flat
/ˈflæt/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.72 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
adj
Example Sentences
- "The land around here is flat."
- "a flat roof"
- "The surface of the mirror must be completely flat."
- "The carpet isn't properly flat in that corner."
- "She has quite a flat face."
- "The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue. […]."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *flataz Old Norse flatrbor. Middle English flat English flat From Middle English flat, a borrowing from Old Norse flatr (compare Norwegian and Swedish flat, Danish flad), from Proto-Germanic *flataz, from Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (“flat”); akin to Saterland Frisian flot (“smooth”), German Flöz (“a geological layer”), Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús), Latvian plats, Sanskrit प्रथस् (prathas, “extension”). Doublet of plat and pleyt. The noun is from Middle English flat (“level piece of ground, flat edge of a weapon”), from the adjective. The algebraic sense was coined by Serre in a 1956 paper, originally as French plat.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈflæt/
- British English: /ˈflæt/
Usage
- Slang
- Dated
- British usage
- Obsolete
- Australian usage
- Informal
- American usage
- Intransitive verb
Inflected Forms
flatter (comparative)
flattest (superlative)
flatt (alternative, obsolete)
flatte (alternative, obsolete)
more flat (comparative)
most flat (superlative)
flats (plural)
flats (present, singular)
flatting (participle, present)
flatted (participle, past)
flatted (past)
Derived Forms
Phrases
absolutely flat
A-flat
Allans Flat
and that's flat
Apple Tree Flat
Appletree Flat
Barker Creek Flat
B-flat