platan

See also: plàtan and platån

English

Alternative forms

• platane [16th–19th c.]

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin platanus; later reborrowed from Middle French platane.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈplat(ə)n/

Noun

platan (plural platans)

1. (now rare, literary) A planetree.
   • 1633, John Donne, The Autumnall:

     Xerxes strange Lydian love, the Platane tree, / Was lov'd for age, none being so large as shee [...].

   • 1847, Alfred Tennyson, “(please specify the page number, or |part=Prologue, I to VII, or conclusion)”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:

     A double hill ran up his furrowy forks / Beyond the thick-leaved platans of the vale.

Anagrams

• Patlan, planta

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• platanu

Etymology

From Greek πλάτανος (plátanos). Compare the doublet paltin. Cf. also Romanian platan.

Noun

platan m (plural platanj)

1. plane tree

Synonyms

• paltin

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Platane from Latin platanus from Ancient Greek πλάτανος (plátanos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈplatan]

Noun

platan m inan

1. plane tree, any tree of genus Platanus

Declension

Declension of platan (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	platan	platany
genitive	platanu	platanů
dative	platanu	platanům
accusative	platan	platany
vocative	platane	platany
locative	plataně, platanu	platanech
instrumental	platanem	platany

Esperanto

Pronunciation

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Adjective

platan

1. accusative singular of plata

Icelandic

Noun

platan

1. definite nominative singular of plata

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek πλάτανος (plátanos).

Noun

platan m (definite singular platanen, indefinite plural plataner, definite plural platanene)

1. a plane (tree), plane tree (genus Platanus)

Derived terms

• platanlønn

References

• “platan” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek πλάτανος (plátanos).

Noun

platan m (definite singular platanen, indefinite plural platanar, definite plural platanane)

1. a plane (tree), plane tree (genus Platanus)

Derived terms

• platanløn, platanlønn

References

• “platan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpla.tan/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -atan
• Syllabification: pla‧tan

Etymology 1

Internationalism; compare English plane tree, French platane, German Platane, ultimately from Latin platanus, from Ancient Greek πλάτανος (plátanos).

Noun

platan m inan

1. plane tree (any tree of genus Platanus)

Declension

Declension of platan

	singular	plural
nominative	platan	platany
genitive	platana	platanów
dative	platanowi	platanom
accusative	platan	platany
instrumental	platanem	platanami
locative	platanie	platanach
vocative	platanie	platany

Derived terms

adjective

• platanowy

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

platan f

1. genitive plural of platana

Further reading

• platan in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• platan in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πλάτανος (plátanos), Latin platanus, partially through the French intermediate platane. See also paltin, inherited through a Vulgar Latin intermediate.

Noun

platan m (plural platani)

1. plane tree

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	platan	platanul		platani	platanii
genitive-dative	platan	platanului		platani	platanilor
vocative	platanule			platanilor

Related terms

• paltin