platt
German (Berlin)
/plat/
adj
Definitions
- flat
- (of a building or structure; by extension also of immaterial things) completely destroyed, razed to the ground
- bromidic, banal
- (colloquial) very tired, exhausted
- (colloquial) astonished, dumbstruck
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German plat derived from Middle Low German plat (a smack) derived from Old French plat (plainly, calm, blunt, bluntly, in a flat position, directly, level, straight, flat, plain, footbridge) derived from Latin *plattus (flat) derived from Ancient Greek πλατύς (flat, broad, wide, smooth).
Origin
Ancient Greek
πλατύς
Gloss
flat, broad, wide, smooth
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
広
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Flathead English
- aflat English
- demiflat English
- flat English
- flat-footed English
- flat-headed cat English
- flat-mouthed English
- flat-warming English
- flatback English
- flatbacker English
- flatbed English
- flatbill English
- flatblock English
- flatbread English
- flatcar English
- flatette English
- flatfield English
- flatfish English
- flatfoot English
- flatfooted English
- flathead English
- flathouse English
- flatification English
- flating English
- flatiron English
- flatland English
- flatlay English
- flatleaf English
- flatlet English
- flatline English
- flatling English
- flatlings English
- flatlock English
- flatly English
- flatmate English
- flatmount English
- flatness English
- flatpack English
- flatpacked English
- flatrod English
- flatsawn English
- flatscape English
- flatscreen English
- flatsedge English
- flatshare English
- flatsharer English
- flatsharing English
- flattage English
- flatten English
- flatter English
- flattie English
- flatting English
- flattish English
- flattop English
- flatty English
- flatware English
- flatwater English
- flatweave English
- flatwise English
- flatwork English
- flatworm English
- flatwoven English
- layflat English
- microflat English
- mudflat English
- nonflat English
- plat English
- platband English
- platly English
- platness English
- sandflat English
- ultraflat English
- unplat English
- *platta Latin
- *plattus Latin
- *plattus, *plat(t)us Latin
- fōrma, forma Latin
- platessa Latin
- plattus Latin
- platyrhynchos Latin
- platyrhynchus Latin
- Deutsch German
- Fisch German
- Fuß German
- Platt German
- Plattdeutsch German
- Plattfisch German
- Plattfuß German
- deutsch German
- machen German
- plattdeutsch German
- plattfüßig German
- plattmachen German
- chiatto Italian
- impiattare Italian
- piattaia Italian
- piattaio Italian
- piattamente Italian
- piatteria Italian
- piattezza Italian
- piatto Italian
- rimpiattare Italian
- sottopiatto Italian
- ultrapiatto Italian
- Platduits Dutch, Flemish
- afplatten Dutch, Flemish
- flat Dutch, Flemish
- plat Dutch, Flemish
- platbranden Dutch, Flemish
- platvis Dutch, Flemish
- monte-plat French
- plafond French
- plat French
- plateau French
- platement French
- platitude French
- platée French
- chato Spanish, Castilian
- plato Spanish, Castilian
- πλατύς Ancient Greek
- πλᾰτῠ́ς Ancient Greek
- *pleth₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *pléth₂us Proto-Indo-European
- plattysk Norwegian Bokmål
- chato Portuguese
- prato Portuguese
- platt Swedish
- plattysk Norwegian Nynorsk
- flat Middle English
- plat Middle English
- plata Old Norse
- plat Old French
- platfus Serbo-Croatian
- plat Catalan, Valencian
- फ़्लैट Hindi
- plat Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- plat Middle Dutch
- pliat Norman
- plat Middle High German
- platt Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- plat Middle French
- plateforme Middle French
- plat Middle Low German
- platt Middle Low German
- pjatto Cimbrian
- fleti Swahili
- piat Venetian
- flet Tok Pisin
- ciàtto Ligurian
- piâto Ligurian
- piatt Mòcheno
- platt Hunsrik
- plata Sranan Tongo
- piat Piedmontese