plaque

English

/plɑːk/, /plak/, /plæk/, /plaːk/

noun
Definitions
  • (countable) Any flat, thin piece of clay, ivory, metal, etc., used for ornament, or for painting pictures upon, as a dish, plate, slab, etc., hung upon a wall; also, a smaller decoration worn by a person, such as a brooch.
  • (countable) A piece of flat metal with writing on it, attached to a building, monument, or other structure to remind people of a person or an event.
  • (countable) A small card representing an amount of money, used for betting in casinos; a sort of gaming chip.
  • (countable) A clearing in a bacterial lawn caused by a virus.
  • (countable) In the classification system: any flat, thin musical instrument.
  • (countable) A broad patch of abnormal tissue distinguishable from surrounding tissue, especially a broad papule on the skin.
  • (countable) An abnormal accumulation of material in or on an organ of the body, often associated with disease.

Etymology

Borrowed from French plaque (bacteria on teeth, sheet, plate, slab), plaquer derived from Middle French plaquer (plate) derived from Middle Dutch placken (beat metal into a thin plate, patch) derived from Old Dutch *plagga (patch) derived from Proto-Germanic *plaggą (patch, a piece of cloth).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*plaggą

Gloss

patch, a piece of cloth

Concept
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