pelat

See also: pelât and Pélat

Catalan

Etymology

From pelar.

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. bare, barren
    Synonym: escarit
  2. penniless, indigent
    Synonym: indigent

Participle

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

  1. past participle of pelar

Indonesian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pelat (plural pelat-pelat, first-person possessive pelatku, second-person possessive pelatmu, third-person possessive pelatnya)

  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)
Derived terms
  • berpelat
  • pelat arloji
  • pelat baja
  • pelat getar
  • pelat lantai
  • pelat merah
  • pelat mode
  • pelat nomor
  • pelat sisi geladak
  • pelat tembaga

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

pelat

  1. having difficulties in pronouncing words correctly
    Synonym: telor

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Dutch plat, Platduits.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pelat (plural pelat-pelat, informal 1st possessive pelatku, 2nd possessive pelatmu, 3rd possessive pelatnya)

  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
    Synonym: loghat
    Pelat Inggeris
    English accent

See also

Further reading

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