plats

See also: plåts

English

Noun

plats

1. plural of plat

Verb

plats

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of plat

Anagrams

• -plast, slapt, spalt, splat

Catalan

Noun

plats

1. plural of plat

Estonian

Etymology

From German Platz.

Noun

plats (genitive platsi, partitive platsi)

1. square (of a city)

Declension

Declension of plats (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		plats	platsid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	platsi
genitive			platside
partitive		platsi	platse platsisid
illative		platsi platsisse	platsidesse platsesse
inessive		platsis	platsides platses
elative		platsist	platsidest platsest
allative		platsile	platsidele platsele
adessive		platsil	platsidel platsel
ablative		platsilt	platsidelt platselt
translative		platsiks	platsideks platseks
terminative		platsini	platsideni
essive		platsina	platsidena
abessive		platsita	platsideta
comitative		platsiga	platsidega

French

Adjective

plats

1. masculine plural of plat

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *platús, from *pl̥th₂us < *pleth₂- (“flat”). In Latvian, former u-stem adjectives were assimilated into other classes; *platus gave rise to both an o-stem and a yo-stem variant which later on became independent words, plats and plašs, with different semantic nuances (compare also dobs and dobjš, or ass and ašs); this separation began in the 18th century but became complete only in the 1870s. Cognates include Lithuanian platùs, Old Prussian plat- (from a placename, Platmedyen, where median = “forest”), Sanskrit पृथु (pṛthu, “broad, wide, great, powerful”), Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “broad, wide, flat, smooth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [plats]

Adjective

plats (definite platais, comparative platāks, superlative visplatākais, adverb plati)

1. wide, broad (having a relatively large distance from side to side)

   plats dēlis, sols ― wide board, bench

   platas durvis ― wide door

   plata šoseja ― wide road

   plats smaids ― wide smile

   vīrietis ar platiem pleciem ― a man with broad shoulders

   putns ar platu knābi ― a bird with a wide beak

   koki ar platām lapām ― a tree with broad leaves

   vienu metru plats audums ― one-meter wide fabric, cloth

   desmit metru plata upe ― a 10-meter wide river

2. wide, broad (going beyond the average width of other similar objects)

   plats krekls ― wide shirt

   blūze ir par platu ― the blouse is too wide

3. (phonetics) broad, lax (pronounced with relatively large mouth opening)

   platais patskanis ― broad, lax vowel

   platais e, ē ― broad, lax e, ē (i.e., [æ] instead of [ɛ])

4. wide, broad (having large aperture)

   pavērt vārtus platāk ― to open the gate wider

   plati atvērt muti ― to open the door wide

5. wide, broad (having large diameter)

   plata caurule ― wide tube

   ieliet dzērienu platā traukā ― to pour the drink into a wide container

   sakārtot ziedus platā vāze ― to put the flowers into a wide vase

Usage notes

In general, plats is used to mean “wide, broad” in a more literal sense, while plašs has more metaphorical senses.

Declension

indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of plats

	masculine (vīriešu dzimte)			feminine (sieviešu dzimte)
	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)		singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	plats	plati		plata	platas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	platu	platus		platu	platas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	plata	platu		platas	platu
dative (datīvs)	platam	platiem		platai	platām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	platu	platiem		platu	platām
locative (lokatīvs)	platā	platos		platā	platās
vocative (vokatīvs)	—	—		—	—

Synonyms

• plašs

Antonyms

• šaurs

Derived terms

• platība
• platums

Old French

Noun

plats m

1. inflection of plat:
   1. oblique plural
   2. nominative singular

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish platz, from Old Norse plaz.

Pronunciation

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Noun

plats c

1. place; any geographical position a little larger than just a point, such as a village, city or just a "nowhere"
2. a seat; such as in a bus or in a theater

   Ursäkta, är den här platsen upptagen?

   Excuse me, but is this seat occupied?

3. (uncountable) room; space

   Hur mycket plats behövs på hårddisken?

   How much space is needed on the hard drive?

   För att lägga ett stort pussel behövs mycket plats

   To lay a large jigsaw puzzle, you need a lot of space

4. a position; such as allowing you to play in a (competing) sports team, or take a university course

   Den kurs jag helst ville gå hade bara tio platser

   The course I'd preferred only allowed ten students

6. a position in a ranking

   Han ligger på sjundeplats

   He's in seventh place

Usage notes

Equivalently, (sense 5) may be put as "Han ligger på sjunde plats."

Declension

Declension of plats
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	plats	platsen	platser	platserna
Genitive	plats	platsens	platsers	platsernas

Derived terms

• få plats
• på plats
• sittplats
• ståplats
• ta en plats
• sätta någon på plats

Related terms

• platsa

References

• plats in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• plats in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• plats in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• plats in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• plast, spalt