pelat

See also: pelât and Pélat

Catalan

Etymology

From pelar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pəˈlat]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [peˈlat]
• Rhymes: -at

Adjective

pelat (feminine pelada, masculine plural pelats, feminine plural pelades)

1. bare, barren

   Synonym: escarit

2. penniless, indigent

   Synonym: indigent

Participle

pelat (feminine pelada, masculine plural pelats, feminine plural pelades)

1. past participle of pelar

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Dutch plaat, from Middle Dutch plate, from Old French plate, from Medieval Latin plata, from Vulgar Latin *platta, *plattus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pəˈlat̪̚]
• Hyphenation: pê‧lat

Noun

pelat (plural pelat-pelat, first-person possessive pelatku, second-person possessive pelatmu, third-person possessive pelatnya)

1. board, sheet, plate
2. record
3. slab
   1. (architecture) a structural element, made of concrete, that is used to create flat horizontal surfaces

      Synonym: papak (Standard Malay)

Derived terms

• berpelat

 

• pelat arloji
• pelat baja
• pelat getar
• pelat lantai
• pelat merah
• pelat mode
• pelat nomor
• pelat sisi geladak
• pelat tembaga

 

Etymology 2

From Dutch plat (“dialect”), Platduits (“Low German”, literally “flat German”), possibly “not elevated, ordinary, simple” speech, ultimately same as first etymology.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛlat̪̚]
• Hyphenation: pè‧lat

Adjective

pelat

1. having difficulties in pronouncing words correctly

   Synonym: telor

Further reading

• “pelat” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

From Dutch plat, Platduits.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pelat/
• Rhymes: -elat, -at

Noun

pelat (plural pelat-pelat, informal 1st possessive pelatku, 2nd possessive pelatmu, 3rd possessive pelatnya)

1. the inability to speak correctly

   Orang Filipina itu tidak berpelat sedikit pun dalam cubaannya untuk bercakap bahasa Melayu.

   That Filipino doesn't have even the slightest of a foreign accent in his attempt to speak Malay.

2. accent

   Synonym: loghat

   Pelat Inggeris

   English accent

See also

• loghat

Further reading

• “pelat” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.