platan

English

Alternative forms

• platane

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈplat(ə)n/

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

• Patlan, planta

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• platanu

Etymology

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

Noun

platan m (plural platanj)

1. plane tree

Synonyms

• paltin

Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

platan m inan

1. plane tree, any tree of genus Platanus

Declension

References

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Adjective

platan

1. accusative singular of plata

Icelandic

Noun

platan

1. definite nominative singular of plata

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

Platanslekta

Wikipedia ^no

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

• platanlønn

References

• “platan” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

• platanløn, platanlønn

References

• “platan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

platan

Wikipedia ^pl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpla.tan/

• Audio

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• 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

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

Related terms

• paltin