ples

A formation from plas.

ples f

1. genitals of the she-mule

• plas
• plasë
• pëlcas

ples m

1. ball (formal dance)

• bál m

• plesový
• ples upírů (“Dance of the Vampires”)

ples

1. genitive plural of pleso

ples (invariable)

1. (with infinitive) please

plēs

1. second-person singular present active indicative of pleō

From English place, from Middle English place, conflation of Old English plæse, plætse, plæċe (“place, an open space, street”) and Old French place (“place, an open space”), both from Latin platea (“plaza, wide street”), from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa).

ples

1. place; location
   • 1988, Geoffrey Miles White, Bikfala faet: olketa Solomon Aelanda rimembarem Wol Wo Tu‎, page 75:

     Bihaen hemi finisim skul blong hem, hemi go minista long sios long ples blong hem long 'Areo.

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

From plésati.

• IPA^(key): /plêːs/

plȇs m (Cyrillic spelling пле̑с)

1. dance
2. dance, ball (a social gathering where people dance)

• “ples” in Hrvatski jezični portal

• IPA^(key): /ˈpléːs/
• Tonal orthography: plẹ̑s

plés m inan (genitive plésa, nominative plural plési)

1. dance

From English place, from Middle English place, conflation of Old English plæse, plætse, plæċe (“place, an open space, street”) and Old French place (“place, an open space”), both from Latin platea (“plaza, wide street”), from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa).

ples

1. place
2. village; town
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, 1:25:

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

3. region

• tokples