plac

See also: plác, plač, pláč, Pláč, plaĉ, płac, płač, płać, pľac, and Plac.

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• placu

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

• arisescu / arãsescu

Related terms

• plãtseari / plãtseare
• plãcut

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

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

• plácek

 

Further reading

• “plac”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “plac”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

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, 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:

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• 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)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) plac	placul
genitive/dative	(unui) 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

From German Platz, from Latin platēa.

Noun

plȁc m (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

• (regional) grunt

References

• “plac”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024