Noun: plateau
| Singular | plateau |
| Plural | plateaus; plateaux |
Sample Sentences
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Childhood obesity, rising for more than two decades, appears to have hit a plateau, a potentially significant milestone in the battle against excessive weight gain among children. [2008 May 28, Tara Parker-Pope, “Hint of Hope as Child Obesity Rate Hits Plateau”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:]
Nouns inflected like plateau
portmanteau,
ponceau,
QSL bureau,
plateau,
nouveau,
flambeau,
damoiseau,
cointreau,
Esquimau,
camaieu,
camayeu,
bordereau,
telebureau,
subbureau,
château,
couteau,
priedieu,
chateau,
chapeau,
fricandeau, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from French plateau, diminutive of plat (“a plate”); see plate. Doublet of platter. See: French Nouns '
plateau'.
Verbs referencing "plateau"
Galician Nouns
plató, Spanish Nouns
plató.