English

Alternative forms

• platane [16th-19th c.]

Noun

platan ‎(plural platans)

1. (now rare, literary) A planetree.
   • 1633, John Donne, "The Autumnall":

     Xerxes strange Lydian love, the Platane tree, / Was lov'd for age, none being so large as shee [...].

   • Alfred, Lord Tennyson

     A double hill ran up his furrowy forks / Beyond the thick-leaved platans of the vale.

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• platanu

Etymology

From Greek πλάτανος ‎(plátanos). Compare the doublet paltin. Cf. also Romanian platan.

Noun

platan m ‎(plural platanj)

1. plane tree

Synonyms

• paltin

Czech

Etymology

Borrowing from German Platane from Latin platanus from Ancient Greek πλάτανος ‎(plátanos).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /platan/

Noun

platan m

1. plane tree, any tree of genus Platanus

Declension

References

1. ↑ platan in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007

Esperanto

Adjective

platan

1. accusative singular of plata

Icelandic

Noun

platan

1. definite nominative singular of plata

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πλάτανος ‎(plátanos)

Noun

platan m ‎(definite singular platanen, indefinite plural plataner, definite plural platanene)

1. a plane (tree), plane tree (genus Platanus)

Derived terms

• platanlønn

References

• “platan” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πλάτανος ‎(plátanos)

Noun

platan m ‎(definite singular platanen, indefinite plural platanar, definite plural platanane)

1. a plane (tree), plane tree (genus Platanus)

Derived terms

• platanløn, platanlønn

References

• “platan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpla.tan/

Noun

platan m inan

1. plane tree, any tree of genus Platanus

Declension

Derived terms

• platanowy

Romanian

Etymology

From Greek πλάτανος ‎(plátanos), partially through the French intermediate platane.

Noun

platan m ‎(plural platani)

1. plane tree

See also

• paltin