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plateaux

/plæˈtoʊ(z)/

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noun

plural plural of plateau 1957: Justin O’Brien, The Fall, 1976 reprint, ch. 2, pp20–21 (Penguin Books; →ISBN); a translation from the original 1956 French work La Chute, by Albert Camus In the mountains I used to flee the deep valleys for the passes and plateaux; at the very least, I was a man of the uplands.

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@misc{plateaux_2026,
  title = {plateaux},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/plateaux},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}