English

Noun

place, plural places

1. Open space, courtyard, market square
2. Group of houses

   "They live at Westminster Place."

3. Location; position; coordinates in the space-time continuum

Translations

• German: Platz (1); Ort , Position (3)
•  : loko, placo (public), plaso (someone)
• Lithuanian: aikštė f (1); vieta f (3)

Verb, transitive

place (places, placed , placing)

1. Put an object in a specific location.
2. By extension, remember where and when an object has been previously encountered.
3. Achieve a certain position often followed by an ordinal, as in a horse race.
4. To sing a note with the correct pitch.
5. To arrange for or to make; as place a bet.

Translations

•  : placer
• German: platzieren (1, 3), einordnen (2)
• Ido  : pozar (1), lok-izar (2), kolokar (5)

Etymology

From Old English meaning "open space", from French place, from Latin platea , plaza, from PIE *plat.

Related Terms

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• gold-plated
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• platelet
• plaza
• silver plate

French

Noun

place f

1. courtyard ; open space, square
2. place, space
3. seat

Verb form

place

1. first-, third-person singular indicative present of placer
2. first-, third-person singular sunjunctive present of placer
3. second-person singular imperative of placer