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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Cognates and derived terms
- antiplaque English
- immunoplaque English
- intraplaque English
- microplaque English
- nonplaque English
- periplaque English
- placard English
- placarder English
- plaqueless English
- plaquing English
- uroplaque English
- placa Latin
- placca Italian
- plakken Dutch, Flemish
- plaquage French
- plaque French
- plaquer French
- plaquette French
- plaquiste French
- *plaggą Proto-Germanic
- plagg Swedish
- placard Middle English
- plagg Old Norse
- plako Esperanto
- پلاک Persian
- plakard Cebuano
- placken Middle Dutch
- plako Ido
- Plack Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- placard Middle French
- plaquer Middle French
- *plagga Old Dutch
- *plakko, *plakka Old Dutch
- plagga Old Dutch
- plack Scots
- plekke Limburgan, Limburger, Limburgish
- placke West Flemish