pli
Danish
Noun
pli c (singular definite plien, not used in plural form)
- 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.
- Hun tøvede, men til sidst overvandt nysgerrigheden dog alligevel plien.
- 2015, Haidi Wigger Klaris, Dæmonherskerens arving #1: Skyggernes Bog, Tellerup A/S →ISBN
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Adverb
pli
- 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.
- Du homoj povas pli multe fari ol unu.
- 1903, L. L. Zamenhof, Fundamenta Krestomatio, Project Gutenberg transcription
French
Etymology
From the verb plier.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pli/
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Further reading
- “pli” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Mauritian Creole
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pli/
Middle French
Etymology
Old French ploi, from the verb ploiier, from the Latin verb plicō (“I fold”).
Noun
pli m
- 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.
- Car Macrobe se moque de luy d'avoir fait adiourner un homme pour luy auoir defait un des plis de sa robe.
- 1607, Loys d'Orleans, Les ouvertures des Parlements, page 332
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (pli, supplement)
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