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platter

name · noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A tray for serving foods.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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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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Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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7

noun

Meaning 7

One who plats/plaits or braids.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: plaiter, braider

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: phonograph record, phonograph recording, record, disk, disc

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sound recording, audio recording, audio

Narrower terms: LP, L-P, seventy-eight, 78

9

noun

Meaning 9

a large shallow dish used for serving food

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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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
  • German: Festplatte — hard disc component
  • German: Festplattenscheibe — hard disc component
  • German: Datenscheibe — hard disc component
  • German: Magnetplatte — hard disc component
  • Polish: talerz — hard disc component