English Explanatory Dictionary

Platten

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Old French.
name
  1. A municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
verb
  1. To flatten and make into sheets or plates.

Word forms

Platten Plattens plattening plattened

Etymology

Two main origins: * A diminutive of the surname Platt. * From Old French platon (“metal plate”), a metonymic occupational surname for a platemaker.

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