plaqueta

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French plaquette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pləˈkɛ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pləˈkə.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [plaˈke.ta]

Noun

plaqueta f (plural plaquetes)

1. (hematology) platelet (particle found in the blood of mammals which helps with clotting)

   Synonym: trombòcit

Further reading

• “plaqueta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “plaqueta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “plaqueta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “plaqueta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French plaquette. By surface analysis, placa +‎ -eta.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /plaˈke.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /plaˈke.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /plaˈke.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /plɐˈke.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -etɐ
• Hyphenation: pla‧que‧ta

Noun

plaqueta f (plural plaquetas)

1. (hematology) platelet (particle found in the blood of mammals which helps with clotting)

   Synonyms: hematoblasto, trombócito

2. diminutive of placa

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French plaquette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plaˈketa/ [plaˈke.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: pla‧que‧ta

Noun

plaqueta f (plural plaquetas)

1. (hematology) platelet (particle found in the blood of mammals which helps with clotting)

   Synonym: trombocito

Derived terms

• plaqueta blanca
• plaqueta roja

 

Further reading

• “plaqueta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10