plac

See also: Appendix:Variations of "plac"

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• placu

Etymology

From Latin placeō. Compare Romanian plăcea, plac.

Verb

plac (third-person singular platsi or platse, participle plãcutã)

1. to please
2. (used with the dative) to like

Synonyms

• arisescu / arãsescu

Related terms

• plãtseari / plãtseare
• plãcut

See also

• plãcãrescu

Catalan

Verb

plac

1. first-person singular present indicative of plaure

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Platz (“town square, place”), from Latin platea (“plaza, wide street”), from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa), shortening of πλατεῖα ὁδός (plateîa hodós, “broad way”), from Proto-Indo-European *plat- (“to spread”), extended form of *pelh₂- (“flat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈplat͡s]
• Rhymes: -ats

Noun

plac m inan (diminutive plácek)

1. (informal) place [from 15th c.]
2. (obsolete) square, town square

Declension

Declension of plac (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	plac	placy
genitive	placu	placů
dative	placu	placům
accusative	plac	placy
vocative	place	placy
locative	place, placu	placech
instrumental	placem	placy

Derived terms

• placní
• plácek

Further reading

• “plac”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “plac”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “plac”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Irish

Alternative forms

• plaic

Verb

plac (present analytic placann, future analytic placfaidh, verbal noun placadh, past participle plactha)

1. to gobble (up), devour, demolish, guzzle

Conjugation

Conjugation of plac (first conjugation – A)

verbal noun	placadh
past participle	plactha
tense	singular			plural			relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative
present	placaim	placann tú; placair†	placann sé, sí	placaimid	placann sibh	placann siad; placaid†	a phlacann; a phlacas / a bplacann*	plactar
past	phlac mé; phlacas	phlac tú; phlacais	phlac sé, sí	phlacamar; phlac muid	phlac sibh; phlacabhair	phlac siad; phlacadar	a phlac / ar phlac*	placadh
past habitual	phlacainn / bplacainn‡‡	phlactá / bplactᇇ	phlacadh sé, sí / bplacadh sé, s퇇	phlacaimis; phlacadh muid / bplacaimis‡‡; bplacadh muid‡‡	phlacadh sibh / bplacadh sibh‡‡	phlacaidís; phlacadh siad / bplacaidís‡‡; bplacadh siad‡‡	a phlacadh / a bplacadh*	phlactaí / bplacta퇇
future	placfaidh mé; placfad	placfaidh tú; placfair†	placfaidh sé, sí	placfaimid; placfaidh muid	placfaidh sibh	placfaidh siad; placfaid†	a phlacfaidh; a phlacfas / a bplacfaidh*	placfar
conditional	phlacfainn / bplacfainn‡‡	phlacfá / bplacfᇇ	phlacfadh sé, sí / bplacfadh sé, s퇇	phlacfaimis; phlacfadh muid / bplacfaimis‡‡; bplacfadh muid‡‡	phlacfadh sibh / bplacfadh sibh‡‡	phlacfaidís; phlacfadh siad / bplacfaidís‡‡; bplacfadh siad‡‡	a phlacfadh / a bplacfadh*	phlacfaí / bplacfa퇇
subjunctive
present	go bplaca mé; go bplacad†	go bplaca tú; go bplacair†	go bplaca sé, sí	go bplacaimid; go bplaca muid	go bplaca sibh	go bplaca siad; go bplacaid†	—	go bplactar
past	dá bplacainn	dá bplactá	dá bplacadh sé, sí	dá bplacaimis; dá bplacadh muid	dá bplacadh sibh	dá bplacaidís; dá bplacadh siad	—	dá bplactaí
imperative
–	placaim	plac	placadh sé, sí	placaimis	placaigí; placaidh†	placaidís	—	plactar

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Synonyms

• alp

Mutation

Mutated forms of plac

radical	lenition	eclipsis
plac	phlac	bplac

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “placaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 544
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “plac”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Platz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplat͡s/
• Rhymes: -at͡s
• Syllabification: plac

Noun

plac m inan

1. place (location or position in space)

   Synonyms: môl, miesce

Further reading

• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “miejsce”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎
• Jan Trepczyk (1994), “miejsce”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• “plac”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from German Platz, from Middle High German plaz, from Old French place, from Latin platēa, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa), shortening of πλατεῖα ὁδός (plateîa hodós, “broad way”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplat͡s/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -at͡s
• Syllabification: plac

Noun

plac m inan (diminutive placyk, related adjective placowy)

1. (countable) square (open space in a town)
2. (countable) yard (enclosed area for a specific purpose)
3. (uncountable, regional) outside

Declension

Declension of plac

	singular	plural
nominative	plac	place
genitive	placu	placów
dative	placowi	placom
accusative	plac	place
instrumental	placem	placami
locative	placu	placach
vocative	placu	place

Descendants

• → Russian: плац (plac)
• → Ukrainian: плац (plac), пляц (pljac)

Further reading

• plac in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• plac in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology 1

Back-formation from plăcea

Noun

plac n (uncountable)

1. liking

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	plac	placul
genitive-dative	plac	placului
vocative	placule

Etymology 2

Verb

plac

1. inflection of plăcea:
   1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. third-person plural present indicative

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Platz.

Noun

plȁc m inan (Cyrillic spelling пла̏ц)

1. square (area)
2. market
3. plot, piece (of land)
4. space, area

Declension

Declension of plac

	singular	plural
nominative	plac	placevi / plačevi
genitive	placa	placeva / plačeva
dative	placu	placevima / plačevima
accusative	plac	placeve / plačeve
vocative	placu	placevi / plačevi
locative	placu	placevima / plačevima
instrumental	placem	placevima / plačevima

Synonyms

• (regional) grunt

References

• “plac”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025