Plaque Definition

plăk
plaques
noun
plaques
Any thin, flat piece of metal, wood, etc., with a picture, design in relief, etc., hung as on a wall for ornamentation.
Webster's New World
A wall tablet inscribed to commemorate an event, identify a building, etc.
Webster's New World
A platelike brooch worn as a badge or ornament.
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An abnormal patch on the skin, mucous membrane, etc.
Webster's New World
A deposit of fatty or fibrous material in a blood vessel wall.
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Other Word Forms of Plaque

Noun

Singular:
plaque
Plural:
plaques

Origin of Plaque

  • Borrowing from French plaque, derivative of plaquer (“to plate"), from Middle Dutch placken (“to patch, beat metal into a thin plate"), from placke (“disk, patch, stain"), from Old Dutch *plagga (“patch"), from Proto-Germanic *plaggÄ… (“patch"). Cognate with Middle Low German placke, plagge (“small stain, scraps, rags, thin grass"), German Placken (“spot, patch"), Eastern Frisian plak, plakke (“a blow, slap"), Swedish plagg (“clothing, garment"). See plack.

    From Wiktionary

  • French from Old French metal plate perhaps from Middle Dutch placke disk, patch

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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