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See also:Plate,platé,platě,pláte,płatę,andплате

English

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A china plate.
Plate = anode.

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishplate, fromOld Frenchplate, fromMedieval Latinplata, fromVulgar Latin*plat(t)us, fromAncient Greekπλατύς(platús,“broad, flat, wide”). CompareSpanishplato.

(foot): Cockney rhyming slang, from "plates of meat" for "feet".

Noun

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plate (pluralplates)

  2. A slightlycurved but almostflatdish from whichfood isserved oreaten.
    I filled myplate from the bountiful table.
  3. (uncountable) Such dishes collectively.
    A valuable collection of silverplate was donated to the museum.
  4. Thecontents of such a dish.
    I ate aplate of beans.
  5. Acourse at ameal.
    The meatplate was particularly tasty.
  6. (figuratively) Anagenda of tasks, problems, or responsibilities
    With revenues down and transfer payments up, the legislature has a fullplate.
  7. Aflat object ofuniform thickness.
    The most important and most expensive part of any solar cell is a siliconplate.
  8. (especiallyAustralia;metonymic, plural only) Vehiclelicense plates,registration plates.
    Synonym:rego plates(Australia)
    He stole a car and changed theplates as soon as he could.
  9. A taxi permit, especially of a metal disc.
  10. (historical)Plate armor.
    He was confronted by two knights in fullplate.
    • 1590,Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto V”, inThe Faerie Queene. […], London:[…] [John Wolfe] forWilliam Ponsonbie,→OCLC,page248:
      He hewd, and lasht, and foynd, and thondred blowes,
      And euery way did seeke into his life,
      Neplate, ne male could ward so mighty throwes,
      But yeilded passage to his cruell knife.
    • 1667,John Milton, “Book VI”, inParadise Lost. […], London:[…] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […];[a]nd by Robert Boulter […];[a]nd Matthias Walker, […],→OCLC; republished asParadise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […],1873,→OCLC, lines366-368:
      Two potent Thrones, that to be less then Gods
      Disdain’d, but meaner thoughts learnd in thir flight,
      Mangl’d with gastly wounds throughPlate and Maile.
  11. Alayer of a material on the surface of something, usually qualified by the type of the material;plating
    The bullets just bounced off the steelplate on its hull.
  12. Amaterial covered with such a layer.
    If you're not careful, someone will sell you silverware that's really only silverplate.
  13. (dated) An ornamental or food service item coated withsilver orgold or otherwise decorated.
    The tea was served in theplate.
    • 1777,Richard Brinsley Sheridan,The School for Scandal, V.i:
      The silver ore of pure Charity is an expensive article in the catalogue of a man's good Qualities—whereas the sentimental FrenchPlate I use instead of it makes just as good a shew—and pays no tax.
  14. (weightlifting) Aweighteddisk, usually ofmetal, with a hole in the center for use with abarbell,dumbbell, orexercise machine.
  15. (printing) Anengraved surface used totransfer an image to paper.
    We finished making theplates this morning.
  16. (printing,photography) Animage orcopy.
  17. (printing,publishing) Anillustration in a book, either black and white, or colour, usually on a page of paper of different quality from the text pages.
  18. (dentistry) Ashaped andfitted surface, usuallyceramic ormetal that fits into themouth and in whichteeth areimplanted; adental plate.
  19. (construction) Ahorizontalframing member at the top or bottom of a group ofverticalstuds.
  20. (Cockney rhyming slang) A person'sfoot.
    Sit down and give yourplates a rest.
  21. (baseball)Home plate.
    There was a close play at theplate.
  22. (geology) Atectonic plate.
    • 2012, Chinle Miller,In Mesozoic Lands: The Mesozoic Geology of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, Kindle edition:
      Our planet's crust is split into eight majorplates and many minorplates.
  23. (herpetology) Any of various largerscales found in somereptiles.
  24. (engineering,electricity) Aflatelectrode such as can be found in anaccumulator battery, or in anelectrolysis tank.
  25. (engineering,electricity) Theanode of avacuum tube.
    Regulating the oscillatorplate voltage greatly improves the keying.
  26. Aprize given to thewinner in acontest.
  27. (chemistry) Any flat piece of material such as coated glass or plastic.
  28. (aviation, travel industry,dated) A metallic card, used to imprint tickets with an airline's logo, name, and numeric code.
  29. (aviation, travel industry, by extension) The ability of a travel agent to issue tickets on behalf of a particular airline.
  30. (Australia) A VIN plate, particularly with regard to the car's year of manufacture.
  31. One of the thin parts of thebrisket of ananimal.
  32. A very lightsteelhorseshoe forracehorses.
  33. (furriers' slang)Skins forfurlinings ofgarments,sewn together and roughly shaped, but not finally cut or fitted.
  34. (hat-making) The finenap (as ofbeaver,musquash, etc.) on ahat whose body is made frominferiormaterial.
  35. (music) Arecord, usuallyvinyl.
  36. (military)trauma plate.
    The SAPIplate in his vest protected him from the bullet's impact.
  37. (slang,seduction community) Any of thepotentialromantic orsexualpartners with whom a person keeps in touch as part ofplate spinning.
    Moreplates means more dates!
  38. (Lego building) A Lego piece that is thin, 1/3 the height of a brick, and has studs on top.
Derived terms
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Descendants
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Translations
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flat dish
such dishes collectively
contents of a plate
course at a meal
agenda of tasks, problems, or responsibilities
  • Bulgarian:please add this translation if you can
  • Finnish:työlista (fi)
flat metallic object
vehicle license plate
layer of a material on the surface of something
material covered with such a layer
item coated with silver
weightlifting: weighted disk
printing: engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper
printing, photography: image or copy
printing, publishing: full page illustration
dental plate
construction: horizontal framing member
Cockney rhyming slang: foot—seefoot
baseball: home plate—seehome plate
geology: tectonic plate—seetectonic plate
historical: plate armour
herpetology: large reptilian scale
flat electrode
anode of vacuum tube
prize given to the winner in a contest—seeprize
chemistry: flat piece of material
aviation, dated: metallic card, used to imprint tickets with an airline's logo
  • Bulgarian:please add this translation if you can
aviation: ability of a travel agent to issue tickets on behalf of a particular airline
VIN plate
one of the thin parts of the brisket of an animal
  • Bulgarian:please add this translation if you can
very light steel horseshoe
skins sewn together for fur lining
  • Bulgarian:please add this translation if you can
  • Finnish:turkislevy
hat-making: fine nap on a hat made from inferior material
  • Bulgarian:please add this translation if you can
music: record
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Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Englishplaten, fromOld Englishplatian andOld Frenchplater, both ultimately fromLatinplata (see above).

Verb

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plate (third-person singular simple presentplates,present participleplating,simple past and past participleplated)

  1. To cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material, usually a metal.
    This ring isplated with a thin layer of gold.
  2. (cooking,photography) To place the various elements of a meal on the diner's plate prior to serving.
    After preparation, the chef willplate the dish.
    • 2011, “HYFR”, inTake Care, performed byDrake ft.Lil Wayne:
      I took her for sushi, she wanted to fuck / So we took it to go, told 'em don't evenplate it
  3. (baseball) To score arun.
    The singleplated the runner from second base.
  4. (transitive) To arm or defend with metal plates.
  5. (transitive) To beat into thin plates.
  6. (aviation, travel industry) To specify which airline a ticket will be issued on behalf of.
    Tickets are normallyplated on an itinerary's first international airline.
  7. (philately) to categorise stamps based on their position on the original sheet, in order to reconstruct an entire sheet.
  8. (philately, particularly with early British stamps) To identify the printing plate used.
Derived terms
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Translations
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to cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material
put meal on a plate
baseball: to score a run
  • Bulgarian:please add this translation if you can
  • Finnish:tehdäjuoksu
aviation: to specify which airline a ticket will be issued on behalf of
  • Bulgarian:please add this translation if you can

Etymology 3

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FromMiddle English, partly fromAnglo-Normanplate(“plate, bullion”) and partly fromLatinplata(“silver”), fromVulgar Latin*platta(“metal plate”), from feminine ofLatin*plattus(“flat”).

Noun

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plate (usuallyuncountable,pluralplates)

  1. Precious metal, especially silver.
    • 1864, Andrew Forrester,The Female Detective:
      At every meal—and I have heard the meals at Petleighcote were neither abundant nor succulent—enoughplate stood upon the table to pay for the feeding of the poor of the whole county for a month
    • 1950,Mervyn Peake,Gormenghast, London:Eyre & Spottiswoode,→OCLC:
      At the northern extremity of this chill province the goldplate of the Groans, pranked across the shining black of the long table, smoulders as though it contains fire[…]

Etymology 4

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FromSpanishplata(“silver”).

Noun

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plate (pluralplates)

  1. (obsolete) Silver or gold, in the form of acoin, or less often silver or gold utensils or dishes.
  2. (heraldry) Aroundel ofsilver orargent.
Translations
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silver coin
  • Bulgarian:please add this translation if you can
  • Finnish:hopearaha (fi)
heraldic charge: roundel of silver

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metalsmain coloursless common colours
tinctureorargentgulesazuresablevertpurpuretennéorangesanguine
depictiona shield of golda shield of silvera shield of reda shield of bluea shield of blacka shield of greena shield of purplea shield of brownish orangea shield of bright orangea shield of blood red
roundel (in parentheses:semé):a circle of gold
bezant (bezanty)		a circle of silver
plate (platy)		a circle of red
torteau (tortelly)		a circle of blue
hurt (hurty)		a circle of black
pellet (pellety),ogress		a circle of green
pomme (pommy)
a circle of purple
golpe (golpy)		a circle of orange
orange (semé of oranges)		a circle of blood red
guze (semé of guzes)
goutte(noun) /gutty(adjective) thereof:a drop of gold
(goutte /gutty)d'or (ofgold)		a drop of silver
d'eau (ofwater)		a drop of red
de sang (ofblood)		a drop of blue
de larmes (oftears)		a drop of black
de poix (ofpitch)		a drop of green
d'huile /d'olive(olive oil)		a drop of purple



special roundelfursuncommon tinctures:
tincturefountain,syke:barry wavy argent–azureermineermines,counter-ermineerminoispeanvaircounter-vairpotentcounter-potentbleu celeste,brunâtre,carnation,cendrée (iron,steel,acier),copper,murrey
depictiona circle of wavy blue and silver barsa shield of erminea shield of erminesa shield of erminoisa shield of peana shield of vaira shield of countervaira shield of potenta shield of counterpotent

Anagrams

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French

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Adjective

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plate

  1. femininesingular ofplat

Noun

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plate f (pluralplates)

  1. very small flat boat

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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plate (pluralplates)(Canada,informal)

  1. boring
    • 1999,Chrystine Brouillet,Les Fiancées de l'Enfer,→ISBN, page204:
      On va se mettre à ressembler aux gens qui racontent leur crisse de vieplate dans les émissions de télé débiles.
      We're going to sound like those people who tell their frickin'boring lives on those idiotic tv shows.
  2. Annoying or disappointing
    C'estplate de ne pas pouvoir y aller.
    It'stoo bad that we can't go.

Further reading

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Etymology 3

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Noun

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plate f (pluralplates)

  1. (heraldry)plate,roundelargent

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disque de métal (besant)disque d'émail (tourteau)autre
couleurorargentgueulesazursablesinoplepourpreorangéd'argent entouré d'un anneau de sable
nombesantplateguse,buseheurteogoessepomme,somme,voletgulpeorangeœil de faucon
a circle of golda circle of silvera circle of reda circle of bluea circle of blacka circle of greena circle of purplea circle of orangea thick black ring around a circle of white

Anagrams

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Latvian

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Noun

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plate f (5th declension)

  1. plate
  2. table-leaf
  3. (music)record
  4. (music)disc
  5. (computing)board
  6. (computing)card
  7. (computing)printed circuit board
  8. (computing)circuit board

Declension

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Declension ofplate (5th declension)
singularplural
nominativeplateplates
genitiveplatesplašu
dativeplateiplatēm
accusativeplatiplates
instrumentalplatiplatēm
locativeplatēplatēs
vocativeplateplates

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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FromOld Norseplata, fromAncient Greekπλατύς(platús,“broad, flat, wide”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key):/plaː.te/,[ˈplaː.tə]

Noun

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plate f orm (definite singularplataorplaten,indefinite pluralplater,definite pluralplatene)

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

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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“plate” inThe Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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FromOld Norseplata, fromAncient Greekπλατύς(platús,“broad, flat, wide”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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plate f (definite singularplata,indefinite pluralplater,definite pluralplatene)

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

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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“plate” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromVulgar Latin*platta,*plattus.

Noun

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plateoblique singular, f (oblique pluralplates,nominative singularplate,nominative pluralplates)

  1. a flat metaldisk
  2. a flatplate of armor

Descendants

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References

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  • Godefroy, Frédéric,Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes duIXe auXVe siècle (1881) (plate)

Scots

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Etymology

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Middle English, fromOld Frenchplate.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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plate (pluralplates)

  1. bowl
    Can A hev a plate o soup? ―Can I have a bowl of soup?

Serbo-Croatian

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Noun

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plate (Cyrillic spellingплате)

  1. inflection ofplata:
    1. genitivesingular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocativeplural

Verb

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plate (Cyrillic spellingплате)

  1. third-personpluralpresent ofplatiti
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