plait

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English pleit, from Anglo-Norman pleit (compare Old French ploit), from Latin plectō, which is akin to Old Norse flétta (Danish flette), Russian плести́ (plestí) and also to Old English fleohtan, which it displaced. Doublet of plight (“plait, fold”) and pleat. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pleɪt/, /plæt/ Homophones: plate, plat Rhymes: -æt Rhymes: -eɪt === Noun === plait (plural plaits) A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat. A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== pleat ==== Translations ==== Albanian: dredh (sq) ==== Further reading ==== Plait in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911) === 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 (transitive) To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Patil, Pilat, lapti == French == === Pronunciation === === Verb === plait post-1990 spelling of plaît (third-person singular present indicative of plaire) === Anagrams === pilât, pliât == Middle English == === Etymology === From Old French plait, plet. === Noun === plait 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) agreement argument; dispute court (of law) plea; ask; demand ==== Related terms ==== plaidier ==== Descendants ==== French: plaid → Dutch: pleit → Middle English: plait English: plea Scots: plaid === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “plait”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC. plai on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub