platt

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Early Modern English platte, a variation (probably dialectal) of plot (“plot of land”); see plat and plot for more. ==== Noun ==== platt (plural platts) Obsolete spelling of plat (“scheme, plan, design, map”). 1794 July 30, minutes of the Executive council of Georgia, published in Minutes of the Executive council, from January 14, 1778, to January 6, 1785 (1908), page 684: 3rdly That it also be recommended to all persons concerned to have their platts passed through the Surveyor Generals Office, and, in all respects, ready for the grant, in case they shall be entitled to the same, by the said 10th of September. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:platt. === Etymology 2 === From Middle English platten, whence also plait; see plat. ==== Noun ==== platt (countable and uncountable, plural platts) Obsolete spelling of plat (“material made by interweaving, especially by interweaving straw, to make hats”). c. 1750, a record, quoted in The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (1931): The versatility of his craftsmanship is likewise evidenced by the inventory which included "8½ Doz. Walking Sticks & Rodds" and "3½ Doz. Straw Hatts, some platt &c." His name appears in several account books of early Philadelphians, in 1751, […] === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== platt (plural platts) (Cornwall, obsolete) A marketplace. === Anagrams === ALTTP == German == === Etymology === From northern Middle High German plat, blat and Middle Low German plat, from Old French plat, from Vulgar Latin *plattus, probably from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús). Compare Dutch plat, French plat, Italian piatto, obsolete English plat. Also related to English flat. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /plat/ Rhymes: -at === Adjective === platt (strong nominative masculine singular platter, comparative platter, superlative am plattesten) flat (of a building or structure, also figurative) completely destroyed, razed to the ground bromidic, banal (colloquial) very tired, exhausted (colloquial) astonished, dumbstruck ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== flach ==== Related terms ==== Platt Platterbse Plattfuß Platter Plattbauchspinne Plattwurm === Further reading === “platt” in Duden online “platt”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) == Hunsrik == === Alternative forms === plat (Wiesemann spelling) === Etymology === Inherited from Middle High German blat. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈplat/ Rhymes: -at Syllabification: platt Homophone: Platt === Adjective === platt (comparative platter, superlative plattest) flat; flattened Synonym: flach ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === == Luxembourgish == === Etymology === From Middle Low German plat, a borrowing from Old French plat (whence French plat), from Vulgar Latin *plattus. Cognate with German platt, Dutch plat. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /plɑt/ Rhymes: -ɑt === Adjective === platt (masculine platten, neuter platt, comparative méi platt, superlative am plattsten) flat ==== Declension ==== == Maltese == === Alternative forms === pjatt (obsolete) === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian piatto and/or Sicilian piattu, possibly influenced by English plate. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /plat/ Rhymes: -at === Noun === platt m (plural platti) plate, dish platt ċatt ― shallow plate platt fond ― soup plate ==== Related terms ==== == Swedish == === Etymology === From German platt. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /platː/ === Adjective === platt (comparative plattare, superlative plattast) flat ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== platta ==== See also ==== flat platå === Adverb === platt (comparative plattare, superlative plattast) entirely, absolutely, at all det är platt intet that is absolutely nothing, that is nothing at all === Noun === platt c a flat piece of ground ==== Declension ==== === References === “platt”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “platt”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “platt”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)