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Pflaster

adhesive plaster

noun PFLAS-ter Rare

Origin: from Latin emplastrum

Also means

pavement

Usage Note

Pflaster is a sticking plaster or band-aid; the plural is unchanged. From Latin emplastrum, the same word also means road paving, as in Kopfsteinpflaster (cobblestones), distinguished only by context.

Examples

"Sie klebte ein Pflaster auf die kleine Schnittwunde."

Natural Translation

She stuck a plaster over the small cut.

Literal Translation

She stuck a plaster on the small cut-wound.

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