pli

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.

Etymology

French plus.

Adverb

pli

1. more
   • 1903, L. L. Zamenhof, Fundamenta Krestomatio, Project Gutenberg transcription

     Du homoj povas pli multe fari ol unu.

     Two people can do much more than one.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pliː]

Noun

pli n

1. young seagull
2. cry of a seagull

Interjection

pli

1. cry of a seagull

   másin sigur pli

   the seagull says pli

Etymology

From the verb plier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pli/

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Noun

pli m (plural plis)

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

Further reading

• “pli” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Alternative forms

• plet
• ploy
• ply

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.

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (pli, supplement)

Etymology

From Latin plus.

Adverb

pli

1. more