plac

• placu

From Latin placeō. Compare Romanian plăcea, plac.

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

• arisescu / arãsescu

• plãtseari / plãtseare
• plãcut

• plãcãrescu

plac

1. first-person singular present indicative of plaure

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”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈplat͡s]
• Rhymes: -ats

plac m inan

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

• plac in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• plac in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Borrowed from German Platz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈplat͡s/
• Syllabification: plac

plac m inan

1. place (location or position in space)

   Synonyms: môl, miesce

• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “miejsce”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎
• 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

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”).

• IPA^(key): /plat͡s/

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• Rhymes: -at͡s
• Syllabification: plac

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

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

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

Back-formation from plăcea

plac n (uncountable)

1. liking

plac

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

From German Platz, from Latin platēa.

plȁc m (Cyrillic spelling пла̏ц)

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

• (regional) grunt

• “plac” in Hrvatski jezični portal