pled

See also: pléd and PLED

English

Alternative forms

• (UK): pleaded

Etymology

From Middle English pladde (preterite) and pladd (past participle) of Middle English pleden (“to plead”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: plĕd, IPA^(key): /plɛd/

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• Rhymes: -ɛd

Verb

pled

1. (Canada, US, Scotland) simple past and past participle of plead
   • 1802, The Edinburgh Magazine, v. XIX (new series), p. 70

     When the indictment was read over, and the Jury sworn in, the prisoner pled guilty.

   • 2018, Matt Papa, Matt Boswell, “Lord From Sorrows Deep I Call (Psalm 42)”:

     For so long I've pled and prayed, "God, come to my rescue!"

Derived terms

• unpled

Anagrams

• Delp, LD-PE, LDPE

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English plaid, from Scots plaid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplɛt/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛt
• Syllabification: pled

Noun

pled m inan (diminutive pledzik, related adjective pledowy)

1. plaid (blanket of thick fabric)

Declension

Declension of pled

	singular	plural
nominative	pled	pledy
genitive	pledu	pledów
dative	pledowi	pledom
accusative	pled	pledy
instrumental	pledem	pledami
locative	pledzie	pledach
vocative	pledzie	pledy

Further reading

• “pled”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “pled”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French plaid.

Noun

pled n (plural pleduri)

1. blanket

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	pled	pledul	pleduri	pledurile
genitive-dative	pled	pledului	pleduri	pledurilor
vocative	pledule		pledurilor

Romansh

Alternative forms

• plaid (Sursilvan)

Etymology

From or related to pledar. Cf. also Old French plait (“plea”).

Noun

pled m (plural pleds)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) word

Derived terms

• pledari

Volapük

Noun

pled (genitive pleda, plural pleds)

1. game (for recreation)

Declension

Declension of pled

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pled	pleds
Genitive	pleda	pledas
Dative	plede	pledes
Accusative	pledi	pledis
Predicative1	pledu	pledus
Vocative	o pled	o pleds

1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.

Related terms

• pledön

Further reading

• “pled”, in Vödabuk (in English, Esperanto, and Volapük)