flata

flātā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of flātō

• flaten

flata m or f

1. definite feminine singular of flate

flata f

1. definite singular of flate

Borrowed from French flatter.

a flata (third-person singular present flatează, past participle flatat) 1st conj.

1. to flatter

Recorded since at least the 1960s, where it occurs in Haldo Gibson's slang dictionary. Probably derived from flat (“flat”), alluding to an unwomanly body shape.

• IPA^(key): /ˈflɑːˌta/

flata

1. inflection of flat:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

flata c

1. (colloquial) a female homosexual, a lesbo, a dyke

   Synonyms: lesbisk, (possibly offensive) lebb, homosexuell, gay

2. a flat side (of something), a flat

   Synonym: (side) flatsida

   1. a palm (of the hand)

      Synonym: handflata

Flata has previously been a highly offensive slur towards homosexual women, but has been used by the gay rights movement as a self-descriptive term in order to reclaim and destigmatize it. See also bög.

• flatsex
• handflata (“palm”)

• flata in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• flata in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• flata in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Fula Ordboken