plateaux
/plæˈtoʊ(z)/
plateaux is the plural of plateau.
Meaning of plateau
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.
Words that rhyme with plateaux
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- interpose
- propose
- gloze
- oppose
- disclose
- foreclose
- prose
- snows
- turn up one's nose
- unclose
- adipose
- appose
- arose
- chose
- counterpose
- croze
- decompose
- doze
- enclose
- froze
- hoes
- knows
- adoze
- apollos
- beaus
- beprose
- blows
- bose
- bros
- châteaux
- cloze
- coze
- crows
- does
- dos
- doughs
- fallows
- fellows
- flows
- foes
- follows
- foredispose
- frows
- glows
- goes
- grows
- hard-nose
- hollows
Questions about plateaux
- What is plateaux the plural of?
- Plateaux is the plural of plateau.
- How do you pronounce plateaux?
- Plateaux is pronounced /plæˈtoʊ(z)/.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: plateaux (page history and authors); plateau (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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