placate
See also: plaĉate
English
WOTD – 16 January 2007
Etymology
From Latin plācātus, past participle of plācō (“appease, placate”, literally “smooth, smoothen”), from Proto-Indo-European *plāk- (“smooth, flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *pele- (“broad, flat, plain”). Related to Latin placeō (“appease”), Old English flōh (“flat stone, chip”). More at please.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pləˈkeɪt/, /pleɪˈkeɪt/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈpleɪkeɪt/, /pleɪˈkeɪt/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪt
Verb
placate (third-person singular simple present placates, present participle placating, simple past and past participle placated)
Synonyms
- (to calm): appease, conciliate, mollify, propitiate, satisfy
Antonyms
- (to calm): enrage
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
to calm
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Italian
Verb
placate
Latin
References
- 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
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