plate

plate
plate [{{t}}pleɪt]
1 noun
(a) (for eating) assiette f; (for serving) plat m;
he ate a huge plate of spaghetti il a mangé une énorme assiette de spaghettis;
{{}}figurative{{}} to hand sth to sb on a plate donner ou apporter qch à qn sur un plateau (d'argent);
she was handed the job on a plate on lui a offert cet emploi sans qu'elle ait à lever le petit doigt;
{{}}figurative{{}} to have a lot on one's plate avoir du pain sur la planche;
I've already got far too much on my plate j'ai déjà beaucoup trop à faire;
{{}}British{{}} {{}}familiar{{}} plates (rhyming slang plates of meat = feet) arpions mpl, panards mpl
(b) (piece of metal, glass etc) plaque f; (rolled metal) tôle f; (for microscope) lamelle f;
he has a metal plate in his thigh il a une plaque en métal dans la cuisse
(c) (with inscription) plaque f;
a car with foreign plates une voiture avec une plaque d'immatriculation étrangère ou immatriculée à l'étranger
(d) (on cooker) plaque f (de cuisson)
(e) (dishes, cutlery → silver) vaisselle f en argent; (→ gold) vaisselle f en or ;
the burglars took all the (silver) plate les cambrioleurs ont pris toute l'argenterie
(f) (coated metal) plaqué m; (metal coating) placage m;
the knives are silver plate les couteaux sont en plaqué argent
(g) {{}}Typography{{}} (for printing) cliché m; (for engraving) planche f; (illustration) planche f, hors-texte m inv;
offset plate plaque f offset
(h) {{}}Photography{{}} plaque f (sensible)
(i) (for church collection) plateau m (de quête)
(j) {{}}Anatomy{{}} & {{}}Zoology{{}} plaque f
(k) (denture) dentier m, appareil m ou prothèse f dentaire; (for straightening teeth) appareil m (orthodontique)
(l) (in earth's crust) plaque f
(m) (trophy, race) trophée m
(n) {{}}Electricity{{}} & {{}}Electronics{{}} plaque f
(o) (in baseball → home plate) bâton m, = plaque qui marque le début et la fin du parcours que doit effectuer le batteur pour marquer un point
2 transitive verb
(a) (coat with metal → gen) plaquer; (→ in gold) dorer; (→ in silver) argenter; (→ in nickel) nickeler; (→ in copper) cuivrer
(b) (cover with metal plates) garnir de plaques; (armour-plate) blinder
(c) {{}}Typography{{}} clicher
3 Plate noun
the River Plate le Rio de la Plata
►► plate armour armure f (en plaques de fer);
plate glass verre m (à vitres);
plate rack égouttoir m;
plate tectonics (UNCOUNT) tectonique f des plaques
plate up intransitive verb
(in restaurant kitchen) disposer les aliments sur les plats

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