pelat

pelat

1. definite nominative/accusative plural of pelë

From pelar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pəˈlat]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [peˈlat]
• Rhymes: -at

pelat (feminine pelada, masculine plural pelats, feminine plural pelades)

1. bare, barren

   Synonym: escarit

2. penniless, indigent

   Synonym: indigent

pelat (feminine pelada, masculine plural pelats, feminine plural pelades)

1. past participle of pelar

From Dutch plaat, from Middle Dutch plate, from Old French plate, from Medieval Latin plata, from Vulgar Latin *platta, *plattus.

• IPA^(key): [pəˈlat̪̚]
• Hyphenation: pê‧lat

pelat (plural pelat-pelat)

1. board, sheet, plate
2. record
3. slab
   1. (architecture) a structural element, made of concrete, that is used to create flat horizontal surfaces

      Synonym: papak (Standard Malay)

From Dutch plat (“dialect”), Platduits (“Low German”, literally “flat German”), possibly “not elevated, ordinary, simple” speech, ultimately same as first etymology.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛlat̪̚]
• Hyphenation: pè‧lat

pelat (comparative lebih pelat, superlative paling pelat)

1. having difficulties in pronouncing words correctly

   Synonym: telor

• “pelat” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Dutch plat, Platduits.

• IPA^(key): /pelat/
• Rhymes: -elat, -at

pelat (Jawi spelling ڤلت, plural pelat-pelat)

1. the inability to speak correctly

   Orang Filipina itu tidak berpelat sedikit pun dalam cubaannya untuk bercakap bahasa Melayu.

   That Filipino doesn't have even the slightest of a foreign accent in his attempt to speak Malay.

2. accent

   Synonyms: telor, loghat

   Pelat Inggeris

   English accent

• loghat

• “pelat” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.