plateaux

pla·teau

P p

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [pla-toh or, esp. British, plat-oh]
- /plæˈtoʊ or, esp. British, ˈplæt oʊ/
- /ˈplæt.əʊ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [pla-toh or, esp. British, plat-oh]
- /plæˈtoʊ or, esp. British, ˈplæt oʊ/

Definitions of plateaux word

noun plural plateaux a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons. 1
noun plural plateaux a period or state of little or no growth or decline: to reach a plateau in one's career. 1
noun plural plateaux Psychology. a period of little or no apparent progress in an individual's learning, marked by an inability to increase speed, reduce number of errors, etc., and indicated by a horizontal stretch in a learning curve or graph. 1
noun plural plateaux a flat stand, as for a centerpiece, sometimes extending the full length of a table. 1
verb without object plateaux to reach a state or level of little or no growth or decline, especially to stop increasing or progressing; remain at a stable level of achievement; level off: After a period of uninterrupted growth, sales began to plateau. 1
verb with object plateaux to cause to remain at a stable level, especially to prevent from rising or progressing: Rising inflation plateaued sales income. 1

before 1785

One of the 44% newest English words

1785-95; < French; Old French platel flat object, diminutive of plat plate1

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