tectonic plate

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38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: صَفِيحَةٌ تِكْتُونِيَّة (ṣafīḥatun tiktūniyya) — large piece of Earth's lithosphere
• Bulgarian: тектонична плоча (tektonična ploča) — large piece of Earth's lithosphere
• Catalan: placa tectònica — large piece of Earth's lithosphere
• Chinese Mandarin: 板塊 /板块 (bǎnkuài) — large piece of Earth's lithosphere
• Czech: litosférická deska — large piece of Earth's lithosphere
• Czech: tektonická deska — large piece of Earth's lithosphere
• Dutch: tektonische plaat — large piece of Earth's lithosphere
• Finnish: mannerlaatta — large piece of Earth's lithosphere
• Finnish: tektoninen laatta — large piece of Earth's lithosphere
• French: plaque tectonique — large piece of Earth's lithosphere
• Galician: placa tectónica — large piece of Earth's lithosphere
• Georgian: ტექტონიკური ფილა (ṭekṭoniḳuri pila) — large piece of Earth's lithosphere
• German: Platte — large piece of Earth's lithosphere
• German: tektonische Platte — large piece of Earth's lithosphere
• Greek: τεκτονική πλάκα (tektonikí pláka) — large piece of Earth's lithosphere
• Hungarian: kőzetlemez — large piece of Earth's lithosphere
• Icelandic: landfleki — large piece of Earth's lithosphere
• Indonesian: lempeng tektonik — large piece of Earth's lithosphere
• Japanese: 地殻プレート (chikaku-purēto) — large piece of Earth's lithosphere
• Malay: pelet — large piece of Earth's lithosphere
• Māori: papaneke — large piece of Earth's lithosphere
• Māori: papanuku — large piece of Earth's lithosphere
• Norwegian: plate — large piece of Earth's lithosphere
• Polish: płyta tektoniczna — large piece of Earth's lithosphere
• Polish: płyta litosfery — large piece of Earth's lithosphere
• Portuguese: placa tectónica — large piece of Earth's lithosphere
• Portuguese: placa tectônica — large piece of Earth's lithosphere
• Portuguese: placa — large piece of Earth's lithosphere
• Russian: тектони́ческая плита́ (tektoníčeskaja plitá) — large piece of Earth's lithosphere
• Russian: литосфе́рная плита́ (litosférnaja plitá) — large piece of Earth's lithosphere
• Russian: плита́ (plitá) — large piece of Earth's lithosphere
• Slovak: kryha — large piece of Earth's lithosphere
• Spanish: placa tectónica — large piece of Earth's lithosphere
• Swedish: kontinentalplatta — large piece of Earth's lithosphere
• Ukrainian: тектоні́чна плита́ (tektoníčna plytá) — large piece of Earth's lithosphere
• Ukrainian: літосфе́рна плита́ (litosférna plytá) — large piece of Earth's lithosphere
• Ukrainian: плита́ (plytá) — large piece of Earth's lithosphere
• Welsh: plat tectonig — large piece of Earth's lithosphere