plat
Danish
[ˈpʰl̥ad̥]
adj
Definitions
- inane, lacking inspiration, corny, insipid
Etymology
Derived from Middle Low German platt derived from Old French plat (plainly, calm, blunt, bluntly, in a flat position, directly, level, straight, flat, plain, footbridge) derived from Latin *plattus (flat) derived from Ancient Greek πλατύς (flat, broad, wide, smooth).
Origin
Ancient Greek
πλατύς
Gloss
flat, broad, wide, smooth
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
広
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *platta Latin
- *plattus Latin
- *plattus, *plat(t)us Latin
- fōrma, forma Latin
- platessa Latin
- plattus Latin
- platyrhynchos Latin
- platyrhynchus Latin
- chiatto Italian
- piatto Italian
- plat French
- platitude French
- chato Spanish, Castilian
- plato Spanish, Castilian
- πλατύς Ancient Greek
- πλᾰτῠ́ς Ancient Greek
- *pleth₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *pléth₂us Proto-Indo-European
- chato Portuguese
- prato Portuguese
- plat Middle English
- flatr Old Norse
- plata Old Norse
- flad Danish
- fladfisk Danish
- fladlus Danish
- fod Danish
- platfod Danish
- platfodet Danish
- plat Old French
- plat Catalan, Valencian
- plat Middle Dutch
- pliat Norman
- plat Middle French
- plateforme Middle French
- plat Middle Low German
- platt Middle Low German
- piat Venetian
- ciàtto Ligurian