ple

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See also: PLE, plé, plê, and -ple

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan ple (also plen), from Latin plēnus, from Proto-Italic *plēnos, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ple (feminine plena, masculine plural plens, feminine plural plenes)

  1. full (containing the maximum possible amount of that which can fit in the space available)
    Synonym: (full of people) complet
    Antonym: buit
  2. replete, abounding
    Synonym: replè
  3. (of the moon) full (wholly illuminated)
  4. full (plump, round)
  5. (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:
      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.

Derived terms

Noun

ple m (plural plens)

  1. plenary meeting (of a parliament, town council, etc.)
  2. (bowling) strike

References

Cornish

Alternative forms

  • ple'th (used before vowels and h)

Etymology

From py (“what”) +‎ le (“place”) +‎ y (“verbal particle”).

Adverb

ple (triggers mixed mutation)

  1. where

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin plus.

Adjective

ple

  1. (comparative adjective) more

Domari

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian پول (pol).

Pronunciation

Noun

ple ?

  1. money

References

  • Matras, Yaron (2012) A Grammar of Domari (Mouton Grammar Library)‎, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 426

Latin

Verb

plē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of pleō

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French plait, plaid, from Medieval Latin placitum.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

ple (plural plees)

  1. disputation, arguing, debate
  2. warfare, conflict, fighting
  3. (law) A legal dispute or lawsuit.
  4. (law) A legal plea or allegation (from either party)
  5. (rare) plea, beseeching, petition
Descendants
  • English: plea
  • Scots: plea
References

Etymology 2

Verb

ple

  1. Alternative form of pleyen (“to plea”)

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin plēnus.

Adjective

ple

  1. full

Descendants

  • Occitan: plen (from a variant form)
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