English

Noun

plats

1. plural of plat

Anagrams

• spalt
• splat

Catalan

Noun

plats

1. plural of plat

Estonian

Noun

plats ‎(genitive platsi, partitive platsi)

1. square (of a city)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

French

Adjective

plats

1. masculine plural of plat

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *platu-s, from *pl̥th₂us < *pleth₂os, adjectival form of Proto-Indo-European *pel- ‎(“to spread; broad, wide”). In Latvian, former u-stem adjectives were assimilated into other classes; *platus gave rise to both an o-stem and a yo-stem variant which later on became independent words, plats and plašs, with different semantic nuances (compare also dobs and dobjš, or ass and ašs); this separation began in the 18th century but became complete only in the 1870s. Cognates include Lithuanian platùs, Old Prussian plat- (from a placename, Platmedyen, where median = “forest”), Sanskrit पृथुः ‎(pṛthuḥ, “broad, wide, great, powerful”), Ancient Greek πλατύς ‎(platús, “broad, wide, flat, smooth”)^[1], Polish płaski^[2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [plats]

Adjective

plats (def. platais, comp. platāks, sup. visplatākais; adv. plati)

1. wide, broad (having a relatively large distance from side to side)

   plats dēlis, sols‎ ― wide board, bench

   platas durvis‎ ― wide door

   plata šoseja‎ ― wide road

   plats smaids‎ ― wide smile

   vīrietis ar platiem pleciem‎ ― a man with broad shoulders

   putns ar platu knābi‎ ― a bird with a wide beak

   koki ar platām lapām‎ ― a tree with broad leaves

   vienu metru plats audums‎ ― one-meter wide fabric, cloth

   desmit metru plata upe‎ ― a 10-meter wide river

2. wide, broad (going beyond the average width of other similar objects)

   plats krekls‎ ― wide shirt

   blūze ir par platu‎ ― the blouse is too wide

3. (phonetics) broad, lax (pronounced with relatively large mouth opening)

   platais patskanis‎ ― broad, lax vowel

   platais e, ē‎ ― broad, lax e, ē (i.e., [æ] instead of [ɛ])

4. wide, broad (having large aperture)

   pavērt vārtus platāk‎ ― to open the gate wider

   plati atvērt muti‎ ― to open the door wide

5. wide, broad (having large diameter)

   plata caurule‎ ― wide tube

   ieliet dzērienu platā traukā‎ ― to pour the drink into a wide container

   sakārtot ziedus platā vāze‎ ― to put the flowers into a wide vase

Declension

Usage notes

In general, plats is used to mean “wide, broad” in a more literal sense, while plašs has more metaphorical senses.

Synonyms

• plašs

Antonyms

• šaurs

Derived terms

• platība
• platums

References

1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “plats”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7
2. ↑ http://sciaga.pl/slowniki-tematyczne/10358/plaski/

Old French

Noun

plats m

1. inflection of plat:
   1. oblique plural
   2. nominative singular

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish platz, from Old Norse plaz.

Pronunciation

Noun

plats c

1. place; any geographical position a little larger than just a point, such as a village, city or just a "nowhere"
2. a seat; such as in a bus or in a theater

   Ursäkta, är den här platsen upptagen?‎

   Excuse me, but is this seat occupied?

3. (uncountable) room; space

   Hur mycket plats behövs på hårddisken?‎

   How much space is needed on the hard drive?

   För att lägga ett stort pussel behövs mycket plats‎

   To lay a large jigsaw puzzle, you need a lot of space

4. a position; such as allowing you to play in a (competing) sports team, or take a university course

   Den kurs jag helst ville gå hade bara tio platser‎

   The course I'd preferred only allowed ten students

Declension

See also

• platsa
• på plats
• ta en plats
• sätta någon på plats