pli

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Translingual

Symbol

pli

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

Danish

Noun

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.

Esperanto

Etymology

From French plus. Doublet of plu and plus.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

pli

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

Antonyms

Faroese

Pronunciation

Noun

pli n

  1. young seagull
  2. cry of a seagull

Coordinate terms

Interjection

pli

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

French

Etymology

From the verb plier.

Pronunciation

Noun

pli m (plural plis)

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

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Swedish: pli

Further reading

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French plus.

Pronunciation

Adverb

pli

  1. more

Middle French

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

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

References

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

Romansch

Etymology

From Latin plus.

Adverb

pli

  1. more

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French pli. Attested since 1825.

Noun

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

Declension of pli
nominative genitive
singular indefinite pli plis
definite plin plins
plural indefinite — —
definite — —

References

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