complot
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Middle French complot (“crowd-, plot”).
=== Pronunciation ===
(noun) IPA(key): /ˈkɒmˌplɒt/
(verb) IPA(key): /kəmˈplɒt/
Rhymes: -ɒt
=== Noun ===
complot (plural complots)
(archaic) A plot (involving more than one person), conspiracy
=== Verb ===
complot (third-person singular simple present complots, present participle complotting, simple past and past participle complotted)
(archaic, ambitransitive) To plot together; conspire.
==== Derived terms ====
complotment
complotter
==== Related terms ====
plot
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from French complot.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Northern) [kumˈplo̞t]
IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia, Northwestern) [komˈplɔt]
IPA(key): (Central) [kumˈplɔt]
Rhymes: -ɔt
=== Noun ===
complot m (plural complots)
conspiracy
Synonym: conxorxa
==== Derived terms ====
complotar
=== Further reading ===
“complot”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
“complot”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
“complot” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “complot”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
== Dutch ==
=== Alternative forms ===
komplot (before 1996)
=== Etymology ===
From French complot (“crowd-, plot”), from Middle French complot (“crowd-, plot”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /kɔmˈplɔt/
Hyphenation: com‧plot
Rhymes: -ɔt
=== Noun ===
complot n (plural complotten, diminutive complotje n)
conspiracy
==== Synonyms ====
samenzwering
==== Derived terms ====
complotdenker
complottheoreticus
complottheorie
==== Descendants ====
Negerhollands: komplot
→ Indonesian: komplot
→ Papiamentu: kòmplòt
== French ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Middle French complot (“crowd-, plot”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /kɔ̃.plo/
=== Noun ===
complot m (plural complots)
plot; conspiracy
théorie du complot ― conspiracy theory
==== Derived terms ====
comploter
complotiste
==== Descendants ====
=== Further reading ===
“complot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
== Middle French ==
=== Etymology ===
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=== Noun ===
complot m (plural complots)
plot; conspiracy; complot
==== Descendants ====
French: complotAntillean Creole: konploHaitian Creole: konploMauritian Creole: konplo→ Catalan: complot→ Danish: komplot→ Dutch: complot, komplot (before 1996)Negerhollands: komplot→ Indonesian: komplot→ Papiamentu: kòmplòt→ Galician: complot→ German: Komplott→ Italian: complotto→ Portuguese: complô→ Romanian: complot→ Spanish: complot→ Turkish: komplo
→ English: complot
== Romanian ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from French complot.
=== Noun ===
complot n (plural comploturi)
complot, conspiracy
==== Related terms ====
complota
complotare
complotat (past participle of "complota")
complotist
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from French complot (“plot, conspiracy”), from Middle French complot.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /komˈplot/ [kõmˈplot̪]
Rhymes: -ot
Syllabification: com‧plot
=== Noun ===
complot m (plural complots)
(colloquial) plot, conspiracy
Synonym: conspiración
=== Further reading ===
“complot”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025