ple
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Catalan ple (also plen), from Latin plēnus, from Proto-Italic *plēnos, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”).
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Adjective edit
ple (feminine plena, masculine plural plens, feminine plural plenes)
- full (containing the maximum possible amount of that which can fit in the space available)
- replete, abounding
- Synonym: replè
- (of the moon) full (wholly illuminated)
- full (plump, round)
- (emphatic, before the noun) in the middle of (a time or space); at the height of; in broad
- en ple hivern ― in the middle of winter
- 2020 September 21, David Miró, “Quantes notícies caben en un diari?”, in Ara[1]:
- La història d’un refugiat valdrà més si estem en plena crisi dels refugiats.
- The story of a refugee will be worth more if we're in the middle of a refugee crisis.
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Noun edit
ple m (plural plens)
References edit
- “ple” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “ple”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “ple” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “ple” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Cornish edit
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- ple'th (used before vowels and h)
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Adverb edit
ple (triggers mixed mutation)
Dalmatian edit
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ple
- (comparative adjective) more
Domari edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Persian پول (pol).
Pronunciation edit
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ple ?
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Latin edit
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plē
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old French plait, plaid, from Medieval Latin placitum.
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Noun edit
ple (plural plees)
- disputation, arguing, debate
- warfare, conflict, fighting
- (law) A legal dispute or lawsuit.
- (law) A legal plea or allegation (from either party)
- (rare) plea, beseeching, petition
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References edit
- “plē, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-20.
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
ple
- Alternative form of pleyen (“to plea”)
Old Occitan edit
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ple
Descendants edit
- Occitan: plen (from a variant form)