pleister
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch plaester, from Old French plastre, from Latin plastrum, from emplastrum, from Ancient Greek ἔμπλαστρον (émplastron), from ἔμπλαστον (émplaston).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pleister f (plural pleisters, diminutive pleistertje n)
Alternative forms edit
- plaaster (Belgium)
Synonyms edit
- (Belgium, informal) plakker
- kleefpleister
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Negerhollands: pleester
- → Indonesian: plester
- → Caribbean Javanese: plèster
- → Papiamentu: pleister, pleistu
Noun edit
pleister n (uncountable)
- plaster (lime mixture)
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- pleisterkalk
- pleisterafgietsel
- pleisteren (adjective and verb)
- pleisterkalk
- pleisterlaag
- pleistermortel
- pleisterwerk
Descendants edit
Verb edit
pleister
- inflection of pleisteren: