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plait

[ pleyt, plat ]

noun

  1. a braid, especially of hair or straw.
  2. a pleat or fold, as of cloth.


verb (used with object)

  1. to braid, as hair or straw.
  2. to make, as a mat, by braiding.
  3. to pleat.

plait

/ plæt /

noun

  1. a length of hair, ribbon, etc, that has been plaited
  2. (in Britain) a loaf of bread of several twisting or intertwining parts
  3. a rare spelling of pleat


verb

  1. tr to intertwine (strands or strips) in a pattern

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Other Words From

  • inter·plait verb (used with object)

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Word History and Origins

Origin of plait1

1350–1400; Middle English pleyt < Middle French pleit < Latin plicitum, neuter of plicitus, past participle of plicāre to fold; ply 2

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Word History and Origins

Origin of plait1

C15 pleyt, from Old French pleit, from Latin plicāre to fold; see ply ²

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Example Sentences

Dans le bonheur de nos meilleurs amis nous trouvons souvent quelque chose qui ne nous plaît pris entièrement.

"Petite monnaie, s'il vous plaît," he heard her say, stretching out the note.

Dans le bonheur de nos meilleurs amis nous trouvons souvent quelque chose qui ne nous plaît pas entièrement.

Voltaire has employed the same idea in his Ce qui plaît aux Dames, but whence he borrowed it we are unable to say.

The man said nothing more, and the ladies, expecting the cry of "En voiture, s'il vous plaît!"

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