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platan

UK/ˈplat(ə)n/

platan noun: a planetree.

Noun

platan (plural platans)

  1. (archaic, literary) A planetree.
    • Xerxes strange Lydian love, the Platane tree, / Was lov'd for age, none being so large as shee [...].1633, John Donne, The Autumnall
    • A double hill ran up his furrowy forks / Beyond the thick-leaved platans of the vale.1847, Alfred Tennyson, “(please specify the page number, or |part=Prologue, I to VII, or conclusion)”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC

platan meaning in Tamil and Urdu

platan in Tamil

கைவடிவ அப்ல் இலைகளையுடைய மரவகை

platan in Urdu

چنار

Forms of platan

pluralplatans
alternative formplatane

Origin of platan

Borrowed from Latin platanus; later reborrowed from Middle French platane.

Questions about platan

What does platan mean?
Platan means a planetree.
What is platan in Tamil?
Platan in Tamil is கைவடிவ அப்ல் இலைகளையுடைய மரவகை. See Platan meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is platan?
Platan is a noun.
How do you pronounce platan?
Platan is pronounced /ˈplat(ə)n/ (UK).
What is the plural of platan?
The plural of platan is platans.

Words near platan in the dictionary

  1. platacanthomyids
  2. Plataea
  3. Plataean
  4. Plataeans
  5. Platamon
  6. platan
  7. platanaceous
  8. platane
  9. platanes
  10. platanistid
  11. platanistids

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: platan (page history and authors); platan (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); platan (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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