plica

See also: Plica and plića

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin, from Latin plicare (“to fold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplaɪkə/

Noun

plica (countable and uncountable, plural plicas or plicae)

1. A fold or crease, especially of skin or other tissue.
2. Polish plait, plica polonica, or plica neuropatica: a disease of the hair in which it becomes twisted and matted together.
3. (botany) A diseased state in plants in which there is an excessive development of small entangled twigs, instead of ordinary branches.
4. (zoology) The bend of the wing of a bird.
5. (music) A neume, in the form of a tail at the end of a ligature, indicating an additional note.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• circumplicial
• microplica
• plica abomasi
• plica circulares
• plica fimbriata
• plica glossoepiglottica
• plica gubernatrix
• plical
• plica neuropathica
• plica polonica
• plica rumenoreticularis
• plica semilunaris conjunctivae
• plica vascularis
• plica venae cavae

Anagrams

• icpal

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin plica, a derivative of Classical Latin plicō (“I fold, bend or flex; I roll up”). Compare Sicilian chica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpli.ka/
• Rhymes: -ika
• Hyphenation: plì‧ca

Noun

plica f (plural pliche)

1. (literally and figuratively, obsolete or literary) fold
2. (diplomacy, historical) a fold made in a document at the level where the seal is
3. (anatomy) Synonym of piega (“plica, fold”)
4. (music, historical, neumatic notation) liquescent neume

Derived terms

• plicale
• plicometria
• plicometro

 

Related terms

• piega
• plicativo
• plicato
• plicatura
• plico

 

Further reading

• plica¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• plica² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Verb

plicā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of plicō

References

• plica in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)