plate
/ˈpleɪ̯t/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.55 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "I filled my plate from the bountiful table."
- "A valuable collection of silver plate was donated to the museum."
- "I ate a plate of beans."
- "The meat plate was particularly tasty."
- "With revenues down and transfer payments up, the legislature has a full plate."
- "The most important and most expensive part of any solar cell is a silicon plate."
Etymology
From Middle English plate, from Old French plate, from Medieval Latin plata, from Vulgar Latin *plat(t)us, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “broad, flat, wide”). Compare Spanish plato. (foot): Cockney rhyming slang, from "plates of meat" for "feet".
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpleɪ̯t/
- British English: /ˈpleɪ̯t/