platan
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- platane [16th–19th c.]
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin platanus; later reborrowed from Middle French platane.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
platan (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 edit
Aromanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Greek πλάτανος (plátanos). Compare the doublet paltin. Cf. also Romanian platan.
Noun edit
platan m (plural platanj)
- plane tree
Synonyms edit
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Platane from Latin platanus from Ancient Greek πλάτανος (plátanos).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
platan m inan
Declension edit
References edit
- ^ "platan" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007
Esperanto edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Adjective edit
platan
- accusative singular of plata
Icelandic edit
Noun edit
platan
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Ancient Greek πλάτανος (plátanos).
Noun edit
platan m (definite singular platanen, indefinite plural plataner, definite plural platanene)
- a plane (tree), plane tree (genus Platanus)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “platan” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Ancient Greek πλάτανος (plátanos).
Noun edit
platan m (definite singular platanen, indefinite plural platanar, definite plural platanane)
- a plane (tree), plane tree (genus Platanus)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “platan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Internationalism; compare English plane tree, French platane, German Platane, ultimately from Latin platanus, from Ancient Greek πλάτανος (plátanos).
Noun edit
platan m inan
- plane tree (any tree of genus Platanus)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
platan f
Further reading edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek πλάτανος (plátanos), Latin platanus, partially through the French intermediate platane. See also paltin, inherited through a Vulgar Latin intermediate.
Noun edit
platan m (plural platani)
- plane tree
Declension edit
singular | 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 |