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pli

Translingual

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pli

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Pali.

Danish

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Noun

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pli c (singular definite plien, not used in plural form)

  1. decency, good manners
    • 2015, Haidi Wigger Klaris, Dæmonherskerens arving #1: Skyggernes Bog, Tellerup A/S, →ISBN:
      Hun tøvede, men til sidst overvandt nysgerrigheden dog alligevel plien.
      She hesitated, but ultimately, curiosity did defeat good manners after all.

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Etymology

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From French plus. Doublet of plu and plus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [pli]
  • Hyphenation: pli

Adverb

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pli

  1. more
    • 1903, L. L. Zamenhof, Fundamenta Krestomatio‎[1]:
      Du homoj povas pli multe fari ol unu.
      Two people can do much more than one.

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Faroese

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Noun

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pli n

  1. young seagull
  2. cry of a seagull

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Interjection

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pli

  1. cry of a seagull
    másin sigur pli
    the seagull says pli

French

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Etymology

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From the verb plier.

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Noun

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pli m (plural plis)

  1. fold
  2. pleat
  3. letter
  4. (card games) trick

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Swedish: pli

Further reading

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Mauritian Creole

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Etymology

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From French plus.

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pli

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Middle French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Old French ploi, from the verb ploiier, from the Latin verb plicō (“I fold”).

Noun

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pli m

  1. fold
    • 1607, Loys d'Orleans, Les ouvertures des Parlements, page 332:
      Car Macrobe se moque de luy d'avoir fait adiourner un homme pour luy auoir defait un des plis de sa robe.
      Because Macrobe is making fun of him for having adjourned the case of a man because he removed one of the folds from his robes.

Descendants

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References

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  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (pli, supplement)

Romansch

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Etymology

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From Latin plus.

Adverb

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pli

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French pli. Attested since 1825.

Noun

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pli c

  1. (instilled) strict, disciplined behavior
    få pli på hunden
    get the dog to behave
    få pli på någon
    get someone in line
    Hon har ingen pli på hunden
    She has no control over the dog
    Det har alltid varit pli på honom
    He's always been well-behaved

Declension

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Declension of pli 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative pli plin — —
Genitive plis plins — —

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