plak

From Proto-Albanian *plaka-, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂-ko- < *pelh₂-. Compare Lithuanian pìlkas (“grey”).[1]

• IPA^(key): [plak] (Standard)
• IPA^(key): [pʎak] (Gheg)

plak m (indefinite plural pleq, definite singular plaku, definite plural pleqtë)[2]

1. old man, oldster, elder

   See also: plakë f (“old woman”)

   Antonyms: ri, re

2. family head; elderly man (head of a household)

   Synonyms: prijës, zot shtëpie

3. (ethnography) chieftain, head(man), chairman, leader, mentor (elderly man elected to settle disputes, decides on affairs of the village/tribe)

   Synonyms: kryetar, prijës, udhëheqës

4. king (card game)

   Synonyms: mbret, car

plak (first-person singular past tense plaka, participle plakur)

1. (active, transitive) I make old; I make (someone) look old
2. (active, transitive, colloquial, figurative) I delay

plákem (first-person singular past tense u plaka, participle plakur)

1. (passive, reflexive) I age; I become/grow/get old
2. (passive, reflexive, figurative) I live long; I overlive (living a long life)

   Synonyms: rroj, mbijetoj, përjetoj

3. (passive, reflexive, figurative) I become wise, gain experience; I turn to a master (for something; work, activity, life, etc.)

   Synonyms: zotëroj, urdhëroj, mbizotëroj

plak

1. oldly, elderly, agedly, hoarily

   Synonym: pleqërisht

   (adjectives:) Synonyms: lashtë, moshuar, plakur, pleqërisht, vjetër, vjetruar

• plakem (passive)
• plakur (“aged, aging”) (participle)
• (i) plakur m, (e) plakur f
• plakje f (“aging, senescence”)
  • plakarec m (“old, wrinkled, shriveled”), plakarece f (“id”)
  • plakrush m (“oldster”)
  • plakruq m (“evil old man”)
• pleqëroj, pleqërohet
• pleqëruar
• pleqëri f
  • pleqërim m
  • pleqërisht m, pleqërishte f
• pleqësoj, pleqësohet
  • pleqësor m, pleqësore f
• pleqësuar
• pleqësi f
  • pleqësim m
• mplak, mplakem
  • mplakur
  • mplakje

• m. noun plak (engl. old man) • active verb plak (engl. I make (someone look) old) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)
• passive verb plakem (engl. I age; I get/become/ old, etc.) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)

• IPA^(key): [ˈplak]
• Rhymes: -ak

plak m

1. plaque (on teeth)

• 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. first-person singular present indicative of plakken
2. imperative of plakken

• 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: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic 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