Kilo Lingo

plate

/pleɪt/

Line drawing of plate
Coloured illustration of plate
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Translation

A flat, round dish that you put food on to eat.

Word origin

From Old French plate, meaning a flat thin piece, from Latin plattus, flat.

Origin
Old French
Root
plate

Grammar

Gender
Pluralplates

Examples

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"Plate" is one flat dish for food.

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"Plates" is the plural, meaning more than one plate.

everything .

Here "plate" holds the food he eats.

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This word is part of lesson 12.