flatten

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• /ˈflæ.tən/
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• [ˈflæ.tn̩]
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• [flæ.ʔn̩]
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• CMU ARPABET: F L AE1 T AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *flataz Old Norse flatrbor. Middle English flat English flat English -en English flatten From flat + -en.

106 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: سَطَّح (saṭṭaḥ) — to make something flat
• Arabic: بطط (baṭaṭ) — to make something flat
• Arabic: سطح (saṭṭaḥ) — to make something flat
• Bulgarian: изравнявам (izravnjavam) — to make something flat
• Bulgarian: изглаждам (izglaždam) — to make something flat
• Catalan: planejar — to make something flat
• Catalan: aplanar — to make something flat
• Chinese Mandarin: 壓平 /压平 (yāpíng) — to make something flat
• Chinese Mandarin: 壓扁 /压扁 (yābiǎn) — to make something flat
• Chinese Mandarin: 夷平 (yípíng) — to make something flat
• Czech: zploštit — to make something flat
• Czech: zplacatit — to make something flat
• Czech: splácnout — to make something flat
• Danish: jævne — to make something flat
• Dutch: pletten — to make something flat
• Finnish: litistää — to make something flat
• Finnish: tasoittaa — to make something flat
• French: aplatir — to make something flat
• Galician: achandar — to make something flat
• Galician: achanzar — to make something flat
• Galician: achairar — to make something flat
• Georgian: აბრტყელებს (abrṭq̇elebs) — to make something flat
• Georgian: გააბრტყელებს (gaabrṭq̇elebs) — to make something flat
• German: plätten — to make something flat
• German: flachmachen — to make something flat
• German: planieren — to make something flat
• Hungarian: lapít — to make something flat
• Hungarian: kilapít — to make something flat
• Hungarian: lelapít — to make something flat
• Hungarian: nyújt — to make something flat
• Hungarian: kinyújt — to make something flat
• Hungarian: szétnyújt — to make something flat
• Ido: presegar — to make something flat
• Ingrian: lutistaa — to make something flat
• Italian: appiattire — to make something flat
• Lithuanian: išlyginti — to make something flat
• Māori: takapapa — to make something flat
• Māori: whakatūpā — to make something flat
• Māori: tāmoe — to make something flat
• Māori: papatau — to make something flat
• Māori: tāpapa — to make something flat
• Norwegian Nynorsk: flata ut — to make something flat
• Polish: spłaszczyć — to make something flat
• Polish: wyrównać — to make something flat
• Polish: równać — to make something flat
• Portuguese: achatar — to make something flat
• Portuguese: espalmar — to make something flat
• Romanian: nivela — to make something flat
• Romanian: netezi — to make something flat
• Romanian: aplatiza — to make something flat
• Romanian: turti — to make something flat
• Russian: раска́тывать (raskátyvatʹ) — to make something flat
• Russian: раската́ть (raskatátʹ) — to make something flat
• Russian: разгла́живать (razgláživatʹ) — to make something flat
• Russian: разгла́дить (razgláditʹ) — to make something flat
• Russian: плю́щить (pljúščitʹ) — to make something flat
• Russian: расплю́щивать (raspljúščivatʹ) — to make something flat
• Russian: расплю́щить (raspljúščitʹ) — to make something flat
• Lower Sorbian: planěrowaś — to make something flat
• Spanish: aplanar — to make something flat
• Spanish: achatar — to make something flat
• Spanish: explanar — to make something flat
• Spanish: enrasar — to make something flat
• Spanish: allanar — to make something flat
• Swedish: platta till — to make something flat
• Turkish: yasmak — to make something flat
• Ottoman Turkish: یاصمق (yasmak) — to make something flat
• Ottoman Turkish: دوزلهمك (düzlemek) — to make something flat
• Finnish: mennä matalaksi — to press one's body tightly against a surface
• Finnish: mennä litteäksi — to press one's body tightly against a surface
• Bulgarian: просвам (prosvam) — to knock down or lay low
• Czech: uzemnit — to knock down or lay low
• Czech: srazit k zemi — to knock down or lay low
• Czech: rozdrtit — to knock down or lay low
• Dutch: aandrukken — to knock down or lay low
• Finnish: lyödä — to knock down or lay low
• Finnish: lyödä maahan — to knock down or lay low
• Finnish: tyrmätä — to knock down or lay low
• German: plattmachen — to knock down or lay low
• Italian: atterrare — to knock down or lay low
• Polish: położyć — to knock down or lay low
• Polish: kłaść — to knock down or lay low
• Polish: zwalić — to knock down or lay low
• Polish: zwalać — to knock down or lay low
• Portuguese: derrubar — to knock down or lay low
• Russian: разма́зать (razmázatʹ) — to knock down or lay low
• Catalan: aplanar-se — to become flat
• Czech: zploštit se — to become flat
• Czech: zplacatit se — to become flat
• Czech: splácnout se — to become flat
• Finnish: tasoittua — to become flat
• Finnish: tasaantua — to become flat
• Hungarian: lapul — to become flat
• Hungarian: odalapul — to become flat
• Hungarian: lelapul — to become flat
• Hungarian: kilapul — to become flat
• Hungarian: kinyúlik — to become flat
• Hungarian: szétnyúlik — to become flat
• Hungarian: leereszt — to become flat
• Italian: appiattirsi — to become flat
• Polish: spłaszczyć się — to become flat
• Polish: wyrównać się — to become flat
• Spanish: aplanarse — to become flat
• Spanish: achatarse — to become flat
• Finnish: väljähdyttää — to make vapid or insipid; to render stale
• Japanese: 統合する (tōgō suru) — computer graphics: to combine into a single image