ples

See also: -ples, pleš, and plěś

Albanian

Etymology

A formation from plas.

Noun

ples f

1. genitals of the she-mule

Related terms

• plas
• plasë
• pëlcas

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈplɛs]

Noun 1

1. ball (formal dance)

Synonyms

• bál m

Derived terms

• plesový
• ples upírů (“Dance of the Vampires”)

Noun 2

ples

1. genitive plural of pleso

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Interlingue

Verb

1. (with infinitive) please

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) plēs

1. second-person singular present active indicative of pleō

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Pijin

Etymology

From English place, from Middle English place, conflation of Old English plæse, plætse, plæċe (“place, an open space, street”) and Old French place (“place, an open space”), both from Latin platea (“plaza, wide street”), from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa).

Noun

ples

1. place; location
   • 1988, Geoffrey Miles White, Bikfala faet: olketa Solomon Aelanda rimembarem Wol Wo Tu‎^[1], page 75:

     Bihaen hemi finisim skul blong hem, hemi go minista long sios long ples blong hem long 'Areo.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From plésati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plêːs/

Noun

plȇs m (Cyrillic spelling пле̑с)

1. dance
2. dance, ball (a social gathering where people dance)

Declension

Declension of ples

	singular	plural
nominative	plȇs	plȅsovi
genitive	plesa	plesova
dative	plesu	plesovima
accusative	ples	plesove
vocative	plesu	plesovi
locative	plesu	plesovima
instrumental	plesom	plesovima

References

• “ples” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pléːs/

Noun

plẹ̑s m inan

1. dance

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	plés
gen. sing.	plésa
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	plés	plésa	plési
genitive (rodȋlnik)	plésa	plésov	plésov
dative (dajȃlnik)	plésu	plésoma	plésom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	plés	plésa	plése
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	plésu	plésih	plésih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	plésom	plésoma	plési

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English place, from Middle English place, conflation of Old English plæse, plætse, plæċe (“place, an open space, street”) and Old French place (“place, an open space”), both from Latin platea (“plaza, wide street”), from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa).

Noun

ples

1. place
2. village; town
   • Template:tpi-cite-bible
3. region

Derived terms

• tokples

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