flat
adjective
1 adjective level, smoothcothrom adj1 réidh adj1 leibhéalta adj3 he put it on a flat surface leag sé ar dhromchla cothrom é 2 adjective not roundedcothrom adj1 leibhéalta adj3 they thought the earth was flat cheap siad go raibh an domhan cothromhe had a flat face bhí aghaidh leathan airTaispeáin iontráil iomlán
3 adjective without hillscothrom adj1 réidh adj1 mín adj1 leibhéalta adj3 the land is as flat as a pancake tá an talamh ina chlár 4 adjective (of water) calmciúin adj1 the sea was flat bhí an fharraige mín, bhí an fharraige ina clár, bhí an fharraige ina léinseach 5 adjective of top, roof etc: not slopingcothrom adj1 réidh adj1 flat stone cloch chothrom 6 adjective of shoesíseal adj 7 adjective deflatedthe tyre was flat bhí an bonn pollta, bhí an t-aer imithe as an mbonnit went flat d'imigh an t-aer as 8 adjective of battery: deadcaite adj3 ídithe adj3 9 adjective (of hierarchy etc) with few levelscothrom adj1 10 adjective of rate, fee: sameflat rate bunráta masc4, ráta comhréidh 11 adjective of refusal etc: definitehe got a flat refusal fuair sé diúltú glan, fuair sé eiteach dearg, diúltaíodh scun scan é 12 adjective of tone, performance: dullleamh adj the show was a bit flat bhí an seó cineál leamh 13 adjective of person, mood: downin ísle brí she was feeling flat bhí sí in ísle brí 14 adjective not fizzyleamh adj the lemonade went flat d'éirigh an líomanáid leamh, d'éirigh an líomanáid bog 15 adjective COMM (of market etc) inactiveciúin adj1 the market was flat in February bhí an margadh ciúin i mí Feabhra, ní raibh aon athrú ar an margadh i mí Feabhra 16 adjective MUS below pitchmaol adj1 17 adjective MUS lower by a semitonemaol adj1
noun
18 noun apartmentárasán masc1 she wants to rent a furnished flat tá sí ag iarraidh árasán a bhfuil troscán ann a fháil ar cíosblock of flats bloc árasántwo-bedroom flat árasán dhá sheomra codlata 19 noun surfacehe hit him with the flat of his hand bhuail sé le clár a bhoise éthe flat of a knife éadan scine 20 noun level groundwe stayed on the flat d'fhanamar ar an talamh cothrom, d'fhanamar ar an talamh réidh, d'fhanamar ar an talamh leibhéalta 21 (especially US) noun tyrebonn pollta bonn ligthe 22 noun MUS notemaol masc1 23 noun MUS symbolmaol masc1 adverb
24 adverb in/to a horizontal positionit was lying flat bhí sé ina luí ar a fhadhe fell flat on his back thit sé ar shlat a dhroma, thit sé ar chlár a dhroma, thit sé ar fhleasc a dhromashe fell flat on her face thit sí ar a béal is ar a srón 25 adverb smooth, eventhe cloth lay flat on the table bhí an t-éadach ina luí go cothrom ar an mbord 26 adverb absolutely, definitelyshe flat refused dhiúltaigh sí go neamhbhalbh, thug sí diúltú glanto go flat against sth dul glan in aghaidh ruda 27 adverb exactlyglan he was here in two minutes flat bhí sé anseo taobh istigh de dhá nóiméad glan 28 adverb MUS below pitchmaol