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Plato

/ˈpleɪ.təʊ/US/ˈpleɪ.toʊ/

Plato proper noun: a male given name from Ancient Greek.

Proper noun

Plato

  1. A male given name from Ancient Greek.
    • My name is Plato Jones. Plato Constantine Jones. Plato because my mother is Greek, and Jones because my father is Welsh, and Constantine after his father, my grandfather, who is Constantine Llewellyn Jones.1993, Nina Bawden, The Real Plato Jones, Houghton Miffin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 1
    1. The Greek philosopher, 427–347 BC, follower of Socrates.

Plato meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Telugu

Plato in Hindi

Greek philosopher
अफ़्लातून aflātūn, फ़लातूँ falātū̃, अफलातून aphlātūn, फलातूँ phalātū̃

Plato in Tamil

தட்டு

Plato in Marathi

Greek philosopher
अफलातून aphlātūn, प्लेटो pleṭo

Plato in Telugu

Greek philosopher
ప్లేటో plēṭō
More languagesFewer languages
Plato in Kannada
ಪ್ಲೇಟೊ
Plato in Gujarati
અફલાતૂન aphalātūn
Plato in Arabic
أَفْلَاطُون ʔaflāṭūn
Plato in Persian
افلاطون aflâtun, فلاطون falâtun, پلاتن pelāton, فلاتن falāton
Plato in Thai
เพลโต plee-dtôo

Forms of Plato

alternative formPlaton

Origin of Plato

From Middle English Plato, Platon, from Latin Platō, Platōn, from Ancient Greek Πλάτων (Plátōn), from πλατύς (platús, “broad, wide”), either because of Plato's robust body, or wide forehead or the breadth of his eloquence.

Words that rhyme with Plato

Questions about Plato

What does Plato mean?
Plato means a male given name from Ancient Greek.
What is Plato in Hindi?
Plato in Hindi is अफ़्लातून (aflātūn), फ़लातूँ (falātū̃), अफलातून (aphlātūn). See Plato meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Plato?
Plato is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Plato?
Plato is pronounced /ˈpleɪ.təʊ/ (UK).

Words near Plato in the dictionary

  1. platitudinousness
  2. platitudise
  3. platly
  4. Platner
  5. platness
  6. Plato
  7. Plato's Cave
  8. Plato's problem
  9. platometer
  10. platometers
  11. Platon

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Plato (page history and authors); plato (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); plato (Kannada 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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