plica

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See also: Plica and plića

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin, from Latin plicare (“to fold”).

Pronunciation

Noun

plica (countable and uncountable, plural plicas or plicae)

  1. A fold or crease, especially of skin or other tissue.
  2. Polish plait, plica polonica, or plica neuropatica: a disease of the hair in which it becomes twisted and matted together.
  3. (botany) A diseased state in plants in which there is an excessive development of small entangled twigs, instead of ordinary branches.
  4. (zoology) The bend of the wing of a bird.
  5. (music) A neume, in the form of a tail at the end of a ligature, indicating an additional note.

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References

  1. ^
    1839, Robley Dunglison, “PLICA”, in Medical Lexicon. A New Dictionary of Medical Science, , 2nd edition, Philadelphia, Pa.: Lea and Blanchard, successors to Carey and Co., →OCLC:

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Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin plica, a derivative of Classical Latin plicō (“I fold, bend or flex; I roll up”). Compare Sicilian chica.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpli.ka/
  • Rhymes: -ika
  • Hyphenation: plì‧ca

Noun

plica f (plural pliche)

  1. (literally and figuratively, obsolete or literary) fold
  2. (diplomacy, historical) a fold made in a document at the level where the seal is
  3. (anatomy) Synonym of piega (“plica, fold”)
  4. (music, historical, neumatic notation) liquescent neume

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Further reading

  • plica1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • plica2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Verb

plicā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of plicō

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