plaqueta

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French plaquette.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [pləˈkɛ.tə]

IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pləˈkə.tə]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [plaˈke.ta]

Noun

plaqueta f (plural plaquetes)

(hematology) platelet (particle found in the blood of mammals which helps with clotting)
Synonym: trombòcit

Further reading

“plaqueta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“plaqueta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
“plaqueta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“plaqueta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French plaquette.[1][2] By surface analysis, placa +‎ -eta.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /plaˈke.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /plaˈke.ta/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /plɐˈke.tɐ/

Rhymes: -etɐ
Hyphenation: pla‧que‧ta

Noun

plaqueta f (plural plaquetas)

(hematology) platelet (particle found in the blood of mammals which helps with clotting)
Synonyms: hematoblasto, trombócito
Diminutive of placa

References

“plaqueta” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
“plaqueta” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French plaquette.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /plaˈketa/ [plaˈke.t̪a]
Rhymes: -eta
Syllabification: pla‧que‧ta

Noun

plaqueta f (plural plaquetas)

(hematology) platelet (particle found in the blood of mammals which helps with clotting)
Synonym: trombocito

Derived terms

plaqueta blanca
plaqueta roja

Further reading

“plaqueta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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