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.
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A wall tablet inscribed to commemorate an event, identify a building, etc.
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A platelike brooch worn as a badge or ornament.
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An abnormal patch on the skin, mucous membrane, etc.
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A deposit of fatty or fibrous material in a blood vessel wall.
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Other Word Forms of Plaque
Noun
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plaquesOrigin of Plaque
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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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