"platform (raised floor; online service)" in seven languages

Meaningplatform (raised floor; online service)

Spanish

plataforma

/plataˈfoɾma/

fem.borrowed · French plate-forme

French

plateforme

/platfɔʁm/

fem.inherited

Also spelled plate-forme.

Italian

piattaforma

/pjattaˈforma/

fem.borrowed · French plate-forme, adapted

Portuguese

plataforma

/plataˈfɔhmɐ/

fem.borrowed · French plate-forme

Romanian

platformă

/platˈformə/

fem.borrowed · French plate-forme

Catalan

plataforma

/plətəˈfɔɾmə/

fem.borrowed · French plate-forme

English

platform

/ˈplætfɔɹm/

from Latin/French · French plate-forme

English → Italianplatform (raised floor; online service)piattaformaCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The ancestor

French plate-forme‘flat form (plat 'flat' + forme)’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

A French 'flat form' that spread to all four languages; Italian rebuilt it from its own piatto 'flat'. A railway platform is another word: andén, quai, binario.

English relatives: plate, plateau, form

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esLa plataforma tiene millones de usuarios.
frLa plateforme compte des millions d'utilisateurs.
itLa piattaforma ha milioni di utenti.
ptA plataforma tem milhões de usuários.
roPlatforma are milioane de utilizatori.
caLa plataforma té milions d'usuaris.
enThe platform has millions of users.

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