noun
Meaning 1
A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a box plait
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
plait
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/pleɪt/
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/plæt/
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homophone: plate
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homophone: plat
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noun
Meaning 2
A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- to plait a ruffle
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- to plait hair
- plaiting rope
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pleat
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fold, crease, plication, flexure, crimp, bend
Narrower terms: box pleat, inverted pleat, kick pleat, knife pleat, tuck
noun
Meaning 6
a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: braid, tress, twist
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hairdo, hairstyle, hair style, coiffure, coif
Narrower terms: queue, pigtail
verb
Meaning 7
weave into plaits
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- plait hair
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: weave, interweave
verb
Meaning 8
make by braiding or interlacing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- lace a tablecloth
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: braid, lace
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: weave, tissue
History
Etymology
From Middle English pleit, from Anglo-Norman pleit (compare Old French ploit), from Latin plectō, which is akin to Old Norse flétta (Danish flette), Russian плести́ (plestí) and also to Old English fleohtan, which it displaced. Doublet of plight (“plait, fold”) and pleat.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: palë — flat fold
- Catalan: dobleg — flat fold
- Finnish: taite — flat fold
- Finnish: vekki — flat fold
- French: pli — flat fold
- German: Falte — flat fold
- Italian: piega — flat fold
- Italian: pieghettatura — flat fold
- Italian: plissettatura — flat fold
- Polish: warkocz — flat fold
- Portuguese: dobra — flat fold
- Portuguese: prega — flat fold
- Romanian: pliu — flat fold
- Romanian: fald — flat fold
- Russian: скла́дка (skládka) — flat fold
- Spanish: pliegue — flat fold
- Albanian: dredh — flat fold
Real reading context