ple

See also: PLE, plé, and -ple

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan ple, from Latin plēnus, from Proto-Italic *plēnos, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”).

Adjective

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

Noun

ple m (plural plens)

plenary meeting (of a parliament, town council, etc.)

Derived terms

emplenar

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

plu

Etymology

From Latin plus.

Adjective

ple

(comparative adjective) more

Latin

Verb

plē

second-person singular present active imperative of pleō

Middle English

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

plee, pleet, playt, plai, plei, plete, pley, plaid, plait

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /plɛː/, /plɛi̯/, /plɛːt/, /plɛi̯t/
Rhymes: -ɛː, -ɛi̯

Noun

ple (plural plees)

disputation, arguing, debate
warfare, conflict, fighting
(law) A legal dispute or lawsuit.
(law) A legal plea or allegation (from either party)
(rare) plea, beseeching, petition

Descendants

English: plea
Scots: plea

Related terms

pleyen

References

“plē (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-20.

Etymology 2

From ple (noun).

Verb

ple

Alternative form of pleyen (“to plea”)

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin plēnus.

Adjective

ple

full

Descendants

Catalan: ple
Occitan: plen (from a variant form)

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