English edit

Etymology edit

Latin placet (it is pleasing), inflection of placeō (I am pleasing).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

placet (plural placets)

  1. A vote of assent, as of the governing body of a university, an ecclesiastical council, etc.
  2. 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.

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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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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

  1. 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

  • IPA(key): /pla.sɛ/
  • (file)

Noun edit

placet m (plural placets)

  1. (historical) petition, appeal

Further reading edit

Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpla.t͡ʃet/
  • Rhymes: -atʃet
  • Hyphenation: plà‧cet

Noun edit

placet m (invariable)

  1. consent, approval, pleasure
    Synonyms: assenso, consenso, approvazione, beneplacito

Latin edit

Verb edit

placet

  1. third-person singular present active indicative of placeō: "he/she/it pleases"
    Videāmus, sī placet.
    Let us see, if he/she/it pleases.