plaque
French
noun
Definitions
- sheet, plate of metal
- slab of marble
- (medicine) plaque bacteria on teeth
- plaque, slab (ornamental)
- (casino) chip
- (electrics) plate
- (geology) plate especially a tectonic plate
- slab, bar of e.g. chocolate
- (slang) 10,000 francs
- burner; ring element on a kitchen stove that generates localized heat for cooking
Etymology
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
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
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Distribution of cognates by language
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Cognates and derived terms
- antiplaque English
- immunoplaque English
- intraplaque English
- microplaque English
- nonplaque English
- periplaque English
- placard English
- plaque English
- plaqueless English
- plaquette English
- plaquing English
- uroplaque English
- placa Latin
- Plakette German
- antiplacca Italian
- microplacca Italian
- placca Italian
- plaquette Italian
- plakken Dutch, Flemish
- microplaquette French
- plaquage French
- plaquer French
- plaquettaire French
- plaquette French
- plaquiste French
- пли́тка Russian
- plakett Norwegian Bokmål
- *plaggą Proto-Germanic
- plakett Swedish
- plakett Norwegian Nynorsk
- plagg Old Norse
- *šuplь Proto-Slavic
- plako Esperanto
- پلاک Persian
- placken Middle Dutch
- plako Ido
- Plack Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- shuplakë Albanian
- 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