plato
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch plateau or borrowed from English plateau, both from French plateau.
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plato (plural plato's)
Bikol Central edit
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pláto (Basahan spelling ᜉ᜔ᜎᜆᜓ)
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Chavacano edit
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Inherited from Spanish plato (“plate”).
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plato
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plato (accusative singular platon, plural platoj, accusative plural platojn)
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- ciferplato (“dial”)
- tuŝplato (“touchpad”)
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plato
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plàtō m (Cyrillic spelling пла̀то̄)
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plato (Cyrillic spelling плато)
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Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin *plattus, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús); this Spanish word may be semi-learned or else one that was used primarily by the upper classes in the Middle Ages (in contrast to the lower classes, who did not often use plates to eat), and hence retained a more learned character close to the original Latin, not undergoing all the normal sound changes into Spanish. Compare also the similar evolution of Portuguese prato. Doublet of chato, which was either a popularly used inherited word or else taken from Portuguese.[1] See also plata (“silver”). Compare English plate and plateau.
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plato m (plural platos)
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- calientaplatos
- echarse al plato
- entre dos platos
- escurreplatos
- friegaplatos
- gorra de plato
- huevos al plato
- la venganza es un plato que se sirve frío
- lavaplatos
- limpiaplatos
- muchas manos en un plato causan arrebato
- nada entre dos platos
- ojos como platos
- pagar los platos rotos
- platillo
- platito
- plato de ducha
- plato de servicio
- plato del día
- plato fuerte
- plato principal
- platón
- sacar los pies del plato
- salvaplatos
- secaplatos
- tiro al plato
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References edit
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading edit
- “plato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog edit
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plato (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜎᜆᜓ)
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plato