ploi

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Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Deverbal of ploiier.

Noun

ploi oblique singular, m (oblique plural plois, nominative singular plois, nominative plural ploi)

  1. fold

Descendants

  • Middle French: pli, ply

References

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

Sranan Tongo

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch plooi (“crease, wrinkle”).

Verb

ploi

  1. To put a crease or fold in cloth

Noun

ploi

  1. crease (in cloth)
  2. wrinkle (in skin)

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