plaquette

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French plaquette (“small plaque”), allegedly coined in the 1860s.

Noun

plaquette (plural plaquettes)

1. A small metal tablet decorated in bas-relief, usually with a design including figures.
2. (physics) The smallest closed loop, enclosing the region between four lattice sites, in lattice gauge theory.

French

Etymology

From plaque +‎ -ette.

Noun

plaquette f (plural plaquettes)

1. packet (of butter, chocolate); strip, blister pack (of pills)
2. (hematology, cytology) platelet

Synonyms

• thrombocyte

Derived terms

• plaquette de frein

Descendants

• → Catalan: plaqueta
• → English: plaquette
• → Italian: plaquette
• → Portuguese: plaqueta
• → Spanish: plaqueta
• → Turkish: plaket

Further reading

• “plaquette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French plaquette (“small plaque”).

Noun

plaquette f (invariable)

1. booklet, pamphlet

   Synonym: opuscolo

2. a small commemorative plaque

   Synonyms: targhetta commemorativa, piccola targa commemorativa