pleinte

Old French

Alternative forms

• plainte
• pleynte (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

From the feminine past participle of pleindre (corresponding to a Medieval Latin plancta), from Latin planctus.

Noun

pleinte oblique singular, f (oblique plural pleintes, nominative singular pleinte, nominative plural pleintes)

1. lament (show, expression of sadness, grief, etc.)
2. complaint

Descendants

• → English: plaint
• French: plainte
• Norman: pliainte

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (plainte, supplement)
• pleinte on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
• Etymology and history of “parole”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.