placet

English

Etymology

Latin placet (“it is pleasing”), inflection of placeō (“I am pleasing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpleɪsɛt/
• Homophone: playset

Noun

placet (plural placets)

1. A vote of assent, as of the governing body of a university, an ecclesiastical council, etc.
2. The assent of the civil power to the promulgation of an ecclesiastical ordinance.
   • 1882, J. P. Peter (translator), Political History of Recent Times, 1816-1875: With Special Reference to Germany originally by Wilhelm Müller

     The king […] annulled the royal placet.

Related terms

• non placet

 

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “placet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Interjection

placet

1. Expression of assent to a vote in the governing body of a university, an ecclesiastical council, etc.

Anagrams

• caplet

French

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin placet (literally “it pleases”). Doublet of plaît.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pla.sɛ/

• Audio:

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Noun

placet m (plural placets)

1. (historical) petition, appeal

Further reading

• “placet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpla.t͡ʃet/
• Rhymes: -atʃet
• Hyphenation: plà‧cet

Noun

placet m (invariable)

1. consent, approval, pleasure

   Synonyms: assenso, consenso, approvazione, beneplacito

Latin

Verb

placet

1. third-person singular present active indicative of placeō: "he/she/it pleases"

   Videāmus, sī placet.

   Let us see, if he/she/it pleases.