plateau
French, noun/pla.to/
plateau is spelled P-L-A-T-E-A-U (7 letters) and appears 35 times per million words in written French, the 2,320th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Plateau is a French masculine noun meaning “flat area” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Étendue régulièrement plate ou quasi plate”.
What does plateau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineflat area
- 2
masculinetray
- 3
masculineplateau
- 4
masculinestage (in theatre); set (of television broadcast)
- 5
masculinechainring
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Étendue régulièrement plate ou quasi plate. 2. Partie plane d'une table 3. Pièces de bois issues du débit d’un tronc d’arbre par sciages parallèles. 4. Scène.
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 plateau
- plateaux plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce plateau?
- /pla.to/
- \pla.to\
- [pla.to]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to plateau
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is plateau in French?
plateau appears 35 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).