plato

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

• IPA^(key): /plaˈtʊə̯/

plato (plural plato's)

1. plateau

Borrowed from Spanish plato.

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

pláto (Basahan spelling ᜉ᜔ᜎᜆᜓ)

1. plate

   Synonym: pinggan

Inherited from Spanish plato.

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

plato

1. plate

• IPA^(key): /ˈplato/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: pla‧to

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

1. plate

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

• “plato”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “plato”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

plato

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

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

plàtō m inan (Cyrillic spelling пла̀то̄)

1. plateau

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

plato (Cyrillic spelling плато)

1. vocative singular of plata

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.^[1] See also plata (“silver”). Compare English plate and plateau.

• IPA^(key): /ˈplato/ [ˈpla.t̪o]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: pla‧to

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!

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

• “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

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

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

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

• tagahugas ng plato

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

• palot, lapot, talop, patol

Borrowed from French plateau (“plateau; stage, set”).

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

plato (definite accusative platoyu, plural platolar)

1. (theater) stage, a surface upon which show performances or other events are given

   Synonym: sahne

2. (film) set, an artifically constructed scenery, with its items, used in film and television
3. synonym of yayla (“tableland, plateau”)

• “plato”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “plato”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “plato”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 4, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3872
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “plato”, in Nişanyan Sözlük