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語源

From 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”), 古期英語 flōh (“flat stone, chip”). More at please.

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /pləˈkeɪt/, /pleɪˈkeɪt/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈpleɪkeɪt/, /pleɪˈkeɪt/
• 韻: -eɪt

動詞

placate (三人称単数 現在形 placates, 現在分詞 placating, 過去形および過去分詞形 placated)

1. (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.

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

   Synonyms: appease, soothe, conciliate, mollify, propitiate, satisfy

   Antonym: enrage

派生語

関連する語

• placid

アナグラム

• epactal

Latin

動詞

plācāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of plācō

参照

• “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