plafon

See also: plafón and plafòn

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch plafond, from French plafond.

Pronunciation
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Noun

plafon (plural plafonne) m

  1. ceiling (top of a room)

Dutch

Pronunciation
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Noun

plafon n (plural plafons, diminutive plafonnetje n)

  1. Alternative spelling of plafond

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Plafond, from French plafond.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈplɒfon]
  • Hyphenation: pla‧fon
  • Rhymes: -on

Noun

plafon (plural plafonok)

  1. ceiling (top of a room)
    Synonym: mennyezet
    Antonym: padló

Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative plafon plafonok
accusative plafont plafonokat
dative plafonnak plafonoknak
instrumental plafonnal plafonokkal
causal-final plafonért plafonokért
translative plafonná plafonokká
terminative plafonig plafonokig
essive-formal plafonként plafonokként
essive-modal — —
inessive plafonban plafonokban
superessive plafonon plafonokon
adessive plafonnál plafonoknál
illative plafonba plafonokba
sublative plafonra plafonokra
allative plafonhoz plafonokhoz
elative plafonból plafonokból
delative plafonról plafonokról
ablative plafontól plafonoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular		 plafoné plafonoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural		 plafonéi plafonokéi
Possessive forms of plafon
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. plafonom plafonjaim
2nd person sing. plafonod plafonjaid
3rd person sing. plafonja plafonjai
1st person plural plafonunk plafonjaink
2nd person plural plafonotok plafonjaitok
3rd person plural plafonjuk plafonjaik

References
  1. Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Further reading
  • plafon in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch plafon, plafond, from French plafond. Cognate with Afrikaans plafon, Sranan Tongo plafon.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (standard) /ˈpla.fɔn/, (anaptyxis) /pə̆ˈla.fɔn/
  • Rhymes: -fɔn, -ɔn, -n
  • Hyphenation: pla‧fon

Noun

plafon (first-person possessive plafonku, second-person possessive plafonmu, third-person possessive plafonnya)

  1. ceiling:
    1. (finance) The maximum permitted level in a financial transaction.
    2. (architecture) The overhead interior surface that covers the upper limits of a room.

Synonyms

Further reading

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French plafond.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpla.fɔn/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -afɔn
  • Syllabification: pla‧fon

Noun

plafon m inan

  1. (architecture) plafond (a ceiling, especially one that is ornately decorated)
  2. (painting) plafond (a painting or decoration on a ceiling)

Declension
Declension of plafon
singular plural
nominative plafon plafony
genitive plafonu plafonów
dative plafonowi plafonom
accusative plafon plafony
instrumental plafonem plafonami
locative plafonie plafonach
vocative plafonie plafony

Derived terms
adjective
  • plafonowy

References
  1. Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “plafon”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “plafon”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  3. Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “plafon”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN

Further reading

Romanian
plafon

Etymology

Borrowed from French plafond.

Noun

plafon n (plural plafoane)

  1. ceiling (upper limit of room)
    Synonym: tavan

Declension
Declension of plafon
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) plafon plafonul (niște) plafoane plafoanele
genitive/dative (unui) plafon plafonului (unor) plafoane plafoanelor
vocative plafonule plafoanelor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From French plafond.

Noun

plàfōn m (Cyrillic spelling пла̀фо̄н)

  1. ceiling (top of a room)

Declension
Declension of plafon
singular plural
nominative plàfōn plafoni
genitive plafóna plafona
dative plafonu plafonima
accusative plafon plafone
vocative plafonu plafoni
locative plafonu plafonima
instrumental plafonom plafonima

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch plafond, from French plafond.

Noun

plafon

  1. ceiling
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