platan

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See also: plàtan and platån

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin platanus; later reborrowed from Middle French platane.

Pronunciation

Noun

platan (plural platans)

  1. (now rare, literary) A planetree.
    • 1633, John Donne, The Autumnall:
      Xerxes strange Lydian love, the Platane tree, / Was lov'd for age, none being so large as shee [...].
    • 1847, Alfred Tennyson, “(please specify the page number, or |part=Prologue, I to VII, or conclusion)”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, , →OCLC:
      A double hill ran up his furrowy forks / Beyond the thick-leaved platans of the vale.

Anagrams

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Greek πλάτανος (plátanos). Compare the doublet paltin. Cf. also Romanian platan.

Noun

platan m (plural platanj)

  1. plane tree

Synonyms

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Platane from Latin platanus from Ancient Greek πλάτανος (plátanos).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

platan m inan

  1. plane tree, any tree of genus Platanus

Declension

References

  1. ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “platan”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda

Esperanto

Pronunciation

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Adjective

platan

  1. accusative singular of plata

Icelandic

Noun

platan

  1. definite nominative singular of plata

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek πλάτανος (plátanos).

Noun

platan m (definite singular platanen, indefinite plural plataner, definite plural platanene)

  1. a plane (tree), plane tree (genus Platanus)

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek πλάτανος (plátanos).

Noun

platan m (definite singular platanen, indefinite plural platanar, definite plural platanane)

  1. a plane (tree), plane tree (genus Platanus)

Derived terms

References

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpla.tan/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -atan
  • Syllabification: pla‧tan

Etymology 1

Internationalism; compare English plane tree, French platane, German Platane, ultimately from Latin platanus, from Ancient Greek πλάτανος (plátanos).

Noun

platan m inan

  1. plane tree (any tree of genus Platanus)
Declension
Derived terms
adjective

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

platan f

  1. genitive plural of platana

Further reading

  • platan in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • platan in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πλάτανος (plátanos), Latin platanus, partially through the French intermediate platane. See also paltin, inherited through a Vulgar Latin intermediate.

Noun

platan m (plural platani)

  1. plane tree

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative platan platanul platani platanii
genitive-dative platan platanului platani platanilor
vocative platanule platanilor