platea

Learned borrowing from Latin platēa, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa, “street”). Doublet of piazza.

• IPA^(key): /plaˈtɛ.a/
• Rhymes: -ɛa
• Hyphenation: pla‧tè‧a

platea f (plural platee)

1. stall/orchestra seat (a seat in a theatre/theater close to the stage)
2. (by extension) audience

   Synonym: pubblico

• plateale

• palate, pelata

From Ancient Greek πλᾰτεῖᾰ (plăteîă), shortening of πλατεῖα ὁδός (plateîa hodós, “broad way”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pɫaˈteː.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [plaˈtɛː.a]

platēa f (genitive platēae); first declension

1. broad way, street

   Near-synonyms: angiportus, vīculus (Medieval Latin)

2. (post-classical) open space, area, courtyard

First-declension noun.

platea

1. alternative form of platalea

• “platea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “platea”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "platea", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “platea”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “platea”, in The Perseus Project (1999), Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]
• “platea”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

• IPA^(key): /plaˈtea/ [plaˈt̪e.a]
• Rhymes: -ea
• Syllabification: pla‧te‧a

Learned borrowing from Latin platēa, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa, “street”). Doublet of plaza.

platea f (plural plateas)

1. stalls/orchestra seats (of a theatre)

platea

1. inflection of platear:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “platea”, 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