hairs against the body of an aquatic insect, and which acts as an external gill) ==== Declension ==== === References === === Further reading === “plastron”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[1] (in Polish) A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “plastron”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 223 plastron in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French plastron. === Noun === plastron n (plural plastroane) plastron ==== Declension ====