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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

plaquette

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.19 in modern English

Syllables
pla-que-tte
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small metal tablet decorated in bas-relief, usually with a design including figures.

noun

The smallest closed loop, enclosing the region between four lattice sites, in lattice gauge theory.

Etymology

Borrowed from French plaquette (“small plaque”), allegedly coined in the 1860s.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

plaquettes (plural)

Questions

What does plaquette mean?
A small metal tablet decorated in bas-relief, usually with a design including figures.
Where does plaquette come from?
It is traced to French.

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