plaats

Dutch (Brabantic)

/plaːts/

noun
Definitions
  • place, position
  • A settlement; a town, city, village, hamlet or the like.
  • A place, a location in a text.
  • space, especially free space (e.g. volume, area or storage space on a medium).
  • (dialectal) A square, a plaza paved open space of any size in a town or near a building.
  • (dialectal) A farm.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch plāetse derived from Old French place (place, an open space).

Origin

Old French

place

Gloss

place, an open space

Concept
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Person/Thing

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