# plato
## Afrikaans
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /plaˈtʊə̯/

### Noun

plato (plural plato's)
* plateau

## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish plato.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈplato/ [ˈpl̪a.to]
* Hyphenation: pla‧to

### Noun

pláto (Basahan spelling ᜉ᜔ᜎᜆᜓ)
* plate
    Synonym: pinggan

#### Related terms

* plata
* platito

## Chavacano
### Etymology

Inherited from Spanish plato.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈplato/, [ˈpla.t̪o]
* Hyphenation: pla‧to

### Noun

plato
* plate

## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: [ˈplato]
* Rhymes: -ato
* Hyphenation: pla‧to

### Noun

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

#### Derived terms

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

## Latvian
### Adjective

plato
* inflection of plats:
** definite vocative/accusative/instrumental masculine/feminine singular
** definite genitive masculine/feminine plural

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /plǎtoː/
* Hyphenation: pla‧to

#### Noun

plàtō m (Cyrillic spelling пла̀то̄)
* plateau

##### Declension
#### Further reading

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

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

plato (Cyrillic spelling плато)
* 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: /ˈplato/ [ˈpla.t̪o]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -ato
* Syllabification: pla‧to

### Noun

plato m (plural platos)
* plate, dish (crockery)
* dish (of food)
* course (of a meal)
* plate (of a gear)
* (cycling) chainring
* (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

### References

* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “plato”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

### 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, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish plato.

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

plato (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜎᜆᜓ)
* a plate; dish
** a plateful
    Synonyms: pinggan, palaton
* a pan of balance
    Synonyms: platilyo, hungot, pingganan
* (printing) platen
    Synonyms: platina, rodilyo

#### Derived terms

* tagahugas ng plato

#### Related terms

* keso de-plato
* platito

### Further reading

* “plato”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* “plato”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2025

### Anagrams

* palot, lapot, talop, patol

## Turkish
### Etymology

From French plateau.

### Noun

plato
* plateau
    Synonym: yayla