plaquer
French
verb
Definitions
- to plate (to cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material)
- (rugby) To tackle
- (martial arts) To grapple
- (colloquial) To leave someone, to break up with someone; to ditch, to dump, to jilt someone
Etymology
Affix from French plaque (bacteria on teeth, sheet, plate, slab).
Origin
French
plaque
Gloss
bacteria on teeth, sheet, plate, slab
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Cognates and derived terms
- plaque English
- placa Latin
- placca Italian
- aanplakken Dutch, Flemish
- afplakken Dutch, Flemish
- beplakken Dutch, Flemish
- dichtplakken Dutch, Flemish
- plakband Dutch, Flemish
- plakken Dutch, Flemish
- vastplakken Dutch, Flemish
- plaquage French
- plaque French
- plaquette French
- plaquiste French
- plako Esperanto
- پلاک Persian
- placken Middle Dutch
- plako Ido
- Plack Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- plaquer Middle French
- placke West Flemish