platan

Alternative forms

• platane [16th-19th c.]

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin platanus; later reborrowed from Middle French platane.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈplat(ə)n/

Noun

platan (plural platans)

1. (now rare, literary) A planetree.
   • 1633, John Donne, "The Autumnall":

     Xerxes strange Lydian love, the Platane tree, / Was lov'd for age, none being so large as shee [...].

   • Alfred, Lord Tennyson

     A double hill ran up his furrowy forks / Beyond the thick-leaved platans of the vale.

Anagrams

• Patlan, planta

Alternative forms

• platanu

Etymology

From Greek πλάτανος (plátanos). Compare the doublet paltin. Cf. also Romanian platan.

Noun

platan m (plural platanj)

1. plane tree

Etymology

Borrowed from German Platane from Latin platanus from Ancient Greek πλάτανος (plátanos).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /platan/

Noun

platan m

1. plane tree, any tree of genus Platanus

References

Adjective

platan

1. accusative singular of plata

Noun

platan

1. definite nominative singular of plata

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek πλάτανος (plátanos).

Noun

platan m (definite singular platanen, indefinite plural plataner, definite plural platanene)

1. a plane (tree), plane tree (genus Platanus)

References

• “platan” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek πλάτανος (plátanos).

Noun

platan m (definite singular platanen, indefinite plural platanar, definite plural platanane)

1. a plane (tree), plane tree (genus Platanus)

References

• “platan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek πλάτανος (plátanos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpla.tan/

Noun

platan m inan

1. plane tree, any tree of genus Platanus

Etymology

From Greek πλάτανος (plátanos), partially through the French intermediate platane. See also paltin, inherited through a Vulgar Latin intermediate.

Noun

platan m (plural platani)

1. plane tree