name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
plack
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Pronunciation
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/plæk/
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[phl̥æk]
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UK: /plak/
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UK: [phl̥ak]
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rhymes with -æk
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rhymes with -ak
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homophone: plaque
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CMU ARPABET: P L AE1 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A coin used in the Netherlands in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 3
A coin issued by James III of Scotland; also a 15th-16th century Scottish coin worth four Scots pennies.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland, historical
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noun
Meaning 4
Misspelling of plaque.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, misspelling
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History
Etymology
From Middle Dutch placke (“name of a coin”). Cognate with Old High German pleh, bleh (“a thin leaf of metal, plate”). Compare plaque.