plac

See also: Appendix:Variations of "plac"

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin placeō. Compare Romanian plăcea, plac.

Verb

plac (third-person singular platsi or platse, participle plãcutã)

  1. to please
  2. (used with the dative) to like

Synonyms

See also

  • plãcãrescu

Catalan

Verb

plac

  1. first-person singular present indicative of plaure

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Platz (town square, place), from Latin platea (plaza, wide street), from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa), shortening of πλατεῖα ὁδός (plateîa hodós, broad way), from Proto-Indo-European *plat- (to spread), extended form of *pelh₂- (flat).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈplat͡s]
  • Rhymes: -ats

Noun

plac m inan (diminutive plácek)

  1. (informal) place [from 15th c.]
  2. (obsolete) square, town square

Declension

Derived terms

  • placní
  • plácek

Further reading

Irish

Alternative forms

Verb

plac (present analytic placann, future analytic placfaidh, verbal noun placadh, past participle plactha)

  1. to gobble (up), devour, demolish, guzzle

Conjugation

Conjugation of plac (first conjugation – A)
indicative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present placaim placann tú;
placair
placann sé, sí placaimid; placann muid placann sibh placann siad;
placaid
a phlacann; a phlacas plactar
past phlac mé; phlacas phlac tú; phlacais phlac sé, sí phlacamar; phlac muid phlac sibh; phlacabhair phlac siad; phlacadar a phlac placadh
past habitual phlacainn /
placainn
phlactá /
plactá
phlacadh sé, sí /
placadh sé, sí
phlacaimis; phlacadh muid /
placaimis; placadh muid
phlacadh sibh /
placadh sibh
phlacaidís; phlacadh siad /
placaidís; placadh siad
a phlacadh phlactaí /
plactaí
singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
future placfaidh mé;
placfad
placfaidh tú;
placfair
placfaidh sé, sí placfaimid;
placfaidh muid
placfaidh sibh placfaidh siad;
placfaid
a phlacfaidh; a phlacfas placfar
conditional phlacfainn /
placfainn
phlacfá /
placfá
phlacfadh sé, sí /
placfadh sé, sí
phlacfaimis; phlacfadh muid /
placfaimis; placfadh muid
phlacfadh sibh /
placfadh sibh
phlacfaidís; phlacfadh siad /
placfaidís; placfadh siad
a phlacfadh phlacfaí /
placfaí
subjunctive singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present go bplaca mé;
go bplacad
go bplaca tú;
go bplacair
go bplaca sé, sí go bplacaimid;
go bplaca muid
go bplaca sibh go bplaca siad;
go bplacaid
go bplactar
past bplacainn bplactá bplacadh sé, sí bplacaimis;
bplacadh muid
bplacadh sibh bplacaidís;
bplacadh siad
bplactaí
imperative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
placaim plac placadh sé, sí placaimis placaigí;
placaidh
placaidís plactar
past participle plactha
verbal noun placadh

archaic or dialect form
dependent form

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of plac
radical lenition eclipsis
plac phlac bplac

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Platz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈplat͡s/
  • Rhymes: -at͡s
  • Syllabification: plac

Noun

plac m inan

  1. place (location or position in space)
    Synonyms: môl, miesce

Further reading

  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “miejsce”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[1]
  • Jan Trepczyk (1994), “miejsce”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
  • plac”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Platz, from Middle High German plaz, from Old French place, from Latin platēa, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa), shortening of πλατεῖα ὁδός (plateîa hodós, broad way).

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈplat͡s/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -at͡s
  • Syllabification: plac

Noun

plac m inan (diminutive placyk, related adjective placowy)

  1. (countable) square (open space in a town)
  2. (countable) yard (enclosed area for a specific purpose)
  3. (uncountable, regional) outside
  4. (countable, Łowicz) synonym of ojcowizna

Declension

Descendants

  • Russian: плац (plac)
  • Ukrainian: плац (plac), пляц (pljac)

Further reading

  • plac in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • plac in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Marzena Kozanecka-Zwierz, Magdalena Bartosiewicz, Renata Marciniak-Firadza, editors (2014), “plac”, in Gwara – Księżaków "język ojczysty" Dziedzictwo regionu łowickiego (in Polish), Łowicz: Muzeum w Łowiczu, →ISBN, page 48

Romanian

Etymology 1

Back-formation from plăcea

Noun

plac n (uncountable)

  1. liking
Declension
singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative plac placul
genitive-dative plac placului
vocative placule

Etymology 2

Verb

plac

  1. inflection of plăcea:
    1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. third-person plural present indicative

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Platz.

Noun

plȁc m inan (Cyrillic spelling пла̏ц)

  1. square (area)
  2. market
  3. plot, piece (of land)
  4. space, area

Declension

Declension of plac
singular plural
nominative plac placevi / plačevi
genitive placa placeva / plačeva
dative placu placevima / plačevima
accusative plac placeve / plačeve
vocative placu placevi / plačevi
locative placu placevima / plačevima
instrumental placem placevima / plačevima

Synonyms

References

  • plac”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026