plier

== English == === Etymology === From ply + -er. === Pronunciation === === Noun === plier (plural pliers) One who plies. Attributive form of pliers. ==== Derived terms ==== plier wrenches ==== Descendants ==== → Malay: playar === See also === pliers (plurale tantum) === Anagrams === peril, piler, prile == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin plicāre. This produced Old French ploiier, pleier, which was later changed analogically under the influence of the stressed stem pli-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pli.je/ === Verb === plier (transitive) to fold (bend (something) over; arrange by folding) to fold up to bend to mess up; to do in; to damage (figuratively) to kill, kill off (a game) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ployer === Further reading === “plier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === péril, piler, repli == Maltese == === Etymology === From Italo-Romance (compare Italian piliere), from Old French piler, from Vulgar Latin *pilāre, derived from pila. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /plɪːr/ Rhymes: -ɪːr === Noun === plier m (plural plieri) pillar Synonym: kolonna == Middle French == === Etymology === Modified from Old French pleier, ploiier under the influence of the stressed stem pli-. === Verb === plier to fold ==== Conjugation ==== Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive. ==== Descendants ==== French: plier