plato

See also: Plato, plató, platô, Plató, and płato

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch plateau or borrowed from English plateau, both from French plateau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plaˈtʊə̯/

Noun

plato (plural plato's)

1. plateau

Central Bikol

Dakulang platong pandekorasiyon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish plato.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplato/ [ˈpl̪a.to]
• Hyphenation: pla‧to

Noun

pláto (Basahan spelling ᜉ᜔ᜎᜆᜓ)

1. plate

   Synonym: pinggan

Related terms

• plata
• platito

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish plato.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplato/, [ˈpla.t̪o]
• Hyphenation: pla‧to

Noun

plato

1. plate

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplato/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: pla‧to

Noun

plato (accusative singular platon, plural platoj, accusative plural platojn)

1. plate

Derived terms

• ciferplato (“dial”)
• tuŝplato (“touchpad”)

Latvian

Adjective

plato

1. inflection of plats:
   1. definite vocative/accusative/instrumental masculine/feminine singular
   2. definite genitive masculine/feminine plural

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plǎtoː/
• Hyphenation: pla‧to

Noun

plàtō m inan (Cyrillic spelling пла̀то̄)

1. plateau

Declension

Declension of plato

	singular	plural
nominative	plàtō	platoi
genitive	platòa	platoa
dative	platou	platoima
accusative	plato	platoe
vocative	platou / platoe	platoi
locative	platou	platoima
instrumental	platoom	platoima

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

plato (Cyrillic spelling плато)

1. vocative singular of plata

Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *plattus, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús); this Spanish word may be semi-learned or else one that was used primarily by the upper classes in the Middle Ages (in contrast to the lower classes, who did not often use plates to eat), and hence retained a more learned character close to the original Latin, not undergoing all the normal sound changes into Spanish. Compare also the similar evolution of Portuguese prato. Doublet of chato, which was either a popularly used inherited word or else taken from Portuguese. See also plata (“silver”). Compare English plate and plateau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplato/ [ˈpla.t̪o]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: pla‧to

Noun

plato m (plural platos)

1. plate, dish (crockery)
2. dish (of food)
3. course (of a meal)
4. plate (of a gear)
5. (cycling) chainring
6. (colloquial, Bolivia, Rioplatense) a ridiculous situation, a farce

   Qué plato!

   What a laugh!

Derived terms

• calientaplatos
• echarse al plato
• entre dos platos
• escurreplatos
• friegaplatos
• gorra de plato
• huevos al plato
• la venganza es un plato que se sirve frío
• lavaplatos
• limpiaplatos
• muchas manos en un plato causan arrebato
• nada entre dos platos
• ojos como platos
• pagar los platos rotos
• platillo
• platito
• plato de ducha
• plato de servicio
• plato del día
• plato fuerte
• plato principal
• platón
• sacar los pies del plato
• salvaplatos
• secaplatos
• tiro al plato

Related terms

• chato
• plata

Related terms

• plató

Descendants

• > Chavacano: plato (inherited)
• → Tagalog: plato
• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: plöto
• → Waray-Waray: plat

Further reading

• “plato”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
• “plato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish plato. Doublet of plata and tsata. See also tsatu.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈplato/ [ˈplaː.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: pla‧to

Noun

plato (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜎᜆᜓ)

1. a plate; dish

   Synonyms: pinggan, palaton

2. a plateful

   Synonyms: pinggan, palaton

3. a pan of balance

   Synonyms: platilyo, hungot, pingganan

4. (printing) platen

   Synonyms: platina, rodilyo

Derived terms

• tagahugas ng plato

Related terms

• keso de-plato
• platito

Further reading

• “plato”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• “plato”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2026.

Anagrams

• palot, lapot, talop, patol

Turkish

Etymology

From French plateau.

Noun

plato

1. plateau

   Synonym: yayla