Neuter
Pflaster
Meaning
- (archaic, neuter, strong) plaster, cement, mortar, a mixture of gypsum, sand and chalk applied to floors
- (neuter, strong) specifically the pavement of a street or a street (which is no difference in old towns preceding the automobile), as well as the material from which it is made, cobblestone (Pflasterstein, Kopfsteinpflaster)
- (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, neuter, strong) clipping of Heftpflaster (“band-aid, sticking plaster”); in general a poultice, bandage or other dressing of a wound (but now typicized to the aforementioned commodity)
Concepts
Synonyms
Wundschnellverband
Wasserlache
Steinpflaster
Klebepflaster
Erste-Hilfe-Pflaster
Trittstein
gepflasterter Weg
Leukoplast
Verbandpflaster
pleister
sparadrap
esparadrapoFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpflastɐ/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German pflaster, from Old High German pflastar (“plaster, pavement”), from Proto-West Germanic *plastr.
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