Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From the verb pleindre (to complain, to bewail).

Adjective

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pleintif m (oblique and nominative feminine singular pleintive)

  1. miserable, unhappy
  2. complaining; plaintive

Declension

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Noun

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pleintif oblique singularm (oblique plural pleintis, nominative singular pleintis, nominative plural pleintif)

  1. a plaintiff

Descendants

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