plater
See also: Plater
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)
Noun
plater (plural platers)
- Someone who plates metal.
- Someone who installs sheet metal and armour plating, particularly on trains, ships, tanks, and similar items.
- A machine for calendering paper.
- (biology) A device for depositing cells on a plate.
- (horse-racing) A horse that runs chiefly in selling plates; hence, an inferior racehorse.
Related terms
Translations
someone who installs sheet metal
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Anagrams
Basque
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plateɾ/ [pla.t̪er]
- Rhymes: -ateɾ, -eɾ
- Hyphenation: pla‧ter
Noun
plater inan
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | proximal plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | plater | platera | platerak | platerok |
| ergative | platerek | platerak | platerek | platerok |
| dative | plateri | platerari | platerei | plateroi |
| genitive | plateren | plateraren | plateren | plateron |
| comitative | platerekin | platerarekin | platerekin | platerokin |
| causative | platerengatik | platerarengatik | platerengatik | platerongatik |
| benefactive | platerentzat | platerarentzat | platerentzat | platerontzat |
| instrumental | platerez | plateraz | platerez | platerotaz |
| innesive | plateretan | platerean | plateretan | platerotan |
| locative | plateretako | platereko | plateretako | platerotako |
| allative | plateretara | platerera | plateretara | platerotara |
| terminative | plateretaraino | platereraino | plateretaraino | platerotaraino |
| directive | plateretarantz | platererantz | plateretarantz | platerotarantz |
| destinative | plateretarako | platererako | plateretarako | platerotarako |
| ablative | plateretatik | plateretik | plateretatik | platerotatik |
| partitive | platerik | — | — | — |
| prolative | platertzat | — | — | — |
Further reading
- “plater”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “plater”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman plater, dissimilatory variant of platel; equivalent to plate + -el.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plaˈtɛːr/, /ˈplatər/
Noun
plater (plural platers)
Descendants
- English: platter
- Scots: plaeter
- Yola: plathearès, platheares (plural)
References
- “plater, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
plater m or f
- indefinite plural of plate
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
plater f
- indefinite plural of plate
Old French
Noun
plater oblique singular, m (oblique plural platers, nominative singular platers, nominative plural plater)
- platter (serving plate)
Descendants
- → English: platter
References
- plater on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
Polabian
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German plattêr.
Noun
plater m ?
References
- Polański, Kazimierz (1976), “plater”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), number 4 (perĕt – ŕotťǝ), Wrocław; Warszawa etc.: Ossolineum, page 527
- Polański, Kazimierz; James Allen Sehnert (1967), “plater”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 111
- Olesch, Reinhold (1971), “Plattêr”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volumes 2: P – S, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 779