name
Meaning 1
A surname from Old French.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
Platten
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name
Meaning 2
A municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
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verb
Meaning 3
To flatten and make into sheets or plates.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: business, glassmaking, manufacturing
Examples
- to platten cylinder glass
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History
Etymology
Two main origins: * A diminutive of the surname Platt. * From Old French platon (“metal plate”), a metonymic occupational surname for a platemaker.
Borrowed from German Platten.
See plat (“flat”, adjective).