plein
Dutch (Brabantic)
/plɛi̯n/
noun
Definitions
- square, plaza
Etymology
Derived from Old French plain derived from Latin plānum (level ground, a plain, plain, plain ground, flat surface) derived from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (flat, broad, plain, wide, wide and flat, thin, field) inherited from Middle Dutch plaetse.
Origin
Middle Dutch
plaetse
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Poland English
- etchplain English
- floodplain English
- llano English
- palaeoplain English
- paleoplain English
- peneplain English
- plain English
- plain work English
- plainchant English
- plainclothed English
- plainful English
- plainhead English
- plainish English
- plainland English
- plainlike English
- plainly English
- plainness English
- plainsawn English
- plainsies English
- plainsong English
- plainspoken English
- plainswoman English
- plainware English
- plane English
- planum English
- riverplain English
- sandplain English
- palam Latin
- placo Latin
- planarius Latin
- plancus Latin
- plantāre Latin
- plantātiōnem Latin
- planus Latin
- plaustrum Latin
- plānum Latin
- plānus Latin
- plēnus Latin
- Plan German
- pianoforte Italian
- dorp Dutch, Flemish
- dorpsplein Dutch, Flemish
- markt Dutch, Flemish
- marktplein Dutch, Flemish
- pleiner Dutch, Flemish
- pleinvrees Dutch, Flemish
- school Dutch, Flemish
- schoolplein Dutch, Flemish
- verkeer Dutch, Flemish
- verkeersplein Dutch, Flemish
- vrees Dutch, Flemish
- plain French
- plaine French
- плита Russian
- плоский Russian
- allanar Spanish, Castilian
- llanamente Spanish, Castilian
- llanero Spanish, Castilian
- llano Spanish, Castilian
- πέλανος Ancient Greek
- πλάγος Ancient Greek
- πλανάω Ancient Greek
- πλατεῖα Ancient Greek
- *gʰredʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *pleHk- Proto-Indo-European
- *pleh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *pleh₂-no-s Proto-Indo-European
- *pleh₂-r- Proto-Indo-European
- *pleh₂ros Proto-Indo-European
- *pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *pléh₂n̥teh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *pl̥h₂-u-tós Proto-Indo-European
- plan Norwegian Bokmål
- plen Norwegian Bokmål
- achanar Portuguese
- chão Portuguese
- *felþuz Proto-Germanic
- *flaką Proto-Germanic
- plen Norwegian Nynorsk
- flage Middle English
- pleyn Middle English
- láithreacht Irish
- flana Old Norse
- *polnъ Proto-Slavic
- *poľe Proto-Slavic
- *pȍľe Proto-Slavic
- place Old French
- plain Old French
- plano Galician
- yano Cebuano
- plaetse Middle Dutch
- láithrech, láthrach Old Irish
- yano Tagalog
- plain Middle French
- chão Old Portuguese
- *ɸlātrom Proto-Celtic
- Plangge Alemannic German
- *plānktā Proto-Italic
- urlár Middle Irish
- pltk' Middle Persian
- pleyn xno
- *pləks Proto-Hellenic
- 𒁄𒄭𒅖 Hittite