placet
English edit
Etymology edit
Latin placet (“it is pleasing”), inflection of placeō (“I am pleasing”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
placet (plural placets)
- A vote of assent, as of the governing body of a university, an ecclesiastical council, etc.
- The assent of the civil power to the promulgation of an ecclesiastical ordinance.
- 1882, J. P. Peter (translator), Political History of Recent Times, 1816-1875: With Special Reference to Germany originally by Wilhelm Müller
- The king […] annulled the royal placet.
- 1882, J. P. Peter (translator), Political History of Recent Times, 1816-1875: With Special Reference to Germany originally by Wilhelm Müller
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “placet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Interjection edit
placet
- Expression of assent to a vote in the governing body of a university, an ecclesiastical council, etc.
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from Latin placet (literally “it pleases”). Doublet of plaît.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
placet m (plural placets)
Further reading edit
- “placet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
placet m (invariable)
- consent, approval, pleasure
- Synonyms: assenso, consenso, approvazione, beneplacito
Latin edit
Verb edit
placet
- third-person singular present active indicative of placeō: "he/she/it pleases"
- Videāmus, sī placet.
- Let us see, if he/she/it pleases.