Meanings
platter1
plural platters
- A main dish and side dishes served together on one plate.
- The hard surface of a turntable on which a gramophone record rests when being played.
- computingOne of possibly many disks on which data is stored in a mechanical hard drive.
platter2
Platter3
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
nounsound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
platter · noun
- Old Frenchplate“metal plate”
- Anglo-Normanplater
- Middle Englishplater
- Englishplatter
From Middle English plater, from Anglo-Norman plater, dissimilatory variant of platel, from Old French plate (“metal plate”) (see plate). Doublet of plateau.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek πίναξ
- πίναξ (pínax)tray for serving food
Bulgarian поднос
- поднос (podnos)tray for serving food
Catalan plata, plàtera
- platatray for serving food
- plàteratray for serving food
- platpart of a turntable on which a gramophone record rests
- platinapart of a turntable on which a gramophone record rests
Chinese Mandarin 大盤子 /大盘子, 托盤 /托盘
- 大盤子 /大盘子 (dàpánzi)tray for serving food
- 托盤 /托盘 (tuōpán)tray for serving food
- 拼盤 /拼盘 (pīnpán)main dish and sides on same plate
Czech tác, podnos
- táctray for serving food
- podnostray for serving food
Danish fad, pladetallerken
- fadtray for serving food
- pladetallerkenpart of a turntable on which a gramophone record rests
- tallerkenpart of a turntable on which a gramophone record rests
Esperanto plado
- pladotray for serving food
Finnish tarjotin, annos
- tarjotintray for serving food
- annosmain dish and sides on same plate
- levylautanenpart of a turntable on which a gramophone record rests
French plat, plateau
- plattray for serving food
- plateautray for serving food
- platinepart of a turntable on which a gramophone record rests
- plateaupart of a turntable on which a gramophone record rests
German Teller, Servierplatte
- Tellertray for serving food
- Servierplattetray for serving food
- Serviertellertray for serving food
- Tabletttray for serving food
- Plattentellerpart of a turntable on which a gramophone record rests
- Festplattehard disc component
- Festplattenscheibehard disc component
- Datenscheibehard disc component
- Magnetplattehard disc component
Hindi थाली
- थाली (thālī)tray for serving food
Hungarian tál
- táltray for serving food
Italian vassoio, piatto
- vassoiotray for serving food
- piattopart of a turntable on which a gramophone record rests
Japanese 大皿, 盆
- 大皿 (ōzara)tray for serving food
- 盆 (bon)tray for serving food
Latin scutra
- scutratray for serving food
Māori rīhi
- rīhitray for serving food
Polish półmisek, talerz
- półmisektray for serving food
- talerzhard disc component
Portuguese bandeja, travessa
- bandejatray for serving food
- travessatray for serving food
Romanian tavă
- tavătray for serving food
Russian блю́до, подно́с
- блю́до (bljúdo)tray for serving food
- подно́с (podnós)tray for serving food
Spanish fuente, platón
- fuentetray for serving food
- platóntray for serving food
- platopart of a turntable on which a gramophone record rests
Swahili sinia
- siniatray for serving food
Tamil தட்டு
- தட்டு (taṭṭu)tray for serving food
Urdu تشت, طشت
- تشت (tasht)tray for serving food
- طشت (tasht)tray for serving food
- تھالی (thālī)tray for serving food
- خوان (xān or xvān)tray for serving food
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Cite this entry
platter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/platter
“platter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/platter. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “platter,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/platter.
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