plafon

See also: plafón and plafòn

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch plafond, from French plafond.

Pronunciation

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Noun

plafon (plural plafonne) m

1. ceiling (top of a room)

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

plafon n (plural plafons, diminutive plafonnetje n)

1. Alternative spelling of plafond

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Plafond, from French plafond.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈplɒfon]
• Hyphenation: pla‧fon
• Rhymes: -on

Noun

plafon (plural plafonok)

1. ceiling (top of a room)

   Synonym: mennyezet

   Antonym: padló

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	plafon	plafonok
accusative	plafont	plafonokat
dative	plafonnak	plafonoknak
instrumental	plafonnal	plafonokkal
causal-final	plafonért	plafonokért
translative	plafonná	plafonokká
terminative	plafonig	plafonokig
essive-formal	plafonként	plafonokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	plafonban	plafonokban
superessive	plafonon	plafonokon
adessive	plafonnál	plafonoknál
illative	plafonba	plafonokba
sublative	plafonra	plafonokra
allative	plafonhoz	plafonokhoz
elative	plafonból	plafonokból
delative	plafonról	plafonokról
ablative	plafontól	plafonoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	plafoné	plafonoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	plafonéi	plafonokéi

Possessive forms of plafon
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	plafonom	plafonjaim
2nd person sing.	plafonod	plafonjaid
3rd person sing.	plafonja	plafonjai
1st person plural	plafonunk	plafonjaink
2nd person plural	plafonotok	plafonjaitok
3rd person plural	plafonjuk	plafonjaik

Further reading

• plafon in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch plafon, plafond, from French plafond. Cognate with Afrikaans plafon, Sranan Tongo plafon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈpla.fɔn/, (anaptyxis) /pə̆ˈla.fɔn/
• Rhymes: -fɔn, -ɔn, -n
• Hyphenation: pla‧fon

Noun

plafon (first-person possessive plafonku, second-person possessive plafonmu, third-person possessive plafonnya)

1. ceiling:
   1. (finance) The maximum permitted level in a financial transaction.
   2. (architecture) The overhead interior surface that covers the upper limits of a room.

Synonyms

• (finance): pagu
• (architecture): langit-langit
• siling (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “plafon” 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.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French plafond.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpla.fɔn/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -afɔn
• Syllabification: pla‧fon

Noun

plafon m inan

1. (architecture) plafond (a ceiling, especially one that is ornately decorated)
2. (painting) plafond (a painting or decoration on a ceiling)

Declension

Declension of plafon

	singular	plural
nominative	plafon	plafony
genitive	plafonu	plafonów
dative	plafonowi	plafonom
accusative	plafon	plafony
instrumental	plafonem	plafonami
locative	plafonie	plafonach
vocative	plafonie	plafony

Derived terms

adjective

• plafonowy

 

Further reading

• plafon in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “plafon”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 218

Romanian

plafon

Etymology

Borrowed from French plafond.

Noun

plafon n (plural plafoane)

1. ceiling (upper limit of room)

   Synonym: tavan

Declension

Declension of plafon

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) plafon	plafonul	(niște) plafoane	plafoanele
genitive/dative	(unui) plafon	plafonului	(unor) plafoane	plafoanelor
vocative	plafonule		plafoanelor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From French plafond.

Noun

plàfōn m (Cyrillic spelling пла̀фо̄н)

1. ceiling (top of a room)

Declension

Declension of plafon

	singular	plural
nominative	plàfōn	plafoni
genitive	plafóna	plafona
dative	plafonu	plafonima
accusative	plafon	plafone
vocative	plafonu	plafoni
locative	plafonu	plafonima
instrumental	plafonom	plafonima

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch plafond, from French plafond.

Noun

plafon

1. ceiling