# plaquette

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A small metal tablet decorated in bas-relief, usually with a design including figures.
2. The smallest closed loop, enclosing the region between four lattice sites, in lattice gauge theory.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French plaquette (“small plaque”), allegedly coined in the 1860s.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/plaquette