plaque

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• Received-Pronunciation: /plæk/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /plɑːk/
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• Northern-England, Scotland: /plak/
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• General-American: /plæk/
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• General-American: [phl̥æk]
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• Australian: /plaːk/
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• rhymes with -æk
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• CMU ARPABET: P L AE1 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Unadapted borrowing from French plaque (“plate, sheet (of metal); slab (of marble); bacteria on teeth”), from French plaquer, Middle French plaquer (“to plate”), from Middle Dutch placken (“to patch, beat metal into a thin plate”), from placke (“disk, patch, stain”), from Old Dutch *plagga (“patch”), from Proto-Germanic *plaggą (“patch”). The word is cognate with Middle Low German placke, plagge (“small stain, scraps, rags, thin grass”), German Placken (“spot, patch”), Saterland Frisian plak, plakke (“a blow, slap”), Swedish plagg (“clothing, garment”). Compare plack.

77 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 匾額 /匾额 (biǎn'é) — flat, thin piece of clay, ivory, metal, etc., used for ornament
• Finnish: plaketti — flat, thin piece of clay, ivory, metal, etc., used for ornament
• Finnish: levy — flat, thin piece of clay, ivory, metal, etc., used for ornament
• German: Plakette — flat, thin piece of clay, ivory, metal, etc., used for ornament
• Greek: πλάκα (pláka) — flat, thin piece of clay, ivory, metal, etc., used for ornament
• Italian: placca — flat, thin piece of clay, ivory, metal, etc., used for ornament
• Italian: piastrina — flat, thin piece of clay, ivory, metal, etc., used for ornament
• Persian: پلاک — flat, thin piece of clay, ivory, metal, etc., used for ornament
• Polish: płyta — flat, thin piece of clay, ivory, metal, etc., used for ornament
• Polish: tablica — flat, thin piece of clay, ivory, metal, etc., used for ornament
• Russian: бля́шка (bljáška) — flat, thin piece of clay, ivory, metal, etc., used for ornament
• Russian: бля́ха (bljáxa) — flat, thin piece of clay, ivory, metal, etc., used for ornament
• Spanish: placa — flat, thin piece of clay, ivory, metal, etc., used for ornament
• Bashkir: таҡтаташ (taqtataş) — piece of flat metal with writing on it to remind people of a person or event
• Bulgarian: табèлка (tabèlka) — piece of flat metal with writing on it to remind people of a person or event
• Bulgarian: пло́ча (plóča) — piece of flat metal with writing on it to remind people of a person or event
• Bulgarian: па́метна пло́ча (pámetna plóča) — piece of flat metal with writing on it to remind people of a person or event
• Bulgarian: възпомена́телна пло́ча (vǎzpomenátelna plóča) — piece of flat metal with writing on it to remind people of a person or event
• Chinese Mandarin: 紀念碑 /纪念碑 (jìniànbēi) — piece of flat metal with writing on it to remind people of a person or event
• Danish: mindetavle — piece of flat metal with writing on it to remind people of a person or event
• Finnish: laatta — piece of flat metal with writing on it to remind people of a person or event
• Finnish: muistolaatta — piece of flat metal with writing on it to remind people of a person or event
• French: plaque — piece of flat metal with writing on it to remind people of a person or event
• Greek: πλακέτα (plakéta) — piece of flat metal with writing on it to remind people of a person or event
• Hungarian: emléktábla — piece of flat metal with writing on it to remind people of a person or event
• Italian: targa — piece of flat metal with writing on it to remind people of a person or event
• Latin: tabella — piece of flat metal with writing on it to remind people of a person or event
• Macedonian: пло́ча (plóča) — piece of flat metal with writing on it to remind people of a person or event
• Macedonian: спо́мен-пло́ча (spómen-plóča) — piece of flat metal with writing on it to remind people of a person or event
• Norwegian Bokmål: plakett — piece of flat metal with writing on it to remind people of a person or event
• Norwegian Nynorsk: plakett — piece of flat metal with writing on it to remind people of a person or event
• Polish: tablica pamiątkowa — piece of flat metal with writing on it to remind people of a person or event
• Russian: мемориа́льная доска́ (memoriálʹnaja doská) — piece of flat metal with writing on it to remind people of a person or event
• Russian: табли́чка (tablíčka) — piece of flat metal with writing on it to remind people of a person or event
• Slovak: plaketa — piece of flat metal with writing on it to remind people of a person or event
• Spanish: placa conmemorativa — piece of flat metal with writing on it to remind people of a person or event
• Swedish: plakett — piece of flat metal with writing on it to remind people of a person or event
• Swedish: minnestavla — piece of flat metal with writing on it to remind people of a person or event
• Finnish: plakki — clearing in a bacterial lawn caused by a virus
• Polish: płytka — clearing in a bacterial lawn caused by a virus
• Finnish: litteä soitin — flat, thin musical instrument
• Polish: płytka — flat, thin musical instrument
• Finnish: läiskä — broad patch of abnormal tissue distinguishable from surrounding tissue, especially a broad papule on the skin
• Finnish: plakki — broad patch of abnormal tissue distinguishable from surrounding tissue, especially a broad papule on the skin
• Italian: chiazza — broad patch of abnormal tissue distinguishable from surrounding tissue, especially a broad papule on the skin
• Italian: placca — broad patch of abnormal tissue distinguishable from surrounding tissue, especially a broad papule on the skin
• Polish: grudka — broad patch of abnormal tissue distinguishable from surrounding tissue, especially a broad papule on the skin
• Bulgarian: пла́ка (pláka) — abnormal accumulation of material in or on an organ of the body, often associated with disease
• Finnish: plakki — abnormal accumulation of material in or on an organ of the body, often associated with disease
• Italian: placca — abnormal accumulation of material in or on an organ of the body, often associated with disease
• Polish: blaszka — abnormal accumulation of material in or on an organ of the body, often associated with disease
• Bulgarian: пла̀ка (plàka) — accumulation of biofilm, or bacteria, on teeth
• Chinese Mandarin: 斑點 /斑点 (bāndiǎn) — accumulation of biofilm, or bacteria, on teeth
• Chinese Mandarin: 牙斑 (yábān) — accumulation of biofilm, or bacteria, on teeth
• Czech: plak — accumulation of biofilm, or bacteria, on teeth
• Danish: plak — accumulation of biofilm, or bacteria, on teeth
• Finnish: plakki — accumulation of biofilm, or bacteria, on teeth
• French: plaque — accumulation of biofilm, or bacteria, on teeth
• German: Zahnbelag — accumulation of biofilm, or bacteria, on teeth
• German: Plaque — accumulation of biofilm, or bacteria, on teeth
• Greek: πλάκα (pláka) — accumulation of biofilm, or bacteria, on teeth
• Hungarian: lepedék — accumulation of biofilm, or bacteria, on teeth
• Hungarian: foglepedék — accumulation of biofilm, or bacteria, on teeth
• Hungarian: plakk — accumulation of biofilm, or bacteria, on teeth
• Icelandic: tannsýkla — accumulation of biofilm, or bacteria, on teeth
• Italian: placca — accumulation of biofilm, or bacteria, on teeth
• Māori: kitokito — accumulation of biofilm, or bacteria, on teeth
• Norwegian Bokmål: plakk — accumulation of biofilm, or bacteria, on teeth
• Norwegian Nynorsk: plakk — accumulation of biofilm, or bacteria, on teeth
• Polish: płytka nazębna — accumulation of biofilm, or bacteria, on teeth
• Polish: płytka bakteryjna — accumulation of biofilm, or bacteria, on teeth
• Polish: osad nazębny — accumulation of biofilm, or bacteria, on teeth
• Russian: зубно́й ка́мень (zubnój kámenʹ) — accumulation of biofilm, or bacteria, on teeth
• Slovak: povlak — accumulation of biofilm, or bacteria, on teeth
• Spanish: placa — accumulation of biofilm, or bacteria, on teeth
• Swedish: plack — accumulation of biofilm, or bacteria, on teeth
• Ukrainian: зубний ка́мінь (zubnyj káminʹ) — accumulation of biofilm, or bacteria, on teeth