plata

See also: Plata, pláta, platã, platā, plată, platå, pląta, płata, płatą, and плата

Aragonese

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plata

Wikipedia ^an

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *platta, *plattus, borrowed from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “wide”), because silver was often made into sheets.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplata/
• Syllabification: pla‧ta
• Rhymes: -ata

Noun

plata f (plural platas)

1. silver

   Synonym: archent

Asturian

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plata

Wikipedia ^ast

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *platta, *plattus, borrowed from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “wide”), because silver was often made into sheets.

Noun

plata f (plural plates)

1. silver

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish plata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplata/ [ˈpl̪a.ta]
• Hyphenation: pla‧ta

Noun

pláta (Basahan spelling ᜉ᜔ᜎᜆ)

1. silver

   Synonym: pirak

Related terms

• plato

Catalan

Etymology

From the feminine of plat, or from Vulgar Latin *platta, *plattus, borrowed from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “wide”), because silver was often made into sheets.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpla.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpla.ta]

• Audio (Valencia):

  (file)

Noun

plata f (uncountable)

1. silver
2. platter

Synonyms

• (metal): argent
• (serving dish): plàtera

Derived terms

• platejar

Related terms

• plat
• platí

Further reading

• “plata”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “plata”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “plata” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “plata” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from French plat, from Vulgar Latin *plattus (“flattened”), from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “broad, flat”). Compare Italian piatto, Swedish and German platt, Portuguese and Spanish chato, as well as English plat (“plot of land”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplata/
• Rhymes: -ata
• Hyphenation: pla‧ta

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

plata (accusative singular platan, plural plataj, accusative plural platajn)

1. flat

Derived terms

• plateta (“slightly flat”)
• platega (“very flat”)
• platigi (“to flatten”)
• platiĝi (“to become flat”)

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplata/ [ˈpla.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ata
• Hyphenation: pla‧ta

Noun

plata f (plural platas)

1. plate (photographic)

Gothic

Romanization

plata

1. romanization of 𐍀𐌻𐌰𐍄𐌰

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʰlaːta/
• Rhymes: -aːta

Etymology 1

Noun

plata f (genitive singular plötu, nominative plural plötur)

1. plate (thin, flat object)
2. record (vinyl disc)

Declension

Declension of plata (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	plata	platan	plötur	plöturnar
accusative	plötu	plötuna	plötur	plöturnar
dative	plötu	plötunni	plötum	plötunum
genitive	plötu	plötunnar	platna	platnanna

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “plata”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
• Mörður Árnason (2019), Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
• “plata” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Danish plade (“fraud; betrayal”). Compare German Plattenschlager (“trickster”), Old Norse plattoslagari, Old Danish pladeslager, also Swedish plåt (“currency”), Danish platte (“coin; counterfeiter”), platte and plade (“to counterfeit”).

Noun

plata f (genitive singular plötu, nominative plural plötur)

1. (colloquial) trick

   Synonym: plat n

   slá e-m plötu ― play a trick on someone

Declension

Declension of plata (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	plata	platan	plötur	plöturnar
accusative	plötu	plötuna	plötur	plöturnar
dative	plötu	plötunni	plötum	plötunum
genitive	plötu	plötunnar	plata	platanna

Verb

plata (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative plataði, supine platað)

1. (colloquial) to trick, deceive, play a trick

Conjugation

plata – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að plata
supine sagnbót		platað
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		platandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	plata	plataði		plati	plataði
	þú	platar	plataðir		platir	plataðir
	hann, hún, það	platar	plataði		plati	plataði
plural	við	plötum	plötuðum		plötum	plötuðum
	þið	platið	plötuðuð		platið	plötuðuð
	þeir, þær, þau	plata	plötuðu		plati	plötuðu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	plata (þú), plataðu
plural	þið	platið (þið), platiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

platast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að platast
supine sagnbót		platast
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		platandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	platast	plataðist		platist	plataðist
	þú	platast	plataðist		platist	plataðist
	hann, hún, það	platast	plataðist		platist	plataðist
plural	við	plötumst	plötuðumst		plötumst	plötuðumst
	þið	platist	plötuðust		platist	plötuðust
	þeir, þær, þau	platast	plötuðust		platist	plötuðust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	platast (þú), platastu
plural	þið	platist (þið), platisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

plataður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	plataður	plötuð	platað	plataðir	plataðar	plötuð
accusative (þolfall)	plataðan	plataða	platað	plataða	plataðar	plötuð
dative (þágufall)	plötuðum	plataðri	plötuðu	plötuðum	plötuðum	plötuðum
genitive (eignarfall)	plataðs	plataðrar	plataðs	plataðra	plataðra	plataðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	plataði	plataða	plataða	plötuðu	plötuðu	plötuðu
accusative (þolfall)	plataða	plötuðu	plataða	plötuðu	plötuðu	plötuðu
dative (þágufall)	plataða	plötuðu	plataða	plötuðu	plötuðu	plötuðu
genitive (eignarfall)	plataða	plötuðu	plataða	plötuðu	plötuðu	plötuðu

See also

• plat

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “plata”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
• Mörður Árnason (2019), Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
• “plata” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Platte

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpla.ta/
• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: pla‧ta

Noun

plata f

1. plate, tile (sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces)

   Synonym: fliza

2. (technology) disk, CD, CD-ROM, DVD, etc.

Further reading

• Jan Trepczyk (1994), Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2, page płyta
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “płyta”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎

Latvian

Adjective

plata

1. inflection of plats:
   1. genitive masculine singular
   2. nominative feminine singular

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• platen

Noun

plata m or f

1. definite feminine singular of plate

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

plata f

1. definite singular of plate

Romanian

Noun

plata

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of plată

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• pláća (Croatia)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plǎːta/
• Hyphenation: pla‧ta

Noun

pláta f (Cyrillic spelling пла́та)

1. (Bosnia, Serbia) pay

Declension

Declension of plata

	singular	plural
nominative	plata	plate
genitive	plate	plata
dative	plati	platama
accusative	platu	plate
vocative	plato	plate
locative	plati	platama
instrumental	platom	platama