plateau
UK/ˈplætəʊ//plæˈtoʊ/
plateau noun: a largely level expanse of land at a high elevation; tableland.
Noun
plateau (plural plateaus or plateaux)
- A largely level expanse of land at a high elevation; tableland.
- A comparatively stable level after a period of increase. (of a varying quantity)
- Childhood obesity, rising for more than two decades, appears to have hit a plateau, a potentially significant milestone in the battle against excessive weight gain among children.2008 May 28, Tara Parker-Pope, “Hint of Hope as Child Obesity Rate Hits Plateau”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
- An ornamental dish for the table; a tray or salver.
- A notable level of attainment or achievement.
- Any of several distinct, dose-dependent stages of a dextromethorphan trip.
Verb
plateau (third-person singular simple present plateaus, present participle plateauing, simple past and past participle plateaued)
Proper noun capitalized: Plateau
Plateau
- A state of Nigeria in the North Central geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Jos.
- A surname
- Former name of Lusong: a barangay of Buenavista, Bohol, Philippines.
- Synonym of Plateau Penutian.
- Synonyms:
- Plateau Penutian
plateau meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
plateau in Hindi
- high, level expanse
- पठार paṭhār, अधित्यका adhityakā
- stable, high level
- स्थिरांक sthirāṅk, सबात sabāt
plateau in Tamil
- உயர்வெளி, உயர்நிலம், பீடபூமி, மேட்டுநிலம்
plateau in Marathi
- high, level expanse
- पठार paṭhār
plateau in Urdu
- سطح مرتفع
More languagesFewer languages
- plateau in Bengali
- উচ্চভূমি, মালভূমি, স্থিতিশীল পর্যায়
- plateau in Telugu
- పీఠభూమి
- plateau in Malayalam
- പീഠഭൂമി, ഉയർന്ന സമതലം, ഉന്നതതടം
- plateau in Kannada
- ಪ್ರಸ್ಥಭೂಮಿ prasthabhūmi
- plateau in Punjabi
- ਪਠਾਰ paṭhār
- plateau in Gujarati
- પ્લેટુ, પઠાર, પ્લેટૂ
- plateau in Odia
- ମାଳଭୂମି, ପୀଠଭୂମି, ମାଲଭୂମି
- plateau in Nepali
- पठार, प्लेटु, प्लेटू
- plateau in Tagalog
- talampas, pantayanin
- plateau in Arabic
- هَضْبَة haḍba
- plateau in Malay
- penara, dataran tinggi, plato
- plateau in Indonesian
- plato, dataran tinggi
- plateau in Persian
- فلات falât, ثبات sabât
- plateau in Thai
- ที่ราบสูง tîi-râap-sǔung
- plateau in Vietnamese
- cao nguyên
- Kashmiri
- وُڈٕر vuḍụr
Examples of plateau in a sentence
- Rising sun hits it dead the same way, only earlier, over the plateau.
- Peat plateaux are larger landforms formed by the coalescence of palsas.
- Elsewhere, many of the youngest volcanic plains units onlap tesserae at crustal plateau boundaries.
Synonyms of plateau
Forms of plateau
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | plateaus |
| plural | plateaux |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | plateaus |
| present participle | plateauing |
| past participle | plateaued |
| past | plateaued |
Origin of plateau
Borrowed from French plateau, diminutive of plat (“a plate”); see plate. Doublet of platter.
Words formed from plateau
Phrases with plateau
Words that rhyme with plateau
Questions about plateau
- What does plateau mean?
- Plateau means a largely level expanse of land at a high elevation; tableland.
- What is plateau in Hindi?
- Plateau in Hindi is पठार (paṭhār), अधित्यका (adhityakā), स्थिरांक (sthirāṅk). See Plateau meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is plateau?
- Plateau can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce plateau?
- Plateau is pronounced /ˈplætəʊ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of plateau?
- The plural of plateau is plateaus.
Words near plateau in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: plateau (page history and authors); Plateau (page history and authors); plateau (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); plateau (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); plateau (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); plateau (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); plateau (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਪਠਾਰ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); plateau (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); plateau (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); plateau (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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