plier

English

Noun

plier (plural pliers)

1. Agent noun of ply; one who plies.

See also

• pliers (plurale tantum)

Anagrams

• peril
• piler
• prile

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French

Etymology

From Latin plicāre, present active infinitive of plicō. This produced ploier, pleier in Old French, which was later changed analogically under the influence of other verbs such as prier and nier.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /pli.je/, SAMPA: /pli.je/

Verb

plier

1. (transitive) to fold (bend (something) over; arrange by folding)
2. to fold up
3. to bend
4. To mess up, do in, damage
5. (figuratively) To kill, kill off (a game)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of plier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		plier			avoir plié
gerund		en pliant			en ayant plié
present participle		pliant
past participle		plié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	plie	plies	plie	plions	pliez	plient
	imperfect	pliais	pliais	pliait	pliions	pliiez	pliaient
	past historic1	pliai	plias	plia	pliâmes	pliâtes	plièrent
	future	plierai	plieras	pliera	plierons	plierez	plieront
	conditional	plierais	plierais	plierait	plierions	plieriez	plieraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	plie	plies	plie	pliions	pliiez	plient
	imperfect1	pliasse	pliasses	pliât	pliassions	pliassiez	pliassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	plie	—	plions	pliez	—
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Derived terms

• déplier
• replier

Anagrams

• péril
• piler
• repli