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The French word for plate is
assiette





plate

Gender

The gender of assiette is feminine. E.g. une assiette.

Plural

The plural of assiette is assiettes.

French Definition


plate
     1. n. Plaque.
     2. n. (Cuisine) Assiette.
     3. n. (Héraldique) Besant (d'argent).
     4. v. Plaquer (couvrir en matériau d'une fine couche d'un autre matériau).



Translations for plate and their definitions

plaque
     1. n-f. sheet, plate (of metal)
     2. n-f. slab (of marble)
     3. n-f. (medicine) plaque (bacteria on teeth)
           plaque muqueuse, dentaire
     4. n-f. plaque, slab (ornamental)
     5. n-f. (casino) chip
     6. n-f. (electrics, photography) plate
     7. n-f. (geology) plate (especially a tectonic plate)
     8. n-f. slab, bar (of e.g. chocolate)
     9. n-f. (slang) 10,000 francs
     10. n-f. burner; ring (element on a kitchen stove that generates localized heat for cooking)
     11. v. first-person singular present of plaquer
     12. v. third-person singular present of plaquer
     13. v. second-person singular imperative of plaquer


assiette
           ne pas être dans son assiette - to feel under the weather
     1. n-f. (horse racing) seat
     2. n-f. (nautical) trim, attitude, pitch attitude
     3. n-f. (accounting) basis
     4. n-f. dish (the food)
           C'est une bonne assiette. - It's a good dish.
     5. n-f. plate, dish (the crockery)
           On a besoin d'assiettes. - We need plates.
     6. n-f. plateful


plat
     1. adj. flat
     2. n-m. a flat area of ground; a flat thing; a flat dish or receptacle
     3. n-m. dish or course (e.g. served in a restaurant)


planche
     1. n-f. board
     2. n-f. spread (picture covering a whole page)
     3. n-f. plank
     4. n-f. woodcut
     5. n-f. board (used for sport, e.g. skateboard or surfboard)
     6. n-f. (figuratively) plank, beanpole (very thin person)
     7. v. first-person singular present of plancher
     8. v. third-person singular present of plancher
     9. v. second-person singular imperative of plancher


dentier
     1. n-m. denture



plaque d'immatriculation
     1. n-f. license plate, number plate (identifying tag, usually of metal, bearing a unique sequence of letters, numbers, or both, and placed at the back and, sometimes, also at the front of a motor vehicle)


plaquer
     1. v. to plate (to cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material)
     2. v. (rugby) to tackle
     3. v. (martial arts) to grapple
     4. v. (colloquial) to leave someone, to break up with someone; to ditch, to dump, to jilt someone
           Elle a plaqué son copain.
           She left her boyfriend.


plaque minéralogique
     1. n-f. license plate, number plate (identifying tag, usually of metal, bearing a unique sequence of letters, numbers, or both, and placed at the back and, sometimes, also at the front of a motor vehicle)


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