pluton

Back-formation from Plutonic. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Semantics?

pluton (plural plutons)

1. (mineralogy) A body of igneous rock formed beneath the surface of the earth by consolidation of magma

• Lupton, pulton

pluton m (plural plutons)

1. pluton

• IPA^(key): /ˈplu.tɔn/

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• Rhymes: -utɔn
• Syllabification: plu‧ton
• Homophone: Pluton

Learned borrowing from New Latin plūtōnium.

pluton m inan

1. plutonium

Borrowed from French peloton. Doublet of peleton.

pluton m inan

1. platoon

• pluton in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• pluton in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from French pluton.

pluton m (plural plutoni)

1. pluton (rock)

Borrowed from French peloton, partially through the intermediary Polish ploton. Compare Italian plotone, Spanish pelotón.

• ploton

pluton n (plural plutoane)

1. (military) platoon
2. (sports) group, peloton

• pluton de execuție

pluton c

1. (military) a platoon (some 25 soldiers)

• plutonbefäl
• spaningspluton