plate

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which food is served or eaten.
2. (uncountable) Such dishes collectively.
3. The contents of such a dish.
4. A course at a meal.
5. (figuratively) An agenda of tasks, problems, or responsibilities
6. A flat object of uniform thickness.
7. (Australia, especially, metonymically, plural, plural-only) Vehicle license plates, registration plates.
8. A taxi permit, especially of a metal disc.
9. (historical) Plate armor.
10. A layer of a material on the surface of something, usually qualified by the type of the material; plating
11. A material covered with such a layer.
12. (dated) An ornamental or food service item coated with silver or gold or otherwise decorated.
13. A weighted disk, usually of metal, with a hole in the center for use with a barbell, dumbbell, or exercise machine.
14. An engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper.
15. An image or copy.
16. An illustration in a book, either black and white, or colour, usually on a page of paper of different quality from the text pages.
17. A shaped and fitted surface, usually ceramic or metal that fits into the mouth and in which teeth are implanted; a dental plate.
18. A horizontal framing member at the top or bottom of a group of vertical studs.
19. (Cockney, slang) A person's foot.
20. Home plate.
21. A tectonic plate.
22. Any of various larger scales found in some reptiles.
23. A flat electrode such as can be found in an accumulator battery, or in an electrolysis tank.
24. The anode of a vacuum tube.
25. A prize given to the winner in a contest.
26. Any flat piece of material such as coated glass or plastic.
27. (dated) A metallic card, used to imprint tickets with an airline's logo, name, and numeric code.
28. (broadly) The ability of a travel agent to issue tickets on behalf of a particular airline.
29. (Australia) A VIN plate, particularly with regard to the car's year of manufacture.
30. One of the thin parts of the brisket of an animal.
31. A very light steel horseshoe for racehorses.
32. Skins for fur linings of garments, sewn together and roughly shaped, but not finally cut or fitted.
33. The fine nap (as of beaver, musquash, etc.) on a hat whose body is made from inferior material.
34. A record, usually vinyl.
35. trauma plate.
36. (slang) Any of the potential romantic or sexual partners with whom a person keeps in touch as part of plate spinning.
37. A Lego piece that is thin, 1/3 the height of a brick, and has studs on top.

Verb

1. To cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material, usually a metal.
2. To place the various elements of a meal on the diner's plate prior to serving.
3. To score a run.
4. (transitive) To arm or defend with metal plates.
5. (transitive) To beat into thin plates.
6. To specify which airline a ticket will be issued on behalf of.
7. to categorise stamps based on their position on the original sheet, in order to reconstruct an entire sheet.
8. To identify the printing plate used.

Concepts

assiette

plaque

plat

planche

plateau

plaquer

tableau

🖼️

dalle

plaque minéralogique

plate

recouvrir

revêtir

soucoupe

tapisser

dentier

partiel

pavé

plaque d’immatriculation

tôle

vaisselle

besant

cadène

coupe

dosse

écuelle

estampe

grosse tranche

imputer à

plaque photographique

tableau noir

plaque métallique volante

plaque projetée

plaque volante

plaque combustible

étagère, rayon, tablette

plaque d'immatriculation

à la maison

armure de plates

aliment

🍽️

blinder

bloc

cliché

denture

écaille

gravure

lame

maison

🏠

marbre

met

métallisation

Synonymes

dish

slab

sheet

board

bowl

coat

🧥

tray

overlay

saucer

plaque

cup

panel

tablet

platter

gild

disc

cover

protect

lag

denture

face

back

🔙

plateful

scale

photographic plate

disk

pane

dental plate

tile

electroplate

collection plate

course

clothe

salver

poster

porringer

print

drum

🥁

plank

shell

🐚

metal container

illustration

leaf

pan

home

🏠

nameplate

home base

helping

home plate

figure

Traductions

plato

Teller

piatto

prato

Platte

πιάτο

plat

bord

placa

placa

plaat

lastra

placca

piastra

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/pleɪt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: plate

Appartenant à espagnol: plato

Hérité de moyen anglais: platen

Hérité de ancien anglais: platian

In summary

From Middle English plate, from Old French plate, from Medieval Latin plata, from Vulgar Latin *plat(t)us, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “broad, flat, wide”). Compare Spanish plato.
(foot): Cockney rhyming slang, from "plates of meat" for "feet".

Phrases

He took his plate , grabbed a knife and fork and scowled at the savagery on television .

Il a pris son assiette, a attrapé un couteau et une fourchette et a frappé à la sauvagerie à la télévision.