plein
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Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
plein n (??? please provide the plural!, diminutive pleintje)
- square, plaza
- Het plein van ons dorp werd onlangs heraangelegd met nieuwe bloemenperken.
- The square in our village was recently redone with new flowerbeds.
- Het plein van ons dorp werd onlangs heraangelegd met nieuwe bloemenperken.
Derived terms [edit]
French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin plenus. Compare Catalan ple, Esperanto plena, Ido plena, Italian pieno, Portuguese cheio, Romanian plin, Sardinian prenu, Spanish lleno
Pronunciation [edit]
Adjective [edit]
plein m (feminine pleine, masculine plural pleins, feminine plural pleines)
- full, full up
- la voiture est pleine - the car is full
- c'est plein de légendes - it's full of stories
- plenty
- il y a plein de choses à faire - there are plenty of things to do
- solid
- (of a moon) full
- (preceded by en) mid-; middle
- en plein match - (right) in the middle of a match
- en plein concert - mid-concert
- en plein essor - on the rise
- en pleine attaque - mid-attack
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Etymology [edit]
Latin plenus
Adjective [edit]
plein m (feminine pleine)
- full (containing much material)
Descendants [edit]
- Middle English: pleyn
Romansch [edit]
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Etymology [edit]
From Latin plēnus.
