l'
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
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Put your plate on the table.
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My plate is still full.
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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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