plaque

Meaning

1. (countable) Any flat, thin piece of clay, ivory, metal, etc., used for ornament, or for painting pictures upon, as a dish, plate, slab, etc., hung upon a wall; also, a smaller decoration worn by a person, such as a brooch.
2. (countable) A piece of flat metal with writing on it, attached to a building, monument, or other structure to remind people of a person or an event.
3. (countable) A small card representing an amount of money, used for betting in casinos; a sort of gaming chip.
4. (countable) A clearing in a bacterial lawn caused by a virus.
5. (countable) In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system: any flat, thin musical instrument.
6. (countable) A broad patch of abnormal tissue distinguishable from surrounding tissue, especially a broad papule (“inflamed, irritated patch”) on the skin.
7. (countable, uncountable) An abnormal accumulation of material in or on an organ of the body, often associated with disease.
8. (countable, uncountable) An abnormal accumulation of material in or on an organ of the body, often associated with disease.
9. (uncountable) An abnormal accumulation of material in or on an organ of the body, often associated with disease.
10. (countable) An abnormal accumulation of material in or on an organ of the body, often associated with disease.

Synonyms

plate

slab

tablet

brass

memorial tablet

sign

panel

patch

plank

puke

scale

sheet

shield

🛡️

signboard

tile

plaquette

ornamental plate

flat solid

board

blood-plate

brooch

flagstone

memorial

metal plate

pane

Translations

placa

plaque

placca

Zahnbelag

targa

placa

bord

πλάκα

lastra

Plaque

plaat

placa

panonceau

Gedenktafel

enseigne

Pronounced as (IPA)

/plæk/

Etymology

Cognate with Middle Low German: placke

Cognate with German: Placken

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: plak

Cognate with Swedish: plagg

In summary

Unadapted borrowing from French plaque (“plate, sheet (of metal); slab (of marble); bacteria on teeth”), from French plaquer, Middle French plaquer (“to plate”), from Middle Dutch placken (“to patch, beat metal into a thin plate”), from placke (“disk, patch, stain”), from Old Dutch *plagga (“patch”), from Proto-Germanic *plaggą (“patch”).
The word is cognate with Middle Low German placke, plagge (“small stain, scraps, rags, thin grass”), German Placken (“spot, patch”), Saterland Frisian plak, plakke (“a blow, slap”), Swedish plagg (“clothing, garment”). Compare plack.