plac

Alternative forms

• placu

Etymology

From Latin placeō. Compare Romanian plăcea, plac.

Noun

plac (third-person singular present platsi/platse, past participle plãcutã)

1. I please.
2. (used with the dative) I like.

Verb

plac

1. first-person singular present indicative form of plaure

Etymology

From German Platz (“town square, place”), from Latin platea (“plaza, wide street”), from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa), shortening of πλατεῖα ὁδός (plateîa hodós, “broad way”), from Proto-Indo-European *plat- (“to spread”), extended form of *pelh₂- (“flat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈplat͡s]
• Rhymes: -ats

Noun

plac m inan

1. (informal) place [from 15th c.]
2. (obsolete) square, town square

Further reading

• plac in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• plac in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Etymology

From German Platz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plat͡s/

• Audio

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Noun

plac m inan

1. square (open space in a town)
2. yard (enclosed area for a specific purpose)

Verb

plac

1. first-person singular present indicative of place.
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of place.
3. third-person plural present indicative of place.

Etymology

From German Platz.

Noun

plȁc m (Cyrillic spelling пла̏ц)

1. square (area)
2. market
3. plot, piece (of land)
4. space, area