Kilo Lingo

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feminine

/a.sjɛt/

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Translation

plate

Word origin

From Old French assiete ('seating, position, manner of placing'), a deverbal of asseoir ('to seat'), from Vulgar Latin assedere, from ad and sedere ('to sit'). The plate sense comes from the way places were set at table.

Origin
Vulgar Latin
Root
assedere
English cognates
sedentary, session

Grammar

Genderfeminine
Pluralassiettes

Examples

.

Put your plate on the table.

.

My plate is still full.

.

He finished his plate in five minutes.

Sors belles .

Get the nice plates out for tonight.

, - .

This plate is dirty, take another one.

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This word is part of lesson 50.