platt

German (Berlin)

/plat/

adj
Definitions
  • flat
  • (of a building or structure; by extension also of immaterial things) completely destroyed, razed to the ground
  • bromidic, banal
  • (colloquial) very tired, exhausted
  • (colloquial) astonished, dumbstruck

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German plat derived from Middle Low German plat (a smack) 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).

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Ancient Greek

πλατύς

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flat, broad, wide, smooth

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