platform
English
/ˈplætfɔːm/, /ˈplætfɔɹm/
noun
Definitions
- A raised stage from which speeches are made and on which musical and other performances are made.
- A raised floor for any purpose, e.g. for workmen during construction, or formerly for military cannon.
- A place or an opportunity to express one's opinion; a tribune.
- A kind of high shoe with an extra layer between the inner and outer soles.
- (figurative) Something that allows an enterprise to advance; a foundation or stage.
- (automobiles) A set of components shared by several vehicle models.
- (computing) A computer system used to deliver services to clients; a solution
- (computing) A particular type of operating system or environment such as a database or other specific software, and/or a particular type of computer or microprocessor, used to describe a particular environment for running other software, or for defining a specific software or hardware environment for discussion purposes.
- (geology) A flat expanse of rock, often the result of wave erosion.
- (nautical) A light deck, usually placed in a section of the hold or over the floor of the magazine.
- (politics) A political stance on a broad set of issues, which are called planks.
- (travel) A raised structure from which passengers can enter or leave a train, metro etc.
- (obsolete) A plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern.
Etymology
Derived from Middle French plateforme (a flat form) derived from Old French plat (plainly, calm, blunt, bluntly, in a flat position, directly, level, straight, flat, plain, footbridge) derived from Ancient Greek πλατύς (flat, broad, wide, smooth) derived from Latin fōrma, forma (form, shape, figure).
Origin
Latin
fōrma, forma
Gloss
form, shape, figure
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
姿
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cross-platform English
- deplatform English
- interplatform English
- intraplatform English
- monoplatform English
- multi-platform English
- multiplatform English
- nanoplatform English
- non-platform English
- periplatform English
- platformer English
- platformful English
- platforming English
- platformism English
- platformist English
- platformless English
- platformlike English
- platformward English
- platformy English
- *platta Latin
- *plattus Latin
- *plattus, *plat(t)us Latin
- fōrma, forma Latin
- platessa Latin
- plattus Latin
- platyrhynchos Latin
- platyrhynchus Latin
- platform Dutch, Flemish
- plat French
- πλατύς Ancient Greek
- *pleth₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *pléth₂us Proto-Indo-European
- plat Middle English
- plata Old Norse
- plat Old French
- platfform Welsh
- plat Middle Dutch
- plat Middle French
- plateforme Middle French
- פלטפורמה Hebrew (modern)
- plat Middle Low German
- platt Middle Low German
- fuorma Romansh
- furma Romansh