плита

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic плита (plita), плифа (plifa), пленьфа (plenĭfa), плинта (plinta), a borrowing from Ancient Greek πλίνθος f (plínthos), with original reference to a four-sided stone ground in an ordinary Russian house set up as a fire-place; compare Latin tēgula and German Kachel for the semantic development. Doublet of пли́нтус (plíntus).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [plʲɪˈta]
  • (file)

Noun

плита́ • (plitá) f inan (genitive плиты́, nominative plural пли́ты, genitive plural плит)

  1. stove
  2. hot plate
  3. plate (shape)
  4. slab

Declension

Descendants

  • → Azerbaijani: piltə, pilətə
  • → Estonian: pliit
  • → German: Pliete
  • → Yup'ik: pelit'aaq

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic плита (plita), плифа (plifa), пленьфа (plenĭfa), плинта (plinta), a borrowing from Ancient Greek πλίνθος f (plínthos), with original reference to a four-sided stone ground set up as a fireplace; compare Latin tēgula and German Kachel for the semantic development. Doublet of плі́нтус (plíntus).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pɫeˈta]
  • (file)

Noun

плита́ • (plytá) f inan (genitive плити́, nominative plural пли́ти, genitive plural плит)

  1. plate, slab (large, flat piece of solid material)
    бето́нна плита́ ― betónna plytá ― concrete slab
    кам'яна́ плита́ ― kamʺjaná plytá ― stone slab
    моги́льна плита́ ― mohýlʹna plytá ― gravestone, tombstone
    надгро́бна плита́ ― nadhróbna plytá ― gravestone, tombstone
    чаву́нна плита́ ― čavúnna plytá ― cast-iron plate
  2. cooker (UK), stove (US), range
    кухо́нна плита́ ― kuxónna plytá ― cooker, kitchen stove, kitchen range
  3. (geology) plate
    літосфе́рна плита́ ― litosférna plytá ― tectonic plate (literally, “lithospheric plate”)
    тектоні́чна плита́ ― tektoníčna plytá ― tectonic plate

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