plaid

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Scots plaid, of uncertain origin; perhaps from a past participle form of ply. Scottish Gaelic plaide (“blanket”) is probably a borrowing from Scots. Also compare Scottish Gaelic peall (“covering, veil, blanket”) << Latin pellis (“hide, covering”), but the OED finds the sound changes problematic. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Scotland) IPA(key): /pled/, /plad/ (UK, Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /plæd/ (compare plait) Rhymes: -æd ==== Noun ==== plaid (countable and uncountable, plural plaids) (textiles) A type of twilled woollen cloth, often with a tartan or chequered pattern. [from 16thc.] A length of such material used as a piece of clothing, formerly worn in the Scottish Highlands and other parts of northern Britain and remaining as an item of ceremonial dress worn by members of Scottish pipe bands. [from 16thc.] The typical chequered pattern of a plaid; tartan. [from 19thc.] ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Adjective ==== plaid (comparative more plaid, superlative most plaid) Having a pattern or colors which resemble a Scottish tartan; checkered or marked with bars or stripes at right angles to one another. ==== Descendants ==== → Russian: плед (pled) → Ukrainian: плед (pled) === Etymology 2 === Alternative forms. ==== Verb ==== plaid (archaic) simple past and past participle of play 1774, Dr Samuel Johnson, Preface to the Works of the English Poets, J. Nichols, Volume II, Page 134, "...then plaid on the organ, and sung..." === References === == French == === Etymology 1 === From Old French plait, from Latin placitum. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /plɛ/ Homophones: plaids, plaie, plaies, plais, plaît ==== Noun ==== plaid m (plural plaids) (history) placitum (kind of medieval council) === Etymology 2 === From English plaid. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /plɛd/ Homophones: plaids, plaide, plaident, plaides ==== Noun ==== plaid m (plural plaids) plaid small blanket to sit on or to warm one’s legs === Further reading === “plaid”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English plaid. === Noun === plaid m (invariable) tartan rug (especially one used when travelling/traveling) == Middle English == === Noun === plaid alternative form of ple == Old French == === Noun === plaid oblique singular, m (oblique plural plaiz or plaitz, nominative singular plaiz or plaitz, nominative plural plaid) alternative form of plait == Romansh == === Alternative forms === pled (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) === Noun === plaid m (plural plaids) (Sursilvan) word ==== Related terms ==== pledari == Scots == === Etymology === Uncertain; perhaps from a past participle form of ply. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pled/ === Noun === plaid (plural plaids) plaid == Welsh == === Etymology === The original meaning was “row”, “rank”, later “partition”, possibly related to Irish pluid and Scottish Gaelic plaide (“blanket”); as Proto-Celtic had no /p/, the term is likely a borrowing, such as English and Scots plaid. However, the semantic development is unclear. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /plai̯d/ Rhymes: -ai̯d === Noun === plaid f (plural pleidiau) (politics) a (political) party ==== Derived terms ==== o blaid (“in favour (of)”) pleidiol (“partial, partisan”) pleidiwr (“party member”) === Mutation === === References ===