plâtre

See also: plâtré

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French plâtre, plastre, from Old French plastre (first attested ca. 1165), from Vulgar Latin *plastrum (attested later in Medieval Latin plastrum), from Latin emplastrum, from Ancient Greek ἔμπλαστρον (émplastron, “daub; salve”). Doublet of piastre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /platʁ/ ~ /plɑtʁ/

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• Rhymes: -ɑtʁ
• Homophone: plâtres

Noun

plâtre m (plural plâtres)

1. plaster, plaster of Paris (the building material)
2. plaster, cast (supportive and immobilising device)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• plaque de plâtre
• plâtrage
• plâtras
• plâtrer
• plâtreux
• plâtrier

Verb

plâtre

1. inflection of plâtrer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “plâtre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.