pli
Translingual
Symbol
pli
- (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Pali.
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.
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Esperanto
Etymology
From French plus. Doublet of plu and plus.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
- IPA(key): [pli]
- Hyphenation: pli
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
Antonyms
- malpli
Faroese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pliː]
Noun
pli n
- young seagull
- cry of a seagull
Coordinate terms
- (young seagull): mási
Interjection
pli
- cry of a seagull
- másin sigurpli
- the seagull says pli
French
Etymology
From the verb plier.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pli/
audio (file)
Noun
pli m (plural plis)
- fold
- pleat
- letter
- (card games) trick
Derived terms
- prendre le pli
Further reading
- “pli”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Mauritian Creole
Etymology
From French plus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pli/
Adverb
pli
- more
Related terms
- plis
Middle French
Alternative forms
- plet
- ploy
- ply
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
Descendants
- → English: ply
- French: pli
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (pli, supplement)
Romansch
Etymology
From Latin plus.
Adverb
pli
- more