plater

See also: Plater

English

Etymology

plate +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

plater (plural platers)

  1. Someone who plates metal.
  2. Someone who installs sheet metal and armour plating, particularly on trains, ships, tanks, and similar items.
  3. A machine for calendering paper.
  4. (biology) A device for depositing cells on a plate.
  5. (horse-racing) A horse that runs chiefly in selling plates; hence, an inferior racehorse.

Translations

Anagrams

Basque

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /plater/, [pla.t̪e̞r]

Noun

plater inan

  1. plate
  2. dish

Declension
Declension of plater (inanimate, ending in tap -r)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive plater platera platerak
ergative platerek platerak platerek
dative plateri platerari platerei
genitive plateren plateraren plateren
comitative platerekin platerarekin platerekin
causative platerengatik platerarengatik platerengatik
benefactive platerentzat platerarentzat platerentzat
instrumental platerez plateraz platerez
inessive plateretan platerean plateretan
locative plateretako platereko plateretako
allative plateretara platerera plateretara
terminative plateretaraino platereraino plateretaraino
directive plateretarantz platererantz plateretarantz
destinative plateretarako platererako plateretarako
ablative plateretatik plateretik plateretatik
partitive platerik — —
prolative platertzat — —

Further reading
  • "plater" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “plater” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

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)

  1. platter

Descendants
  • English: platter
  • Scots: plaeter
  • Yola: plathearès, platheares (plural)

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

plater m or f

  1. indefinite plural of plate

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

plater f

  1. indefinite plural of plate

Old French

Noun

plater m (oblique plural platers, nominative singular platers, nominative plural plater)

  1. platter (serving plate)

Descendants

References
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