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10 Language-to-English DictionariesPlain-Text
/pleɪn tɛkst/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Text that is not formatted and contains no special characters or styles.
"The document was saved in plain-text format to ensure compatibility with all text editors." - 2
A simple representation of text without any markup or formatting.
"For the sake of clarity, please provide your notes in plain-text."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term 'plain-text' is derived from the combination of 'plain', which comes from the Old French 'plain' meaning 'flat, level', and 'text', from the Latin 'textus', meaning 'woven'. The term evolved in the context of computing to refer to text that is not formatted or encoded.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Plain-Text" is said worldwide
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texte brut
Transliteration: tɛkst bʁœ
"Le document a été enregistré au format texte brut."
reiner Text
Transliteration: ˈʁaɪ̯nɐ tɛkst
"Das Dokument wurde im reinen Textformat gespeichert."
testo semplice
Transliteration: ˈtɛsto ˈsɛmplice
"Il documento è stato salvato in formato testo semplice."
texto plano
Transliteration: ˈteksto ˈplano
"El documento se guardó en formato de texto plano."
texto simples
Transliteration: ˈtɛkstu ˈsĩplɨs
"O documento foi salvo no formato de texto simples."
सादा पाठ
Transliteration: sādā pāṭh
"दस्तावेज़ को सादा पाठ प्रारूप में सहेजा गया।"
纯文本
Transliteration: chún wénběn
"文档已保存为纯文本格式。"
일반 텍스트
Transliteration: ilban tegeuseuteu
"문서는 일반 텍스트 형식으로 저장되었습니다."
プレーンテキスト
Transliteration: purēn tekisuto
"文書はプレーンテキスト形式で保存されました。"
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