placate
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin plācātus, past participle of plācō (“appease, placate”, literally “smooth, smoothen”), from Proto-Indo-European *plāk- (“smooth, flat”), from *pele- (“broad, flat, plain”). Related to Latin placeō (“appease”), Old English flōh (“flat stone, chip”). More at please.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pləˈkeɪt/, /pleɪˈkeɪt/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈpleɪkeɪt/, /pleɪˈkeɪt/
Audio (California): (file)
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /pləˈkeɪt/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
- Rhymes: -eɪt
Verb
editplacate (third-person singular simple present placates, present participle placating, simple past and past participle placated)
- (transitive) To calm; to bring peace to; to influence someone who was furious to the point that they become content or at least no longer irate.
- Synonyms: appease, soothe, conciliate, mollify, propitiate, satisfy
- Antonym: enrage
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Derived terms
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editTranslations
editto calm
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editItalian
editVerb
editplacate
- inflection of placare:
Anagrams
editLatin
editVerb
editplācāte
References
edit- “placate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “placate”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- placate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Spanish
editVerb
editplacate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of placar combined with te
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