plac

See also: Appendix:Variations of "plac"

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin placeō. Compare Romanian plăcea, plac.

Verb

plac first-singular present indicative (third-person singular present indicative platsi or platse, past participle plãcutã)

  1. to please
  2. (used with the dative) to like

Synonyms

See also

  • plãcãrescu

Catalan

Verb

plac

  1. first-person singular present indicative of plaure

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Platz (“town square, place”), from Latin platea (“plaza, wide street”), from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa), shortening of πλατεῖα ὁδός (plateîa hodós, “broad way”), from Proto-Indo-European *plat- (“to spread”), extended form of *pelh₂- (“flat”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈplat͡s]
  • Rhymes: -ats

Noun

plac m inan (diminutive plácek)

  1. (informal) place [from 15th c.]
  2. (obsolete) square, town square

Declension

Declension of plac (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative plac placy
genitive placu placů
dative placu placům
accusative plac placy
vocative place placy
locative place, placu placech
instrumental placem placy

Derived terms

  • placní
  • plácek

Further reading

Irish

Alternative forms

Verb

plac (present analytic placann, future analytic placfaidh, verbal noun placadh, past participle plactha)

  1. to gobble (up), devour, demolish, guzzle

Conjugation

conjugation of plac (first conjugation – A)
verbal noun placadh
past participle plactha
tense singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative
present placaim placann tú;
placair† 		placann sé, sí placaimid placann sibh placann siad;
placaid† 		a phlacann; a phlacas /
a bplacann* 		plactar
past phlac mé; phlacas phlac tú; phlacais phlac sé, sí phlacamar; phlac muid phlac sibh; phlacabhair phlac siad; phlacadar a phlac /
ar phlac* 		placadh
past habitual phlacainn / bplacainn‡‡ phlactá / bplactᇇ phlacadh sé, sí / bplacadh sé, s퇇 phlacaimis; phlacadh muid / bplacaimis‡‡; bplacadh muid‡‡ phlacadh sibh / bplacadh sibh‡‡ phlacaidís; phlacadh siad / bplacaidís‡‡; bplacadh siad‡‡ a phlacadh /
a bplacadh* 		phlactaí / bplacta퇇
future placfaidh mé;
placfad 		placfaidh tú;
placfair† 		placfaidh sé, sí placfaimid;
placfaidh muid 		placfaidh sibh placfaidh siad;
placfaid† 		a phlacfaidh; a phlacfas /
a bplacfaidh* 		placfar
conditional phlacfainn / bplacfainn‡‡ phlacfá / bplacfᇇ phlacfadh sé, sí / bplacfadh sé, s퇇 phlacfaimis; phlacfadh muid / bplacfaimis‡‡; bplacfadh muid‡‡ phlacfadh sibh / bplacfadh sibh‡‡ phlacfaidís; phlacfadh siad / bplacfaidís‡‡; bplacfadh siad‡‡ a phlacfadh /
a bplacfadh* 		phlacfaí / bplacfa퇇
subjunctive
present go bplaca mé;
go bplacad† 		go bplaca tú;
go bplacair† 		go bplaca sé, sí go bplacaimid;
go bplaca muid 		go bplaca sibh go bplaca siad;
go bplacaid† 		— go bplactar
past dá bplacainn dá bplactá dá bplacadh sé, sí dá bplacaimis;
dá bplacadh muid 		dá bplacadh sibh dá bplacaidís;
dá bplacadh siad 		— dá bplactaí
imperative
– placaim plac placadh sé, sí placaimis placaigí;
placaidh† 		placaidís — plactar

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of plac
radical lenition eclipsis
plac phlac bplac

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Platz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈplat͡s/
  • Rhymes: -at͡s
  • Syllabification: plac

Noun

plac m inan

  1. place (location or position in space)
    Synonyms: môl, miesce

Further reading

  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “miejsce”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎[1]
  • Jan Trepczyk (1994) “miejsce”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
  • “plac”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Platz, from Middle High German plaz, from Old French place, from Latin platēa, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa), shortening of πλατεῖα ὁδός (plateîa hodós, “broad way”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈplat͡s/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -at͡s
  • Syllabification: plac

Noun

plac m inan (diminutive placyk, related adjective placowy)

  1. (countable) square (open space in a town)
  2. (countable) yard (enclosed area for a specific purpose)
  3. (uncountable, regional) outside

Declension

Declension of plac
singular plural
nominative plac place
genitive placu placów
dative placowi placom
accusative plac place
instrumental placem placami
locative placu placach
vocative placu place

Descendants

  • → Russian: плац (plac)
  • → Ukrainian: плац (plac), пляц (pljac)

Further reading

  • plac in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • plac in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology 1

Back-formation from plăcea

Noun

plac n (uncountable)

  1. liking
Declension
Declension of plac
singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative plac placul
genitive-dative plac placului
vocative placule

Etymology 2

Verb

plac

  1. inflection of plăcea:
    1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. third-person plural present indicative

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Platz.

Noun

plȁc m inan (Cyrillic spelling пла̏ц)

  1. square (area)
  2. market
  3. plot, piece (of land)
  4. space, area

Declension

Declension of plac
singular plural
nominative plac placevi / plačevi
genitive placa placeva / plačeva
dative placu placevima / plačevima
accusative plac placeve / plačeve
vocative placu placevi / plačevi
locative placu placevima / plačevima
instrumental placem placevima / plačevima

Synonyms

References

  • “plac”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
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