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plateau

/plæˈtəʊ/pla-TOH
/plæˈtoʊ/pla-TOH

Meaninga flat place

Common meaning: a raised flat area

Journey through time

  1. Greekπλατύς‘flat and wide’
  2. Frenchplateau
  3. Old Frenchplatelsource
  4. Englishplateau‘a raised flat area’ · today

plat also in: platypusplatitude

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Greek πλατύς ‘flat and wide’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), entry πλατύς, p. 1222 · dictionary scan

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