platform

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English

Etymology

From Middle French plateforme (“a flat form”), from plate (“flat”) (from Old French plat, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “flat”)) + forme (“form”) (from Latin fōrma (“shape; figure; form”)); compare flatscape.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈplætfɔːm/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈplætfɔɹm/
• Rhymes: -ætfɔː(ɹ)m
• Hyphenation: plat‧form

Noun

platform (plural platforms)

2. A raised stage from which speeches are made and on which musical and other performances are made.

   Synonyms: dais, (speeches) podium
3. A raised floor for any purpose, e.g. for workmen during construction, or formerly for military cannon.

   Hyponyms: oil platform, work platform

4. (figurative) A place or an opportunity to express one's opinion.

   Synonym: tribune
5. (figurative) Something that allows an enterprise to advance.

   Synonyms: foundation, stage
6. (politics, figurative) A political stance on a broad set of issues, which are called planks.
7. (transport) A raised structure or other area alongside rails or a driveway alongside which vehicles stop to take in and discharge passengers.

   Hyponym: island platform
9. (footwear, in the plural) Ellipsis of platform shoe: a kind of high shoe with an extra layer between the inner and outer soles.
10. (Internet) Ellipsis of digital platform: a software system used to provide online services to clients, such as social media, e-commerce, cloud computing etc.

    Hyponyms: container platform, microservices platform
12. (computing) Ellipsis of computing platform: a particular type of operating system or environment such as a database or other specific software, and/or a particular type of computer or microprocessor, used to describe a particular environment for running other software.
13. (automotive) Ellipsis of car platform: a set of components shared by several vehicle models.
15. (geology) A flat expanse of rock, often the result of wave erosion.
16. (nautical) A light deck, usually placed in a section of the hold or over the floor of the magazine.
17. (obsolete) A plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern.
18. (Myanmar) sidewalk

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

platform (third-person singular simple present platforms, present participle platforming, simple past and past participle platformed)

1. (transitive) To furnish with or shape into a platform
2. (transitive) To place on, or as if on, a platform.
3. (rail transport) To place a train alongside a station platform.
4. (politics, transitive) To include in a political platform
5. (transitive) To publish or make visible; to provide a platform for (a topic etc.).

   Antonyms: deplatform, no-platform
6. (film, transitive) To open (a film) in a small number of theaters before a broader release in order to generate enthusiasm.
7. (obsolete, transitive) To form a plan of; to model; to lay out.

Further reading

• platform on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• digital platform (infrastructure) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• computing platform on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• car platform on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• platform (geology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Platform in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French plateforme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplɑt.fɔrm/
• Hyphenation: plat‧form

Noun

platform n (plural platformen or platforms, diminutive platformpje n)

1. a platform, flat surface, notably a dais or stage
2. a political platform, (electoral) program
3. a plateau
4. a flat roof
5. (obsolete) a ground-plan

Synonyms

• (physical) podium n, verhoog n
• (in a station) perron n
• (political) (kies)programma n
• (ground-plan) plattegrond

Derived terms

• kiesplatform
• platformspel
• verkiezingsplatform

Descendants

• Afrikaans: platform
• → Indonesian: platform

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Plattform, from French plateforme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈplɒtform]
• Hyphenation: plat‧form
• Rhymes: -orm

Noun

platform (plural platformok)

1. (politics) platform (electoral program)
2. (computing) platform (a particular type of operating system or environment)
3. platform (a flat surface)

Declension

Derived terms

• platformfüggetlen

References

Further reading

• platform in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch platform, from Middle French plateforme (Modern French plate-forme), from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “flat”)) + Latin fōrma (“shape; figure; form”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈplatfɔrm]
• Hyphenation: plat‧form

Noun

platform

1. platform,
   1. a plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern.

      Synonyms: program, rencana

   2. a raised stage from which speeches are made and on which musical and other performances are made.

      Synonyms: panggung, pentas, mimbar

   3. a raised structure from which passengers can enter or leave a train, metro etc.

      Synonym: peron

2. a political platform, (electoral) program.

Further reading

• “platform” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French plateforme.

Noun

platform (definite accusative platformu, plural platformlar)

1. platform
2. (transport, travel) platform

Declension

Synonyms

• (travel): peron