name · noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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rhymes with -ætə(ɹ)
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1
name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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2
noun
Meaning 2
A tray for serving foods.
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3
noun
Meaning 3
A main dish and side dishes served together on one plate.
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4
noun
Meaning 4
The hard surface of a turntable on which a gramophone record rests when being played.
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5
noun
Meaning 5
A vinyl record.
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6
noun
Meaning 6
One of possibly many disks on which data is stored in a mechanical hard drive.
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Broader terms: flatware
History
Etymology
From Middle English plater, from Anglo-Norman plater, dissimilatory variant of platel, from Old French plate (“metal plate”) (see plate). Doublet of plateau.
From plat + -er.
Across languages
Translations
67 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bashkir:
батмус
(batmus)
— tray for serving food
Bulgarian:
поднос
(podnos)
— tray for serving food
Catalan:
plata
— tray for serving food
Catalan:
plàtera
— tray for serving food
Chinese Mandarin:
大盤子 /大盘子
(dàpánzi)
— tray for serving food
Chinese Mandarin:
托盤 /托盘
(tuōpán)
— tray for serving food
Czech:
tác
— tray for serving food
Czech:
podnos
— tray for serving food
Danish:
fad
— tray for serving food
Esperanto:
plado
— tray for serving food
Finnish:
tarjotin
— tray for serving food
French:
plat
— tray for serving food
French:
plateau
— tray for serving food
Galician:
travesa
— tray for serving food
Galician:
bandexa
— tray for serving food
Galician:
barcal
— tray for serving food
German:
Teller
— tray for serving food
German:
Servierplatte
— tray for serving food
German:
Servierteller
— tray for serving food
German:
Tablett
— tray for serving food
Ancient Greek:
πίναξ
(pínax)
— tray for serving food
Hindi:
थाली
(thālī)
— tray for serving food
Hungarian:
tál
— tray for serving food
Italian:
vassoio
— tray for serving food
Japanese:
大皿
(ōzara)
— tray for serving food
Japanese:
盆
(bon)
— tray for serving food
Latin:
scutra
— tray for serving food
Māori:
rīhi
— tray for serving food
Middle English:
dubler
— tray for serving food
Middle English:
plater
— tray for serving food
Occitan:
platèu
— tray for serving food
Occitan:
platèl
— tray for serving food
Dari:
غورِی
(ġōrī)
— tray for serving food
Plautdietsch:
Tala
— tray for serving food
Plautdietsch:
Plot
— tray for serving food
Polish:
półmisek
— tray for serving food
Portuguese:
bandeja
— tray for serving food
Portuguese:
travessa
— tray for serving food
Romanian:
tavă
— tray for serving food
Russian:
блю́до
(bljúdo)
— tray for serving food
Russian:
подно́с
(podnós)
— tray for serving food
Spanish:
fuente
— tray for serving food
Spanish:
platón
— tray for serving food
Swahili:
sinia
— tray for serving food
Tamil:
தட்டு
(taṭṭu)
— tray for serving food
Ugaritic:
𐎕𐎓
(ṣʿ)
— tray for serving food
Urdu:
تشت
(tasht)
— tray for serving food
Urdu:
طشت
(tasht)
— tray for serving food
Urdu:
تھالی
(thālī)
— tray for serving food
Urdu:
خوان
(xān or xvān)
— tray for serving food
Chinese Mandarin:
拼盤 /拼盘
(pīnpán)
— main dish and sides on same plate
Finnish:
annos
— main dish and sides on same plate
Catalan:
plat
— part of a turntable on which a gramophone record rests
Catalan:
platina
— part of a turntable on which a gramophone record rests
Danish:
pladetallerken
— part of a turntable on which a gramophone record rests
Danish:
tallerken
— part of a turntable on which a gramophone record rests
Finnish:
levylautanen
— part of a turntable on which a gramophone record rests
French:
platine
— part of a turntable on which a gramophone record rests
French:
plateau
— part of a turntable on which a gramophone record rests
German:
Plattenteller
— part of a turntable on which a gramophone record rests
Italian:
piatto
— part of a turntable on which a gramophone record rests
Spanish:
plato
— part of a turntable on which a gramophone record rests