plate-forme

See also: plateforme

French

Alternative forms

• plateforme (post-1990 spelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French plateforme, corresponding to plate (“flat”) +‎ forme (“form”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. .

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plat.fɔʁm/

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Noun

plate-forme f (plural plates-formes)

1. platform

Derived terms

• autobus à plate-forme
• plate-forme de forage
• plate-forme de glace
• plate-forme pétrolière

 

Descendants

• → Albanian: platformë
• → Catalan: plataforma
• → German: Plattform
  • → Hungarian: platform
• → English: platform
• → Hebrew: פלטפורמה (platfórma)
• → Italian: piattaforma
• → Norwegian Bokmål: plattform
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: plattform
• → Polish: platforma
• → Portuguese: plataforma
• → Romanian: platformă
• → Russian: платформа (platforma)
• → Spanish: plataforma
• → Swedish: plattform
• → Turkish: platform

Further reading

• “plate-forme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.