plaid

English

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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.

Pronunciation

• (Scotland) IPA: /pled/, /plad/
• (UK) IPA: /plæd/
• (US) IPA: /plæd/
• Rhymes: -æd

Noun

plaid (plural plaids)

1. A type of twilled woollen cloth, often with a tartan or chequered pattern. [from 16th c.]
2. 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 16th c.]
   • 2009, John Sadler, Glencoe, Amberley 2009, p. 47:

     In battle, the plaid was customarily shrugged off before the charge bit home, and the warrior came into contact with only his long, saffron shirt (‘leine chrochach’) to preserve modesty.

3. The typical chequered pattern of a plaid; tartan. [from 19th c.]

Translations

material

• French: tissu écossais (fr) m
• Manx: breckan (gv) m

• Scots: plaid

piece of clothing

• Scots: plaid

• Scottish Gaelic: féileadh (gd)

pattern

• French: motif écossais (fr) m
• Scots: plaid

• Spanish: cuadros escoceses (es) m pl, cuadrillé (es) m

Adjective

plaid (comparative more plaid, superlative most plaid)

1. Having a pattern or colors which resemble a Scottish tartan; checkered or marked with bars or stripes at right angles to one another.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms.

Verb

plaid

1. (archaic) simple past tense 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..."

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Italian

Etymology

English

Noun

plaid m (invariable)

1. tartan rug (especially one used when travelling)

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Middle English

Etymology

From Old French plait, plet.

Noun

plaid

1. Alternative spelling of plait.

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Old French

Noun

plaid m (oblique plural plaids, nominative singular plaids, nominative plural plaid)

1. Alternative form of plait.

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) pled

Noun

plaid m (plural plaids)

1. (Sursilvan) word

Related terms

• pledari

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Scots

Etymology

Origin uncertain; perhaps from a past participle form of ply.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pled/

Noun

plaid (plural plaids)

1. plaid

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA: /plaɪd/, X-SAMPA: /plaId/

Noun

plaid f (plural pleidiau) 

1. (politics) (political) party

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
plaid	blaid	mhlaid	phlaid