plait
See also: plaît
English
Etymology
From Old French pleit, from Latin plectō, which is akin to Old Norse flétta (Danish flette) and to Russian сплетать (spletatʹ).
Pronunciation
Noun
plait (plural plaits)
- A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat.
- a box plait
- (Can we date this quote by Addison and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- the plaits and foldings of the drapery
- A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat.
Related terms
Translations
flat fold
braid — see braid
Further reading
Verb
plait (third-person singular simple present plaits, present participle plaiting, simple past and past participle plaited)
- (transitive) To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat
- to plait a ruffle
- (transitive) To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid
- to plait hair
- plaiting rope
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, chapter I, in The House Behind the Cedars:
- Her abundant hair, of a dark and glossy brown, was neatly plaited and coiled above an ivory column that rose straight from a pair of gently sloping shoulders, clearly outlined beneath the light muslin frock that covered them.
Translations
to double in narrow folds — see pleat
to interweave — see braid
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Anagrams
French
Verb
plait
- Alternative form of plaît (third-person singular present indicative of plaire)
Usage notes
- This spelling was a product of the 1990 French spelling reforms.
Anagrams
Middle English
Etymology
From Old French plait, plet.
Noun
plait (plural plaits)
- Alternative form of ple
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin placitum (“decree”)
Noun
plait oblique singular, m (oblique plural plaiz or plaitz, nominative singular plaiz or plaitz, nominative plural plait)
Related terms
Descendants
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (plait)
- plai on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
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