plata

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plata

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Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

plata f (plural platas)

1. silver

   Synonym: archent

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plata

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Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

plata f (plural plates)

1. silver

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish plata.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

pláta (Basahan spelling ᜉ᜔ᜎᜆ)

1. silver

   Synonym: pirak

Related terms edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

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

• Audio (Valencian)

  (file)

Noun edit

plata f (uncountable)

1. silver
2. platter

Synonyms edit

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

Derived terms edit

• platejar

Related terms edit

Further reading edit

• “plata” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “plata”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “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.

Etymology edit

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 edit

• Audio:

  (file)

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

Adjective edit

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

1. flat

Derived terms edit

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

Noun edit

plata f (plural platas)

1. plate (photographic)

Romanization edit

plata

1. Romanization of 𐍀𐌻𐌰𐍄𐌰

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

plata f (genitive singular plötu, nominative plural plötur)

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

Declension edit

Verb edit

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

1. to trick, deceive

Conjugation edit

Adjective edit

plata

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

Alternative forms edit

• platen

Noun edit

plata m or f

1. definite feminine singular of plate

Noun edit

plata f

1. definite singular of plate

Alternative forms edit

• pláća (Croatia)

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

pláta f (Cyrillic spelling пла́та)

1. (Bosnia, Serbia) pay

Declension edit

Etymology edit

From Vulgar Latin *platta, *plattus, borrowed from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “wide”), because silver was often made into sheets. As with plato, this word may be semi-learned or avoided certain phonetic changes due to use by mainly the upper classes.^[1] Compare Portuguese prata, Catalan plata. Displaced Old Spanish ariento from Latin argentum. Compare English plate.

Pronunciation edit

• IPA^(key): /ˈplata/ [ˈpla.t̪a]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: pla‧ta

Adjective edit

plata m or f (masculine and feminine plural platas)

1. (heraldry) argent

   Synonym: blanco

Noun edit

plata f (plural platas)

1. silver

   Synonym: argento (poetic)

2. (Latin America) money, dough

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dinero

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

• → Ye'kwana: jüdata

References edit

Further reading edit

• “plata”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Dutch plat.

Adjective edit

plata

1. flat

Descendants edit

• → Aukan: paata
• → Caribbean Javanese: platah
• → Saramaccan: paáta

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish plata.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

plata (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜎᜆ)

1. (literary) silver

   Synonym: pilak

2. (literary) silver coin

See also edit

• pera