Platten

name, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To flatten and make into sheets or plates. transitive

    "to platten cylinder glass"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Old French.
  2. 2
    A municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Two main origins: * A diminutive of the surname Platt. * From Old French platon (“metal plate”), a metonymic occupational surname for a platemaker.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Platten.

Etymology 3

See plat (“flat”, adjective).

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