plak

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *pelH-ko-s, a formation *pelH- (“gray”) +‎ *-kos. Closely akin to Lithuanian pìlkas (“grey”), which reflects *pl̥H-ko-s.[1][2][3]

• IPA^(key): /ˈplak/
• (Gheg) IPA^(key): [ˈpʎak]
• Rhymes: -ak

plak m (plural pleq)

1. old man, elder

   Coordinate term: plakë f

2. (colloquial) paterfamilias, head of household, father

   Synonym: zot shtëpie

3. (colloquial or historical) village elder or chief, who settled disputes and dealt with the community's affairs

   Synonyms: prijës, udhëheqës

4. (colloquial) scarecrow

   Synonym: dordolec

5. mandrake (Mandragora)

   Synonym: madërgonë

6. (literary) king, chieftain

   Synonyms: mbret, prift

7. (card games) king

   Synonym: mbret

• pjak — dialectal

plak (feminine plakë, plural pleq)

1. old, elderly

   Synonyms: i vjetër, i moshuar, i lashtë

2. (colloquial) aged, old (of plants)

   Synonyms: i moçëm, i vjetër

3. (colloquial) withered, shriveled, gone bad (of vegetables)

   Synonym: i fishkur

   Synonym: i njomë

4. (figurative) wise, sage, experienced

   Synonym: i vjetër

plak (aorist plaka, participle plakur) (transitive)

1. to make old, make age

   Synonyms: vjetroj, mplak

2. (colloquial) to spend, pass (time)

   Synonyms: kaloj, ngrys

3. (colloquial) to be late, make wait

   Synonym: vonoj

4. (mediopassive) See plakem.

• “plak”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980, page 1496ab
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “6. pel-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 804f.

• IPA^(key): [ˈplak]
• Rhymes: -ak

plak m inan

1. plaque (on teeth)

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• plak in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• plak in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

• IPA^(key): /plɑk/

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• Hyphenation: plak
• Rhymes: -ɑk

Probably related to plek (“spot”).

plak f (plural plakken, diminutive plakje n)

1. A slice, rasher (of bacon or cheese), slab (of chocolate)

   Ik heb een cake gebakken, wil je een plak?

   I've baked a cake, would you like a slice?

2. Various disk-shaped objects resembling such a slice
   1. A medal
   2. A specific coin

• (slice): schijf, tranche

• → Indonesian: plak
• → Papiamentu: plaka

Borrowed from French plaque.

plak f (uncountable)

1. plaque on teeth.

   Synonym: tandplaque

• tandplak

• → Papiamentu: plak

From plakken.

plak f or m (plural plakken, diminutive plakje n)

1. A ferule, flat solid wooden punitive implement, usually applied on the hand(s)

• de plak zwaaien
• onder de plak liggen

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

plak

1. inflection of plakken:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

• klap

From Dutch plak, from Middle Dutch plagge; placke; plecke; placken, from Old Dutch *plakko, *plakka, from Proto-Germanic *plaggą. Doublet of plakat.

• IPA^(key): /plak/
• Hyphenation: plak

plak (first-person possessive plakku, second-person possessive plakmu, third-person possessive plaknya)

1. (biology, medicine, pathology) plaque:
   1. (dermatology) a broad patch of abnormal tissue distinguishable from surrounding tissue, especially a broad papule (“inflamed, irritated patch”) on the skin.
   2. (cardiology) an abnormal accumulation of material in or on an organ of the body, often associated with disease.

• “plak” 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 English flag.

plak

1. flag

From English plug.

plak

1. plug; spark plug

From Ottoman Turkish پلاق (plak), from French plaque.

plak (definite accusative plağı, plural plaklar)

1. gramophone record, vinyl record [from 1900s]

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “plak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

plak (nominative plural plaks)

1. experience

Either from Old Frisian plekk or Dutch plek, plak, both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *plakjō (“spot, stain”).

• IPA^(key): /plak/

plak n (plural plakken, diminutive plakje)

1. place
2. position
3. status, standing

• begraafplak
• berteplak
• haadplak

• “plak (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011