Meanings
plateau1
nounplateau (plural plateaus or plateaux)
plural plateaus · plural plateaux
- 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 - datedAn ornamental dish for the table; a tray or salver.
- broadcastingA notable level of attainment or achievement.
- drug slangAny of several distinct, dose-dependent stages of a dextromethorphan trip.
verbplateau (third-person singular simple present plateaus, present participle plateauing, simple past and past participle plateaued)
present singular third person plateaus · participle present plateauing · participle past plateaued · past plateaued
Plateau2
proper noun
- 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
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounSynonym of Plateau Penutian.
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Origin
Translations
Arabic هَضْبَة
- هَضْبَة (haḍba)high, level expanse
Basque goi-ordoki
- goi-ordokihigh, level expanse
Bulgarian плато, плато
- плато (plato)high, level expanse
- плато (plato)stable, high level
Catalan altiplà, planell
- altiplàhigh, level expanse
- planellhigh, level expanse
- replàstable, high level
- platornamental dish
- estancarlevel off
Chinese Mandarin 高原, 持平
- 高原 (gāoyuán)high, level expanse
- 持平 (chípíng)level off
Czech náhorní plošina
- náhorní plošinahigh, level expanse
Danish plateau, højslette
- plateauhigh, level expanse
- højslettehigh, level expanse
Dutch hoogvlakte, plateau
- hoogvlaktehigh, level expanse
- plateauhigh, level expanse
- schaalornamental dish
- plateauornamental dish
- stagnerenlevel off
- stabiliserenlevel off
Esperanto altebenaĵo
- altebenaĵohigh, level expanse
Estonian lavamaa
- lavamaahigh, level expanse
Finnish ylätasanko, ylänkö
- ylätasankohigh, level expanse
- ylänköhigh, level expanse
- vakiintunut tasostable, high level
- tasaantualevel off
- tasoittualevel off
French plateau, stagner
- plateauhigh, level expanse
- stagnerlevel off
- plafonnerlevel off
- se stabiliserlevel off
- atteindre un plateaulevel off
German Hochebene, Plateau
- Hochebenehigh, level expanse
- Plateauhigh, level expanse
- Plateaustable, high level
- ein Plateau erreichenlevel off
- stagnierenlevel off
Greek οροπέδιο
- οροπέδιο (oropédio)high, level expanse
Hebrew רָמָה
- רָמָה (ramá)high, level expanse
Hindi पठार, अधित्यका
- पठार (paṭhār)high, level expanse
- अधित्यका (adhityakā)high, level expanse
- स्थिरांक (sthirāṅk)stable, high level
- सबात (sabāt)stable, high level
Hungarian fennsík, felföld
- fennsíkhigh, level expanse
- felföldhigh, level expanse
- stagnálásstable, high level
- platóstable, high level
- tetőzésstable, high level
- stagnállevel off
- platóziklevel off
Icelandic háslétta
- hásléttahigh, level expanse
Indonesian plato, dataran tinggi
- platohigh, level expanse
- dataran tinggihigh, level expanse
Irish ardchlár, léibheann
- ardchlárhigh, level expanse
- léibheannstable, high level
Italian altopiano, plateau
- altopianohigh, level expanse
- plateaustable, high level
Japanese 高原
- 高原 (kōgen)high, level expanse
Korean 고원
- 고원 (gowon)high, level expanse
Latin planus, platus
- planushigh, level expanse
- platushigh, level expanse
Latvian plakankalne, plato
- plakankalnehigh, level expanse
- platohigh, level expanse
Lithuanian plynaukštė
- plynaukštėhigh, level expanse
Malay penara, dataran tinggi
- penarahigh, level expanse
- dataran tinggihigh, level expanse
- platohigh, level expanse
Māori mānia pūwhata
- mānia pūwhatahigh, level expanse
Norwegian Bokmål platå, høyslette
- platåhigh, level expanse
- høyslettehigh, level expanse
Persian فلات, ثبات
- فلات (falât)high, level expanse
- ثبات (sabât)stable, high level
Polish plateau, płaskowyż
- plateauhigh, level expanse
- płaskowyżhigh, level expanse
Portuguese planalto, platô
- planaltohigh, level expanse
- platôhigh, level expanse
- altiplanohigh, level expanse
- estagnarlevel off
Romanian platou, podiș
- platouhigh, level expanse
- podișhigh, level expanse
Russian плато́, плоского́рье
- плато́ (plató)high, level expanse
- плоского́рье (ploskogórʹje)high, level expanse
Slovak náhorná rovina, náhorná plošina
- náhorná rovinahigh, level expanse
- náhorná plošinahigh, level expanse
- platóstable, high level
Spanish meseta, altiplano
- mesetahigh, level expanse
- altiplanohigh, level expanse
- altiplaniciehigh, level expanse
- altipampahigh, level expanse
- tablazohigh, level expanse
- estancarselevel off
- estabilizarselevel off
Swedish platå
- platåhigh, level expanse
Tagalog talampas, pantayanin
- talampashigh, level expanse
- pantayaninhigh, level expanse
Thai ที่ราบสูง
- ที่ราบสูง (tîi-râap-sǔung)high, level expanse
Turkish yayla, plato
- yaylahigh, level expanse
- platohigh, level expanse
Ukrainian плато́
- плато́ (plató)high, level expanse
Vietnamese cao nguyên
- cao nguyênhigh, level expanse
Welsh llwyfandir, man gwastad
- llwyfandirhigh, level expanse
- man gwastadstable, high level
- gwastadeddstable, high level
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with plateau
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Cite this entry
APA
plateau. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plateau
MLA
“plateau.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plateau. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “plateau,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plateau.
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