# plats
## English
### Noun

plats
* plural of plat

### Verb

plats
* third-person singular simple present indicative of plat

### Anagrams

* -plast, slapt, spalt, splat

## Catalan
### Noun

plats
* plural of plat

## Estonian
### Etymology

From German Platz.

### Noun

plats (genitive platsi, partitive platsi)
* square (of a city)

#### Declension
## French
### Adjective

plats
* masculine plural of plat

## Latvian
### Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *platús, from *pl̥th₂us < *pleth₂- (“flat”). In Latvian, former u-stem adjectives were assimilated into other classes; *platus gave rise to both an o-stem and a yo-stem variant which later on became independent words, plats and plašs, with different semantic nuances (compare also dobs and dobjš, or ass and ašs); this separation began in the 18th century but became complete only in the 1870s. Cognates include Lithuanian platùs, Old Prussian plat- (from a placename, Platmedyen, where median = “forest”), Sanskrit पृथु (pṛthu, “broad, wide, great, powerful”), Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “broad, wide, flat, smooth”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [plats]

### Adjective

plats (definite platais, comparative platāks, superlative visplatākais, adverb plati)
* wide, broad (having a relatively large distance from side to side)
    plats dēlis, sols ― wide board, bench
    platas durvis ― wide door
    plata šoseja ― wide road
    plats smaids ― wide smile
    vīrietis ar platiem pleciem ― a man with broad shoulders
    putns ar platu knābi ― a bird with a wide beak
    koki ar platām lapām ― a tree with broad leaves
    vienu metru plats audums ― one-meter wide fabric, cloth
    desmit metru plata upe ― a 10-meter wide river
* wide, broad (going beyond the average width of other similar objects)
    plats krekls ― wide shirt
    blūze ir par platu ― the blouse is too wide
* (phonetics) broad, lax (pronounced with relatively large mouth opening)
    platais patskanis ― broad, lax vowel
    platais e, ē ― broad, lax e, ē (i.e., [æ] instead of [ɛ])
* wide, broad (having large aperture)
    pavērt vārtus platāk ― to open the gate wider
    plati atvērt muti ― to open the door wide
* wide, broad (having large diameter)
    plata caurule ― wide tube
    ieliet dzērienu platā traukā ― to pour the drink into a wide container
    sakārtot ziedus platā vāze ― to put the flowers into a wide vase

#### Usage notes

In general, plats is used to mean “wide, broad” in a more literal sense, while plašs has more metaphorical senses.

#### Synonyms

* plašs

#### Antonyms

* šaurs

#### Derived terms

* platība
* platums

### References

* ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “plats”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca‎ (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

## Old French
### Noun

plats m
* inflection of plat:
** oblique plural
** nominative singular

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Swedish platz, from Old Norse plaz.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

plats c
* place; any geographical position a little larger than just a point, such as a village, city or just a "nowhere"
* a seat; such as in a bus or in a theater
    Ursäkta, är den här platsen upptagen?Excuse me, but is this seat occupied?
* (uncountable) room; space
    Hur mycket plats behövs på hårddisken?How much space is needed on the hard drive?
    För att lägga ett stort pussel behövs mycket platsTo lay a large jigsaw puzzle, you need a lot of space
* a position; such as allowing you to play in a (competing) sports team, or take a university course
    Den kurs jag helst ville gå hade bara tio platserThe course I'd preferred only allowed ten students
* a position in a ranking
    Han ligger på sjundeplatsHe's in seventh place

#### Usage notes

Equivalently, (sense 5) may be put as "Han ligger på sjunde plats."

#### Derived terms

* få plats
* på plats
* sittplats
* ståplats
* ta en plats
* sätta någon på plats

#### Related terms

* platsa

### References

* plats in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* plats in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
* plats in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* plats in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

### Anagrams

* plast, spalt