Synonym: stad
| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /plats/ |
| Hyphenation | plaats |
| Gender | historically feminine, nowadays also masculine |
| Plural | plaatsen |
| Diminutive | |
|---|---|
| Singular | Plural |
| plaatsje | plaatsjes |
| Afrikaans | stad |
|---|---|
| Albanian | qytet |
| Catalan | ciutat; plaça |
| Czech | město |
| Danish | by |
| English | city; town |
| English (Old English) | burg; burh; ceaster |
| Esperanto | urbo |
| Faeroese | býur |
| Finnish | kaupunki |
| French | cité; ville |
| German | Stadt |
| Greek | πολιτεία; πόλυ; χώρα |
| Hungarian | város |
| Icelandic | staður |
| Italian | città |
| Jamaican Patois | toun; tong |
| Latin | oppidum; urbs |
| Low German | stad |
| Luxemburgish | Stad |
| Norwegian | by |
| Papiamento | playa; stat; siudat |
| Polish | miasto |
| Portuguese | cidade; município |
| Romanian | cetate; oraș |
| Russian | город |
| Saterland Frisian | Stääd |
| Scots | toun |
| Scottish Gaelic | baile |
| Spanish | ciudad; población; urbe |
| Sranan | foto |
| Swahili | mji |
| Swedish | stad |
| Tagalog | siyudád; lunsód; lungsód |
| Thai | เมือง |
| Turkish | belde; kent; şehir |
| Welsh | tref |
| West Frisian | stêd |