# plac
## Aromanian
### Alternative forms

* placu

### Etymology

From Latin placeō. Compare Romanian plăcea, plac.

### Verb

plac first-singular present indicative (third-person singular present indicative platsi or platse, past participle plãcutã)
* to please
* (used with the dative) to like

#### Synonyms

* arisescu / arãsescu

#### Related terms

* plãtseari / plãtseare
* plãcut

#### See also

* plãcãrescu

## Catalan
### Verb

plac
* 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: [ˈplat͡s]
* Rhymes: -ats

### Noun

plac m inan (diminutive plácek)
* (informal) place [from 15th c.]
* (obsolete) square, town square

#### Derived terms

* placní
* plácek

### Further reading

* “plac”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “plac”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “plac”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Irish
### Alternative forms

* plaic

### Verb

plac (present analytic placann, future analytic placfaidh, verbal noun placadh, past participle plactha)
* to gobble (up), devour, demolish, guzzle

#### Conjugation

| verbal noun | placadh | placadh | placadh | placadh | placadh | placadh | placadh | placadh |
| past participle | plactha | plactha | plactha | plactha | plactha | plactha | plactha | plactha |
| tense | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| tense | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative |||||||||
| present | placaim | placann tú; placair$^†$ | placann sé, sí | placaimid | placann sibh | placann siad; placaid$^†$ | a phlacann; a phlacas / a bplacann* | plactar |
| past | phlac mé; phlacas | phlac tú; phlacais | phlac sé, sí | phlacamar; phlac muid | phlac sibh; phlacabhair | phlac siad; phlacadar | a phlac / ar phlac* | placadh |
| past habitual | phlacainn / bplacainn‡‡ | phlactá / bplactá‡‡ | phlacadh sé, sí / bplacadh sé, sí‡‡ | phlacaimis; phlacadh muid / bplacaimis‡‡; bplacadh muid‡‡ | phlacadh sibh / bplacadh sibh‡‡ | phlacaidís; phlacadh siad / bplacaidís‡‡; bplacadh siad‡‡ | a phlacadh / a bplacadh* | phlactaí / bplactaí‡‡ |
| future | placfaidh mé; placfad | placfaidh tú; placfair$^†$ | placfaidh sé, sí | placfaimid; placfaidh muid | placfaidh sibh | placfaidh siad; placfaid$^†$ | a phlacfaidh; a phlacfas / a bplacfaidh* | placfar |
| conditional | phlacfainn / bplacfainn‡‡ | phlacfá / bplacfá‡‡ | phlacfadh sé, sí / bplacfadh sé, sí‡‡ | phlacfaimis; phlacfadh muid / bplacfaimis‡‡; bplacfadh muid‡‡ | phlacfadh sibh / bplacfadh sibh‡‡ | phlacfaidís; phlacfadh siad / bplacfaidís‡‡; bplacfadh siad‡‡ | a phlacfadh / a bplacfadh* | phlacfaí / bplacfaí‡‡ |
| subjunctive |||||||||
| 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 | dá bplacainn | dá bplactá | dá bplacadh sé, sí | dá bplacaimis; dá bplacadh muid | dá bplacadh sibh | dá bplacaidís; dá bplacadh siad | — | dá bplactaí |
| imperative |||||||||
| – | placaim | plac | placadh sé, sí | placaimis | placaigí; placaidh$^†$ | placaidís | — | plactar |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

#### Synonyms

* alp

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “placaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 544
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “plac”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Kashubian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Platz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈplat͡s/
* Rhymes: -at͡s
* Syllabification: plac

### Noun

plac m inan
* place (location or position in space)
    Synonyms: môl, miesce

### Further reading

* Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “miejsce”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎
* 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: /ˈplat͡s/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -at͡s
* Syllabification: plac

### Noun

plac m inan (diminutive placyk, related adjective placowy)
* (countable) square (open space in a town)
* (countable) yard (enclosed area for a specific purpose)
* (uncountable, regional) outside

#### 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

## Romanian
### Etymology 1

Back-formation of plăcea

#### Noun

plac n (uncountable)
* liking

##### Declension
### Etymology 2
#### Verb

plac
* inflection of plăcea:
** first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
** third-person plural present indicative

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From German Platz, from Latin platēa.

### Noun

plȁc m (Cyrillic spelling пла̏ц)
* square (area)
* market
* plot, piece (of land)
* space, area

#### Synonyms

* (regional) grunt

### References

* “plac”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025