platan
English
editAlternative forms
edit- platane [16th–19th c.]
Etymology
editBorrowed from Latin platanus; later reborrowed from Middle French platane.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editplatan (plural platans)
- (now rare, literary) A planetree.
- 1633, John Donne, The Autumnall:
- Xerxes strange Lydian love, the Platane tree, / Was lov'd for age, none being so large as shee [...].
- 1847, Alfred Tennyson, “(please specify the page number, or |part=Prologue, I to VII, or conclusion)”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:
- A double hill ran up his furrowy forks / Beyond the thick-leaved platans of the vale.
Anagrams
editAromanian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Greek πλάτανος (plátanos). Compare the doublet paltin. Cf. also Romanian platan.
Noun
editplatan m (plural platanj)
- plane tree
Synonyms
editCzech
editEtymology
editBorrowed from German Platane from Latin platanus from Ancient Greek πλάτανος (plátanos).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editplatan m inan
Declension
editReferences
edit- ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “platan”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda
Esperanto
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Adjective
editplatan
- accusative singular of plata
Icelandic
editNoun
editplatan
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editUltimately from Ancient Greek πλάτανος (plátanos).
Noun
editplatan m (definite singular platanen, indefinite plural plataner, definite plural platanene)
- a plane (tree), plane tree (genus Platanus)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “platan” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editUltimately from Ancient Greek πλάτανος (plátanos).
Noun
editplatan m (definite singular platanen, indefinite plural platanar, definite plural platanane)
- a plane (tree), plane tree (genus Platanus)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “platan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editInternationalism; compare English plane tree, French platane, German Platane, ultimately from Latin platanus, from Ancient Greek πλάτανος (plátanos).
Noun
editplatan m inan
- plane tree (any tree of genus Platanus)
Declension
editDerived terms
editEtymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
editplatan f
Further reading
editRomanian
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek πλάτανος (plátanos), Latin platanus, partially through the French intermediate platane. See also paltin, inherited through a Vulgar Latin intermediate.
Noun
editplatan m (plural platani)
- plane tree
Declension
editsingular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) platan | platanul | (niște) platani | platanii |
genitive/dative | (unui) platan | platanului | (unor) platani | platanilor |
vocative | platanule | platanilor |
Related terms
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- English terms with rare senses
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- en:Proteales order plants
- Aromanian terms borrowed from Greek
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- Aromanian lemmas
- Aromanian nouns
- Aromanian masculine nouns
- Czech terms borrowed from German
- Czech terms derived from German
- Czech terms derived from Latin
- Czech terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech lemmas
- Czech nouns
- Czech masculine nouns
- Czech inanimate nouns
- Czech masculine inanimate nouns
- Czech hard masculine inanimate nouns
- Esperanto terms with audio links
- Esperanto non-lemma forms
- Esperanto adjective forms
- Icelandic non-lemma forms
- Icelandic noun forms
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- nb:Trees
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- nn:Trees
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Polish/atan
- Rhymes:Polish/atan/2 syllables
- Polish internationalisms
- Polish terms derived from Latin
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- Polish lemmas
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- Polish masculine nouns
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- pl:Proteales order plants
- pl:Trees
- Romanian terms derived from Ancient Greek
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- Romanian doublets
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
- Romanian masculine nouns