plat
French, noun/pla/
plat is spelled P-L-A-T (4 letters) and appears 33 times per million words in written French, the 2,473rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Plat is a French masculine noun meaning “a flat area of ground; a flat thing; a flat dish or receptacle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pièce de vaisselle, à fond plat destinée à contenir les mets qu’on sert sur la table”.
What does plat mean in English?
adjective
- 1
flat
noun
- 1
masculinea flat area of ground; a flat thing; a flat dish or receptacle
- 2
masculinedish or course (e.g. served in a restaurant)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Sans relief. 2. Égal, sans à-coups. 3. Sans intérêt, quelconque. 4. Se dit d'un angle dont la mesure vaut exactement π (pi) radians (180 degrés).
noun: 1. Pièce de vaisselle, à fond plat destinée à contenir les mets qu’on sert sur la table. 2. Ce qui y est contenu, mets. 3. Activité ou bien. 4. Zone de voie horizontale.
noun: 1. Étendue d'eau basse boueuse.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of plat
- plate feminine
- plats masculine plural
- plates feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce plat?
- /pla/
- \pla\
- [pla]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to plat
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is plat in French?
plat appears 33 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).