plaid
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Scots plaid, of uncertain origin; perhaps from a past participle form of ply. Scottish Gaelic plaide (“blanket”) is probably a borrowing from Scots.[1]
Also compare Scottish Gaelic peall (“covering, veil, blanket”) << Latin pellis (“hide, covering”), but the OED finds the sound changes problematic.[2]
Pronunciation edit
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /pled/, /plad/
- (UK, Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /plæd/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -æd
Noun edit
plaid (countable and uncountable, plural plaids)
- (textiles) A type of twilled woollen cloth, often with a tartan or chequered pattern. [from 16thc.]
- 1906, Stanley J[ohn] Weyman, chapter I, in Chippinge Borough, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., →OCLC, page 01:
- It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar.
- 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 16thc.]
- 2009, John Sadler, Glencoe, Amberley, published 2009, page 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.
- The typical chequered pattern of a plaid; tartan. [from 19thc.]
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Adjective edit
plaid (comparative more plaid, superlative most plaid)
- 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 edit
Alternative forms.
Verb edit
plaid
- (archaic) simple past 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..."
- 1774, Dr Samuel Johnson, Preface to the Works of the English Poets, J. Nichols, Volume II, Page 134,
References edit
- ^ Dictionary of the Scots Language
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
French edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old French plait, from Latin placitum.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
plaid m (plural plaids)
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
plaid m (plural plaids)
Further reading edit
- “plaid”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
plaid m (invariable)
Middle English edit
Etymology edit
From Old French plait, plaid.
Noun edit
plaid
- Alternative form of ple
Old French edit
Noun edit
plaid oblique singular, m (oblique plural plaiz or plaitz, nominative singular plaiz or plaitz, nominative plural plaid)
- Alternative form of plait
Romansch edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
plaid m (plural plaids)
Related terms edit
Scots edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain; perhaps from a past participle form of ply.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
plaid (plural plaids)
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
The original meaning was "row," "rank," later "partition,"[1] possibly related to Irish pluid/Scottish Gaelic plaide (“blanket”); as Proto-Celtic had no p, the term was likely a borrowing, such as English/Scots plaid.[2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
plaid f (plural pleidiau)
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Mutation edit
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
plaid | blaid | mhlaid | phlaid |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “plaid”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- ^ Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1882) Etymological and Pronouncing Dictionary of Difficult Words[1], New York: Ward, Lock, & Co., page 862