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flat ¹  (flt)

adj. flat·ter, flat·test

1. Having a horizontal surface without a slope, tilt, or curvature.

2. Having a smooth, even, level surface: a skirt sewed with fine flat seams.

3. Having a relatively broad surface in relation to thickness or depth: a flat board. See Synonyms at level.

4. Stretched out or lying at full length along the ground; prone.

5. Free of qualification; absolute: a flat refusal.

6. Fixed; unvarying: a flat rate.

7. Lacking interest or excitement; dull: a flat scenario.

8.

a. Lacking in flavor: a flat stew that needs salt.

b. Having lost effervescence or sparkle: flat beer.

9.

a. Deflated. Used of a tire.

b. Electrically discharged. Used of a storage battery.

10. Of or relating to a horizontal line that displays no ups or downs and signifies the absence of physiological activity: A flat electroencephalogram indicates a loss of brain function.

11. Commercially inactive; sluggish: flat sales for the month.

12. Unmodulated; monotonous: a flat voice.

13. Lacking variety in tint or shading; uniform: "The sky was bright but flat, the color of oyster shells" (Anne Tyler).

14. Not glossy; mat: flat paint.

15. Music

a. Being below the correct pitch.

b. Being one half step lower than the corresponding natural key: the key of B flat.

16. Designating the vowel a as pronounced in bad or cat.

17. Nautical Taut. Used of a sail.

adv.

1.

a. Level with the ground; horizontally.

b. On or up against a flat surface; at full length.

2. So as to be flat.

3.

a. Directly; completely: went flat against the rules; flat broke.

b. Exactly; precisely: arrived in six minutes flat.

4. Music Below the intended pitch.

5. Business Without interest charge.

n.

1. A flat surface or part.

2. A stretch of level ground. Often used in the plural: salt flats.

3. A shallow frame or box for seeds or seedlings.

4. A movable section of stage scenery, usually consisting of a wooden frame and a decorated panel of wood or cloth.

5. A flatcar.

6. A deflated tire.

7. A shoe with a flat heel.

8. A large flat piece of mail.

9. A horse that competes in a flat race. Also called runner.

10. Music

a. A sign () used to indicate that a note is to be lowered by a half step.

b. A note that is lowered a half step.

11. Football The area of the field to either side of an offensive formation.

v. flat·ted, flat·ting, flats

v.tr.

1. To make flat; flatten.

2. Music To lower (a note) a semitone.

v.intr. Music

To sing or play below the proper pitch.

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[Middle English, from Old Norse flatr; see plat- in Indo-European roots.]

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flatly adv.

flatness n.

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flat ²  (flt)

n.

1. An apartment on one floor of a building.

2. Archaic A story in a house.

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[Alteration of Scots flet, inner part of a house, from Middle English, from Old English, floor, dwelling; see plat- in Indo-European roots.]

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flat¹

adj flatter, flattest

1. horizontal; level flat ground a flat roof

2. even or smooth, without projections or depressions a flat surface

3. lying stretched out at full length; prostrate he lay flat on the ground

4. having little depth or thickness; shallow a flat dish

5. (postpositive; often foll by against) having a surface or side in complete contact with another surface flat against the wall

6. spread out, unrolled, or levelled

7. (of a tyre) deflated, either partially or completely

8. (of shoes) having an unraised or only slightly raised heel

9. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Athletics (Track & Field)) Chiefly Brit

a.  (of races, racetracks, or racecourses) not having obstacles to be jumped

b.  of, relating to, or connected with flat racing as opposed to steeplechasing and hurdling flat jockeys earn more

10. without qualification; total a flat denial

11. without possibility of change; fixed a flat rate

12. (prenominal or immediately postpositive) neither more nor less; exact he did the journey in thirty minutes flat a flat thirty minutes

13. unexciting or lacking point or interest a flat joke

14. without variation or resonance; monotonous a flat voice

15. (of food) stale or tasteless

16. (of beer, sparkling wines, etc.) having lost effervescence, as by exposure to air

17. (Business / Commerce) (of trade, business, a market, etc.) commercially inactive; sluggish

18. (of a battery) fully discharged; dead

19. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) (of a print, photograph, or painting) lacking contrast or shading between tones

20. (of paint) without gloss or lustre; matt

21. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) (of a painting) lacking perspective

22. (of lighting) diffuse

23. (Music, other) Music

a.  (immediately postpositive) denoting a note of a given letter name (or the sound it represents) that has been lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone B flat

b.  (of an instrument, voice, etc.) out of tune by being too low in pitch Compare sharp [12]

24. (Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology) Phonetics another word for lenis

(Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology)

flat a Phonetics the vowel sound of a as in the usual US or S Brit pronunciation of hand, cat, usually represented by the symbol (æ)

adv

1. in or into a prostrate, level, or flat state or position he held his hand out flat

2. completely or utterly; absolutely he went flat against the rules

3. exactly; precisely in three minutes flat

4. (Music, other) Music

a.  lower than a standard pitch

b.  too low in pitch she sings flat Compare sharp [18]

fall flat to fail to achieve a desired effect, etc.

flat out Informal

a.  with the maximum speed or effort

b.  totally exhausted

n

1. a flat object, surface, or part

2. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) (often plural) a low-lying tract of land, esp a marsh or swamp

3. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) (often plural) a mud bank exposed at low tide

4. (Music, other) Music

a.  an accidental that lowers the pitch of the following note by one chromatic semitone. Usual symbol ♭

b.  a note affected by this accidental Compare sharp [19]

5. (Performing Arts / Theatre) Theatre a rectangular wooden frame covered with painted canvas, etc., used to form part of a stage setting

6. a punctured car tyre

7. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Racing) often cap; preceded by the Chiefly Brit

a.  flat racing, esp as opposed to steeplechasing and hurdling

b.  the season of flat racing

8. (Transport / Nautical Terms) Nautical a flatboat or lighter

9. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Horticulture) US and Canadian a shallow box or container, used for holding plants, growing seedlings, etc.

vb flats, flatting, flatted

1. to make or become flat

2. (Music, other) Music the usual US word for flatten [3] See also flats

[from Old Norse flatr; related to Old High German flaz flat, Greek platus flat, broad]

flatly  adv

flatness  n

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flat²

n

1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a set of rooms comprising a residence entirely on one floor of a building Usual US and Canadian name apartment

2. Brit and NZ a portion of a house used as separate living quarters

3. NZ a house shared with people who are not members of one's own family

vb flats, flatting, flatted (intr)

Austral and NZ to live in a flat (with someone)

[Old English flett floor, hall, house; related to flat¹]

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In photography, lacking in contrast.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	flat - a level tract of land; "the salt flats of Utah" alluvial flat, alluvial plain - a flat resulting from repeated deposits of alluvial material by running water champaign, plain, field - extensive tract of level open land; "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his youth" salt flat, salt plain - a flat expanse of salt left by the evaporation of a body of salt water
	2.	flat - a shallow box in which seedlings are started box - a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid; "he rummaged through a box of spare parts"
	3.	flat - a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named musical notation - (music) notation used by musicians double flat - a musical notation of two flats in front of a note indicating that it is to be lowered by two semitones
	4.	flat - freight car without permanent sides or roof flatbed, flatcar freight car - a railway car that carries freight
	5.	flat - a deflated pneumatic tire             flat tire pneumatic tire, pneumatic tyre - a tire made of reinforced rubber and filled with compressed air; used on motor vehicles and bicycles etc
	6.	flat - scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting coulisse, wing flat - a flat situated in the wings mise en scene, stage setting, setting - arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted scenery, scene - the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale; "they worked all night painting the scenery" tormenter, tormentor, teaser - a flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wings
	7.	flat - a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house apartment apartment building, apartment house - a building that is divided into apartments bedsit, bedsitter, bedsitting room - a furnished sitting room with sleeping accommodations (and some plumbing) cold-water flat - an apartment without modern conveniences duplex apartment, duplex - an apartment having rooms on two floors that are connected by a staircase efficiency apartment - a furnished apartment with a kitchenette and bathroom flatlet - a tiny flat housing, living accommodations, lodging - structures collectively in which people are housed kitchenette - small kitchen maisonette, maisonnette - a self-contained apartment (usually on two floors) in a larger house and with its own entrance from the outside penthouse - an apartment located on the top floors of a building railroad flat - an apartment whose rooms are all in a line with doors between them studio apartment, studio - an apartment with a living space and a bathroom and a small kitchen rooms, suite - apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel) walk-up, walk-up apartment - an apartment in a building without an elevator
Adj.	1.	flat - having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another; "a flat desk"; "acres of level farmland"; "a plane surface"; "skirts sewn with fine flat seams" level, plane even - being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with); "an even application of varnish"; "an even floor"; "the road was not very even"; "the picture is even with the window"
	2.	flat - having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness; "flat computer monitors" planar, two-dimensional - involving two dimensions
	3.	flat - not modified or restricted by reservations; "a categorical denial"; "a flat refusal" categoric, categorical, unconditional unqualified - not limited or restricted; "an unqualified denial"
	4.	flat - stretched out and lying at full length along the ground; "found himself lying flat on the floor" prostrate unerect - not upright in position or posture
	5.	flat - lacking contrast or shading between tones photography, picture taking - the act of taking and printing photographs contrasty - having sharp differences between black and white
	6.	flat - (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone; "B flat" music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner natural - (of a musical note) being neither raised nor lowered by one chromatic semitone; "a natural scale"; "B natural" sharp - (of a musical note) raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone; "C sharp"
	7.	flat - flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes) compressed biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms thin - of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section; "thin wire"; "a thin chiffon blouse"; "a thin book"; "a thin layer of paint"
	8.	flat - lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid beer"; "vapid tea" bland, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid tasteless - lacking flavor
	9.	flat - lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting; "a bland little drama"; "a flat joke" bland unexciting, unstimulating - not stimulating
	10.	flat - having lost effervescence; "flat beer"; "a flat cola" noneffervescent - not effervescent
	11.	flat - sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch; "the owl's faint monotonous hooting" monotone, monotonic, monotonous unmodulated - characterized by lack of variation in pitch, tone, or volume; "he lectured in an unmodulated voice edged with hysteria"
	12.	flat - horizontally level; "a flat roof" horizontal - parallel to or in the plane of the horizon or a base line; "a horizontal surface"
	13.	flat - lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth; "a film with two-dimensional characters"; "a flat two-dimensional painting" 2-dimensional, two-dimensional multidimensional - having or involving or marked by several dimensions or aspects; "multidimensional problems"; "a multidimensional proposition"; "a multidimensional personality"
	14.	flat - not reflecting light; not glossy; "flat wall paint"; "a photograph with a matte finish" mat, matt, matte, matted dull - emitting or reflecting very little light; "a dull glow"; "dull silver badly in need of a polish"; "a dull sky"
	15.	flat - commercially inactive; "flat sales for the month"; "prices remained flat"; "a flat market" inactive - (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly
Adv.	1.	flat - with flat sails; "sail flat against the wind"
	2.	flat - in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly; "he didn't answer directly"; "told me straight out"; "came out flat for less work and more pay" straight, directly

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flat¹

adjective

1. even, level, levelled, plane, smooth, uniform, horizontal, unbroken, planar Sit the cup on a flat surface while measuring.
even broken, rolling, rough, up and down, sloping, rugged, irregular, uneven, slanting, hilly

2. horizontal, prone, outstretched, reclining, prostrate, laid low, supine, recumbent, lying full length Two men near him threw themselves flat.
horizontal straight, upright, vertical, on end, perpendicular

3. shallow, not deep a square flat box

4. low, low-heeled, with low heels, without heels I usually wear flat shoes or boots.

5. punctured, collapsed, burst, blown out, deflated, empty It was impossible to ride with a flat tyre.

6. used up, finished, empty, drained, expired The battery was flat.

7. still, no longer fizzy My hand gripped the glass of flat lemonade.

8. absolute, firm, direct, straight, positive, fixed, plain, final, explicit, definite, outright, unconditional, downright, unmistakable, unequivocal, unqualified, out-and-out, categorical, peremptory She is likely to give you a flat refusal.

9. set, agreed, settled, fixed, arranged, specified, definite, decided You will be charged a flat fee for the connection.

10. sluggish, slow, stagnant, inactive car sales stayed flat

11. dull, dead, empty, boring, depressing, pointless, tedious, stale, lacklustre, tiresome, lifeless, monotonous, uninteresting, insipid, unexciting, spiritless The past few days have been flat and empty.
dull exciting, sparkling, tasty, bubbly, palatable, fizzy, effervescent, zestful

12. without energy, empty, weak, tired, depressed, drained, weary, worn out, dispirited, downhearted, tired out I've been feeling flat at times.

13. monotonous, boring, uniform, dull, tedious, droning, tiresome, unchanging, colourless, toneless, samey (informal), uninflected, unvaried Her voice was flat, with no hope in it.

noun

(often plural) plain, strand, shallow, marsh, swamp, shoal, lowland, mud flat salt marshes and mud flats

adverb

1. horizontal, outstretched, lying full length Lie down flat on your back.

2. completely, directly, absolutely, categorically, precisely, exactly, utterly, outright, point blank, unequivocally He had turned her down flat.

flat out (Informal) at full speed, all out, to the full, hell for leather (informal), as hard as possible, at full tilt, at full gallop, posthaste, for all you are worth, under full steam Everyone is working flat out.

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flat²

noun apartment, rooms, quarters, digs, suite, penthouse, living quarters She lives with her husband in a flat.

Translations

flat¹ [flæt]

A. ADJ (flatter (compar) (flattest (superl)))

1. (= level) [surface, roof] → plano; [countryside] → llano
he was lying flat on the floor → estaba tumbado en el suelo
he laid his hands flat on the table → puso las manos extendidas sobre la mesa
keep your feet flat on the floor → mantén los pies bien pegados al suelo
the sea was calm and flat → el mar estaba en calma y no había olas
lie flat on your back → túmbate de espaldas en el suelo
he was flat on his back for a month after the accident → tuvo que guardar cama durante un mes después del accidente
to fall flat on one's face (lit) → caer(se)de bruces
the government's campaign fell flat on its face → la campaña del gobierno resultó un fracaso
flat as a pancake → liso como la palma de la mano
see also spin

2. (= smooth, even) [road, surface] → liso, llano
to smooth sth flat [+ paper etc] → alisar algo

3. (= shallow) [dish] → llano; [box] → plano

4. [foot, shoe] → plano; [nose] → chato
to have flat feet → tener los pies planos

5. (= deflated) [tyre, ball] → pinchado, desinflado
we got a flat tyre → se nos pinchó una rueda, se nos ponchó una llanta(Mex)
I had a flat tyre → tenía una rueda pinchada or desinflada, tenía un pinchazo, tenía una ponchada(Mex)

6. (= dull, lifeless) [voice, colour] → apagado; [taste, style] → soso; [light] → sin contraste; [drink] → sin burbujas or gas; [battery] → descargado
the atmosphere at the party was a bit flat → el ambiente de la fiesta estaba un poco apagado
I've got a flat battery → se me ha descargado la batería
I'm feeling rather flat → estoy un poco deprimido
she meant it as a joke, but it fell flat → lo dijo de broma, pero nadie le vio la gracia
the champagne has gone flat → al champán se le ha ido la fuerza or se le han ido las burbujas

7. (= inactive) [trade, business] → flojo
sales have been flat this summer → las ventas han estado flojas este verano, no ha habido mucho movimiento de ventas este verano

8. (= outright) [refusal, denial] → rotundo, terminante
his suggestion met with a flat refusal → su sugerencia recibió una negativa rotunda or terminante
he says he's not going and that's flat → dice que no va y sanseacabó

9. (Mus)

9.1. [voice, instrument] → desafinado
she/her singing was flat → desafinaba cantando

9.2. (of key) → bemol
E flat major → mi bemol mayor

10. (= fixed) [rate, fee, charge] → fijo

11. (Horse racing)
flat jockey → jinete mf de carreras sin obstáculos
the flat season → la temporada de carreras de caballos sin obstáculos

12. (= not shiny) (of painted surface) → mate, sin brillo

B. ADV

1. (= absolutely)
to be flat broke → estar pelado, estar sin un duro(Sp) , estar sin un peso(LAm)

2. (= outright) [refuse] → rotundamente, terminantemente
I told her flat that she couldn't have it → le dije terminantemente que no se lo podía quedar
to turn sth down flat → rechazar algo rotundamente or de plano

3. (= exactly) he did it in ten minutes flat → lo hizo en diez minutos justos or exactos

4. (esp Brit) flat out: flat out, the car can do 140mph → cuando pones el coche a toda máquina, llega a las 140 millas por hora
to go flat out → ir a toda máquina
to go flat out for sth → intentar conseguir algo por todos los medios
she went flat out for the title → intentó por todos los medios conseguir el título
to work flat out (to do sth) → trabajar a toda máquina(para hacer algo)

5. (Mus) to play/sing flat → tocar/cantar demasiado bajo, desafinar

C. N

1. [of hand] → palma f; [of sword] → cara f de la hoja

2. (Mus) → bemol m

3. (Aut) → pinchazo m, ponchada f (Mex)
we got a flat → se nos pinchó una rueda, se nos ponchó una llanta(Mex)
I had a flat → tenía una rueda pinchada or desinflada, tenía un pinchazo, tenía una ponchada(Mex)

4. flats (Geog) (= marshland) → marismas fpl; (= sand) → bancos mpl de arena
mud flats → marismas fpl
salt flats → salinas fpl

5. (Theat) → bastidor m

6. (Horse racing) the flat → las carreras de caballos sin obstáculos

D. CPD flat cap N gorra de lana con visera
flat pack N it comes in a flat pack → viene en una caja plana para el automontaje
flat racing N → carreras fpl de caballos sin obstáculos
flat screen N (TV, Comput) → pantalla f plana

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flat² [flæt] N (Brit) → apartamento m, piso m (Sp), departamento m (LAm)

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flat [ˈflæt]

adj

(= level) → plat(e)
a flat roof → un toit plat
to smooth sth flat → aplatir qch
to be as flat as a pancake → être complètement à plat

[shoes, heels] → plat(e)
flat shoes → des chaussures plates

[tyre] → à plat
I've got a flat tyre → J'ai un pneu à plat.

[battery] → à plat

[beer, champagne] → éventé(e)
to go flat → s'éventer

(= expressionless) [voice] → monotone

[denial] → catégorique

(= fixed-rate) [fee] → fixe

(MUSIC) (semitone lower) → bémol inv
B flat n (= key) → si m bémol; modif [sonata, trio] → en si bémol

(MUSIC) (= out of tune) [note] → bémolisé(e); [voice, singing] → trop grave

n

(British) (= apartment) → appartement m
She lives in a flat → Elle habite un appartement.

(also flat tyre) → crevaison f, pneu m crevé

(= level ground) on the flat → sur le plat

the flat of one's hand → le plat de la main

adv

[lie] → à plat

(= out of tune) [sing, play] → faux*(fausse)

in 10 minutes flat → en 10 minutes pile

flat broke (= totally penniless) → fauché(e) comme les blés

to fall flat [joke, attempt] → tomber à plat

to work flat out (British) (= as hard as possible) → travailler d'arrache-pied

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flat:

flat-bed lorry

n → Tieflader m

flat bench

n (in fitness centre) → Flachbank f

flatboat

n → Prahm m, → Flachboot nt

flat-bottomed

adj boat, bowl → flach

flat-chested

adj → flachbrüstig

flat dweller

n (Brit) → Wohnungsbewohner(in) m(f)

flat feet

pl → Plattfüße pl

flatfish

n → Plattfisch m

flatfoot

n (inf: = policeman) → Polyp m (inf)

flat-footed

adj → plattfüßig

flat-hunting

n (Brit) → Wohnungssuche f; to go/be flat → auf Wohnungssuche gehen/sein

flatiron

n (old) → Plätteisen nt

flatlet

n (Brit) → kleine Wohnung

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flat:

flat pack

n (Brit: = furniture) → flaches Paket; it arrives as a flat → es kommt flach verpackt an

flat-pack

adj flat furniture → Möbel pl → zur Selbstmontage

flat paint

n → Grundierfarbe f

flat race

n → Flachrennen nt

flat racing

n → Flachrennen nt

flat-rate

adj → pauschal; flat internet access → Flatrate f

flat screen (Comput)

n → Flachbildschirm m

adj flat-screen monitor → Flachbildschirm m

flat season

n → Flachrennsaison f

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flat:

flatware

n (US: = cutlery) → Besteck nt; (= plates etc) → Geschirr nt

flatwork

n (US) → Mangelwäsche f

flatworm

n → Plattwurm m

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flat¹

adj (+er)

→ flach; tyre, nose, feet → platt; surface → eben; he stood flat against the wall → er stand platt gegen die Wand gedrückt; as flat as a pancake (inf, tyre) → total platt; (countryside) → total flach; flat roof → Flachdach nt; to fall flat on one’s face → auf die Nase fallen; to lie flat → flach or platt liegen

(fig) → fade; painting, photo → flach, kontrastarm; colour → matt, stumpf, glanzlos; joke, remark → abgedroschen, öde, müde; trade, market → lau, lahm, lustlos; battery → leer; (= stale) beer, wine → schal, abgestanden; in a flat voice → mit ausdrucksloser Stimme; she felt a bit flat → sie fühlte sich ein bisschen daneben (inf), → sie hatte zu nichts Lust; to fall flat (joke) → nicht ankommen; (play etc) → durchfallen

refusal, denial → glatt, deutlich; and that’s flat → und damit basta

(Mus: = out of tune) instrument → zu tief (gestimmt); voice → zu tief

(Comm) → Pauschal-; flat rate → Pauschale f; (Internet) → Flatrate f; to charge a flat rate of interest → einen pauschalen Zinssatz berechnen; to get a flat rate of pay → pauschal bezahlt werden; flat fare → Einheitstarif m

adv

turn down, refuse → rundweg, kategorisch; he told me flat (out) that … → er sagte mir klipp und klar, dass …

(Mus) to sing/play flat → zu tief singen/spielen

in ten seconds flat → in sage und schreibe (nur) zehn Sekunden

flat broke (inf) → total pleite (inf)

flat out (inf: = exhausted) → total erledigt (inf); (= asleep, drunk) → hinüber (inf); to go flat out → voll aufdrehen (inf); (in car also) → Spitze fahren (inf); to work or go flat out → auf Hochtouren arbeiten; to be lying flat out → platt am Boden liegen

n

(of hand) → Fläche f; (of blade) → flache Seite

(Geog) → Ebene f; on the flat (= on the plain) → in der Ebene; (= on a flat surface) → auf ebener Fläche

(Mus) → Erniedrigungszeichen nt, → b nt

(Aut) → Platte(r) m (inf), → (Reifen)panne f

(Theat) → Kulisse f

(Sport) the flat → das Flachrennen; (= season) → die Flachrennsaison

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flat²

n (esp Brit) → Wohnung f

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flat¹ [flæt]

1. adj (-ter (comp) (-test (superl)))

a. (gen) → piatto/a; (smooth) → liscio/a, piano/a; (tyre) → sgonfio/a, a terra
as flat as a pancake (fam) → completamente piatto/a (Aut) (tyre) → completamente sgonfio/a or a terra
to fall flat on one's face → cadere a terra lungo/a disteso/a, finire faccia a terra
flat race → corsa piana

b. (final, refusal, denial) → categorico/a, netto/a
I'm not going, and that's flat! (fam) → non ci vado e basta!

c. (Mus) (key) → bemolle inv; (voice) → stonato/a (000) (instrument) → scordato/a
C flat → do m inv bemolle

d. (dull, lifeless, taste, style) → piatto/a; (joke) → che non fa ridere; (drink) → che ha perso l'effervescenza, sgassato/a; (battery) → scarico/a; (colour) → scialbo/a
to be feeling rather flat → sentirsi giù di corda or di morale

e. (fixed) flat rate of pay → tariffa unica di pagamento
at a flat rate → a una tariffa unica

2. adv

a. (absolutely, refuse, tell) → seccamente, recisamente
flat broke (fam) → al verde, in bolletta
in ten minutes flat → in dieci minuti spaccati
(to work) flat out → (lavorare) a più non posso

b. to spread a map out flat on the floor → stendere una cartina sul pavimento
to be flat out (lying) → essere disteso/a or sdraiato/a (asleep) → dormire della grossa

c. (Mus) (sing, play) → in modo stonato

3. n (of hand) → palmo; (of sword) → parte f piatta (Mus) → bemolle m inv (Aut) → gomma a terra

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flat² [flæt] n (Brit) → appartamento
to go flat-hunting → cercare un appartamento

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flat

adj flat [flӕt]

1 level; without rise or fall a flat surface. plat مُسَطَّح، مُنْبَسِط равен plochý flad; jævn; plan; lige flach επίπεδος, ομαλός llano, plano, liso tasane مسطح tasainen plat שָׁטוּח गिरा देना gladak, ravne površine sík datar flatur piatto 平らな 수평인 lygus, plokščias plakans; lēzens mendatar vlak flat, jevn płaski raso plat плоский plochý raven ravan flat, flack, platt ราบ (พื้นดิน) düz 平的 плаский; рівний سپاٹ bằng phẳng 平的

2 dull; without interest She spent a very flat weekend. vaal فاتِر، بارِد، غير مُثير еднообразен nudný, všední kedelig; død langweilig πληκτικός monótono üksluine کسالت آور tylsä ennuyeux חֲסַר עִנייָן मंद dosadan, jednoličan unalmas membosankan leiðinlegur, tilbreytingarlítill noioso 味気ない 지루한 nuobodus garlaicīgs; neinteresants membosankan saai kjedelig, trist nudny aborrecido neinteresat скучный nudný, všedný dolgočasen dosadan tråkig น่าเบื่อ sıkıcı 無聊的 нудний بے مزہ đều đều 无聊的

3 (of something said, decided etc) definite; emphatic a flat denial. volstrekte ontkenning صَريح، تام، مؤكَّد решителен rozhodný, jasný ubetinget; kategorisk; pure glatt κατηγορηματικός rotundo kindel قطعی ehdoton net מוּחלָט एक समान odlučan, nedvosmislen egyértelmű tegas afdráttarlaus netto きっぱりした 단호한 kategoriškas skaidrs; noteikts; kategorisks tegas absoluut blankt, kategorisk, ubetinget kategoryczny completo categoric категорический rozhodný gladek izričit uttrycklig, blankt [] แน่นอน kesin 斷然的 прямий, категоричний حتمی، یقینی thẳng thừng 断然的

4 (of a tyre) not inflated, having lost most of its air His car had a flat tyre. pap band مُفْرَغ من الهَواء спукан prázdný, splasklý flad; punkteret platt ξεφούσκωτος (για λάστιχο) desinflado tühi پنچر tyhjä à plat מְפוּנצַ'ר पहिया इत्यादि से हवा निकल जाना prazno (guma) lapos; gumidefekt kempis vindlaus sgonfio, a terra 空気の抜けた 바람이 빠진 nuleistas, subliuškęs (par riepu) saplacis kempis plat flat, punktert bez powietrza vazio dezumflat спущенный sfúknutý prazen izbušen punkterad แบน patlak 癟了的 зпущений, здутий پچکا ہوا bẹp 瘪了的

5 (of drinks) no longer fizzy flat lemonade; (also adverb ) My beer has gone flat. verslaan لا طَعْمَ لَهُ изветрял zvětralý flad; doven fade ξεθυμασμένος, που δεν αφρίζει πια sin gas lahtunud بی مزه؛ بی گاز väljähtynyt éventé אִיבֵּד אֶת הַגָזִים झाग खो चुका पेय ishlapljen; ishlapljeno állott tidak segar flatur, goslaus sgassato 気の抜けた 맥빠진 išsivadėjęs, nusivadėjęs (par dzērienu) novadējies tidak berbusa zonder prik doven zwietrzały choco trezit выдохшийся zvetraný postan izlapeti avslagen หมดฟอง (เครื่องดื่ม) gazı kaçmış 走了氣的 видиханий سنسناہٹ کے بغیر hả hơi 走了气的

6 slightly lower than a musical note should be That last note was flat; (also adverb ) The choir went very flat. vals gesing غير واضِح، أدنى من اللازِم глух nižší o půl tónu for lav; ikke ren zu tief μερικές σκάλες παρακάτω (σε κλίμακα ήχου) desafinado (pisut) madal بیش از حد زیر alavireinen en dessous du ton בְּמוֹל बेसुरा snižen (ton); sniženo lehangolódott, hamis (”lecsúszott”) datar lágur; sem hangir í tóninum; of lágt abbassato di tono; in tono più basso 半音低い 반음 내린 pažemintas, per žemas bemola-; pazemināts; detonēts datar te laag falsk, for lavt (i forhold til toneleiet) (za) niski desafinado (mai) jos бемольный znížený, falošný; falošne znižan niski tonovi för låg[] ที่ลดเสียงลงต่ำครึ่งหนึ่ง (ดนตรี) pes, akortsuz 降音的 бемольний موسیقی کی دھن سے تھوڑا کم giáng 降音的

adv

stretched out She was lying flat on her back. plat متَمَدِّد точно roztažený udstrakt flach ξαπλωμένος, φαρδύς πλατύς horizontalmente täies pikkuses درازکش pitkin pituuttaan à plat יָשָר चित्त लेटना potrbuške ispružen elnyúlva melunjur flatt disteso 平らべったく 납작하게 펴고 išsitiesęs (visu ūgiu) plakaniski; garšļaukus melunjur uitgestrekt utstrakt, flatt płasko estendido întins плашмя natiahnuto plosko ispružen platt, utsträckt อย่างแผ่หลา dümdüz 平直地 плескато لمبی تان کر sóng sượt; sõng soài 平直地

n

1 (Americanaˈpartment) a set of rooms on one floor, with kitchen and bathroom, in a larger building or block Do you live in a house or a flat? woonstel شَقَّه سَكنيَّه апартамент byt lejlighed die Wohnung διαμέρισμα apartamento korter آپارتمان asunto appartement דִירָה घर stan lakás apartemen íbúð appartamento アパート 플랫, 아파트 butas dzīvoklis pangsapuri flat leilighet mieszkanie apartamento apartament квартира byt stanovanje stan lägenhet ห้องชุด daire, kat 一套房間 квартира کسی عمارت کی مکمل رہائشی اکائی căn hộ 一套房间

2 (in musical notation) a sign (♭) which makes a note a semitone lower. mineurteken عَلامَة الخَفْض في الموسيقى бемол předznamenání bé (med b for) das B ύφεση (μουσ.) bemol madaldusmärk بمل alennusmerkki bémol בְּמוֹל सुर से धीमी आवाज snizilica b, bé bémol bé, lækkunarmerki bemolle フラット記号 내림표 bemolis bemols tanda flat molteken foran (ass, ess osv.)`}}tone med {{bflat}} foran (ass, ess osv.) bemol bemol bemol бемоль znamienko bé nižaj snizilica b-förtecken, halvt tonsteg nedåt เสียงที่ลดเสียงลงต่ำครึ่งหนึ่ง (ดนตรี) bemol 降半音 бемоль کسی دھن کو آدھا درجہ نیچے کرنے والی علامت dấu giáng 降半音

3 a level, even part the flat of her hand. plat kant راحَة اليَد длан dlaň håndflade die Fläche επίπεδη πλευρά plano; palma laba هر چیز مسطح tasainen osa plat צַד שָׁטוּחַ समतल भाग dlan lap(os felület); tenyér telapak flatur palmo 平たい部分 평평한 부분 plokštuma, plokščioji pusė delna telapak vlak gedeelte flate, flatside płaska część plano supra­faţă plată плоская поверхность dlaň ploskev ravno platt föremål, []flata ส่วนที่เป็นระนาบ düzlük, düz taraf 平坦部分 плоска поверхня سپاٹ حصہ lòng (sông, bàn tay...) 平坦部分

4 (usually in plural) an area of flat land, especially beside the sea, a river etc mud flats. vlakte أرض مُنْبَسِطَه، ساحِل равнина nížina fladt land; slette; marsk die Niederung πεδινή περιοχή (πληθ.) llano, llanura madal ala زمین هموار؛ جلگه tasamaa marécages, bas-fonds שֶטַח מִישוֹרִי समुद्र किनारे का समतल भाग plićina homokzátony dataran flatlendi, sléttlendi piano; pantano 平地 (강 따위에 가까운) 평지 žemuma, sekluma purvājs dataran wad slette, flate nizina baixio ţărm jos; ţinut mlăştinos низина; отмель nížina ravnina ravnica flackt land, låglänt mark ที่ราบ düzlük, düz alan 低窪沼澤地 рівнина, низина سپاٹ زمین کا علاقہ đất bằng phẳng; dải đất phẳng thấp, nhất là gần nước 低洼沼泽地

adv flatly

definitely; emphatically She flatly denied it. volstrek ontken بِصَراحَه، بصورة تامَّ решително rovnou, rozhodně ubetinget; kategoriskt; pure glatt κατηγορηματικά categóricamente kindlalt مطلقاً؛ قطعاً ehdottomasti catégoriquement בְּאוֹפןֶ מוּחלָט पूरी तरह से glatko, bez razmišljanja határozottan tegas ákveðið; eindregið categoricamente きっぱりと 명백히 kategoriškai kategoriski; noteikti dengan tegas botweg direkte, likefram, blankt kategorycznie categoricamente categoric категорически rozhodne, priamo, úplne odločno glatko uttryckligen, blankt อย่างแน่นอน kesin olarak, kesinlikle 斷然地 рішуче, категорично دو ٹوک thẳng thừng; dứt khoát 断然地

v flatten

(often without) to make or become flat The countryside flattened out as they came near the sea. plat word يسير أفقيا، َنْبَسِط изравнявам (се) narovnat se, zploštit se blive fladt flach werden ισοπεδώνω, ισιώνω allanar, aplanar laiaks litsuma, tasanduma مسطح کردن tasoittua (s')aplanir לְשָטֵח समतल करना, होना postati ravan, ravnati (se) kisimít; lapossá válik membuat datar, meratakan fletja appiattirsi 平らにする 평평하게 하다 iš(si)lyginti, padaryti plokščią izlīdzināties; saplakt meratakan plat worden, afplatten gjøre/trykke flat, jevne med jorda spłaszczać (się) aplanar-se a (se) nivela выравнивать(ся) sploštiť sa zravnati (se) izravnati bli (göra) platt, plana ut ทำให้แบน düzleş(tir)mek 變平 робити(ся) рівним سپاٹ بنانا یا ہونا dát mỏng; dát phẳng 变平

flat rate

a fixed amount, especially one that is the same in all cases He charged a flat rate for the work. eenvormige/uniforme/vaste tarief مبلغ ثابت твърда такса paušální sazba fast beløb der Einheitspreis ενιαία τιμή tarifa fija püsiv (tasu)määr میزان ثابت kiinteä hinta prix/taux fixe מְחִיר אָחִיד एक समान दर paušalni iznos, stalna pristojba átalány harga rata-rata fast gjald prezzo fisso 均一料金 균일 요금 pastovus tarifas noteikta samaksa harga tetap vast tarief fast pris/takst stała opłata fixo preţ fix единообразная ставка jednotná sadzba fiksna cena fiksni iznos enhetspris ปริมาณคงที่โดยเฉพาะอย่างยิ่งปริมาณที่เท่ากันในทุกกรณี tek fiyat 統一費率 постійні розцінки, фіксована плата بندھا ہوئی قیمت tỉ lệ cố định 统一收费率

flat out

as fast, energetically etc as possible She worked flat out. voluit بِسُرْعَةٍ وَنَشاط с всички сили nejvyšší rychlostí, na plné obrátky på højtryk; for fulde omdrejninger entscheiden χωρίς ανάσα, όσο πιο γρήγορα γίνεται a toda pastilla, a todo gas kogu jõust با سرعت و کوشش تمام täysillä à toute allure בְּכָל הַכּוֹחַ शीघ्रता से, बहुत थका होना maksimalan, totalan, stopostotan mindent beleadva keras af fullum krafti strenuamente 全速力で 전력을 다하여 pašėlusiai greitai, iš visų jėgų pārgalvīgi bekerja keras op volle kracht for fullt, full fart jak w transie a todo o gás QUERY cât îl ţin puterile изо всех сил plnou rýchlosťou na vso moč do iznemoglosti för fullt, i full fart อย่างเร็วเท่าที่จะเป็นไปได้ bütün hızıyla 傾全力 на повній швидкості پوری رفتار سے روانہ càng nhanh càng tốt, sử dụng tất cả sức lực hoặc phương sách 倾全力

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flat → مُسَطّح, منبسط byt, plochý flad, lejlighed flach, Wohnung διαμέρισμα, επίπεδος piso, plano asunto, litteä appartement, plat ravan, stan appartamento, piatto フラット, 平らな 편평한, 평면 plat, vlak flat, leilighet mieszkanie, płaski apartamento, nivelado квартира, плоский lägenhet, platt ที่ราบ, ราบ apartman dairesi, düz căn hộ, phẳng 公寓, 平坦的