Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

platte

/plˈæt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.84 in modern English

Syllables: plat-te
IPA: /plˈæt/

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from German.

noun

Obsolete form of plate.

Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[…] a cotte of platte, a sallet, a halbert, a byll, sworde, and dager, 1l. 6s. 8d.; […]"
"Two hundred half Lucoryes, half hundred English hupes, one bruing paune two smale paunes, one brass potte, five chests one trunke fiue brass candlesticks, two coops of platte, two Juells of gould two ringes of gould, two cupperts, tenn poundes worth of triffling in merchant ware, twelve poundes in money, seaven hundred sheepskins, two Spanis tables three quarter hundred Riess three barrells of beare malt twelve peeter dishes, two pattingers, two smale savcers with other smale trifflings."
"It[em] to severall platte cups and spoones / It[em] to severall pewter dishes"

Etymology

Borrowed from German Platte.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Plattes (plural)

Derived Forms

Platteville Plattsmouth

Phrases

North Platte South Platte

Homonyms

platt

Rhymes With

that at fat cat flat sat chat matt hat bat at-bat pat

Questions

How do you pronounce platte?: The recorded pronunciation is /plˈæt/.
What does platte mean?: A surname from German.
Where does platte come from?: Borrowed from German Platte.

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