plainte

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Champenois

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /plɛ̃t/

Noun

plainte (f)

  1. Alternative form of piainche

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French plainte, pleinte (from the feminine past participle of plaindre, pleindre), corresponding to a Medieval Latin plancta, from Latin planctus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /plɛ̃t/
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Noun

plainte f (plural plaintes)

  1. complaint
  2. moan, groan
  3. (law) (criminal) complaint

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