Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

platine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pla-tine
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to the River Plate (Río de la Plata) or its basin.

Example Sentences

"The Platine War was fought between August of 1851 and February of 1852."
"Paranhos, father of the Barão do Rio Branco, was a foremost statesman of the monarchy and celebrated for his Platine diplomacy."

Etymology

Etymology tree English Plate Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English Platine From Plate (“the River Plate”) + -ine.

Questions

What does platine mean?: Of or pertaining to the River Plate (Río de la Plata) or its basin.
Where does platine come from?: Etymology tree English Plate Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English Platine From Plate (“the River Plate”) + -ine.

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