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platter

/pˈlætə/PLA-tur
/pˈlætɚ/PLA-tur

Meaninga plate

Common meaning: a large serving dish

Journey through time

  1. Old Frenchplat‘a plate’source
  2. Middle Englishplatersource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsa plate → a large serving dishplatter‘a large serving dish’ · today

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 Old French plat ‘a plate’.

Roots

  • plat Old French “a plate”

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