plot

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• Received-Pronunciation: /plɒt/
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• General-American: /plɑt/
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• Ireland: /plɑt̞/
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• /pläʔ/ Dublin
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• /plä/ Dublin
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• rhymes with -ɒt
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• CMU ARPABET: P L AA1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English plot, plotte, from late Old English plot (“a plot of ground”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *plataz, *platjaz (“a patch”); or alternatively, perhaps from a rebracketing of Old English land-splott (“small portion, or plot, of ground”) taken as landes-plot (“plot of land”). Compare Middle Low German plet (“patch, strip of cloth, rags”), German Bletz (“rags, bits, strip of land”), and possibly Gothic 𐍀𐌻𐌰𐍄 (plat, “a patch, rags”). See also plat. See also complot for an influence and reinforcement of noun sense 8. Noun sense 12 is a back-formation from for the plot.

391 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: intrige — course of a story
• Arabic: حَبْكَة (ḥabka) — course of a story
• Armenian: սյուժե (syuže) — course of a story
• Belarusian: сюжэ́т (sjužét) — course of a story
• Belarusian: фа́була (fábula) — course of a story
• Bulgarian: сюже́т (sjužét) — course of a story
• Bulgarian: фа́була (fábula) — course of a story
• Catalan: argument — course of a story
• Catalan: trama — course of a story
• Chinese Mandarin: 情節 /情节 (qíngjié) — course of a story
• Chinese Mandarin: 劇情 /剧情 (jùqíng) — course of a story
• Czech: obsah — course of a story
• Czech: děj — course of a story
• Czech: syžet — course of a story
• Danish: handling — course of a story
• Dutch: plot — course of a story
• Dutch: intrige — course of a story
• Dutch: verhaal — course of a story
• Esperanto: agado — course of a story
• Estonian: süžee — course of a story
• Estonian: sündmustik — course of a story
• Finnish: juoni — course of a story
• French: intrigue — course of a story
• Galician: trama — course of a story
• Galician: argumento — course of a story
• Georgian: შინაარსი (šinaarsi) — course of a story
• Georgian: სიუჟეტი (siužeṭi) — course of a story
• German: Handlung — course of a story
• German: Plot — course of a story
• Greek: πλοκή (plokí) — course of a story
• Ancient Greek: μῦθος (mûthos) — course of a story
• Hebrew: עֲלִילָה ('alilá) — course of a story
• Hindi: कथानक (kathānak) — course of a story
• Hungarian: történet — course of a story
• Hungarian: cselekmény — course of a story
• Icelandic: ráðabrugg — course of a story
• Indonesian: alur — course of a story
• Italian: trama — course of a story
• Italian: ordito — course of a story
• Italian: schema — course of a story
• Italian: canovaccio — course of a story
• Italian: intrigo — course of a story
• Japanese: プロット (purotto) — course of a story
• Japanese: 筋 (suji) — course of a story
• Korean: 플롯 (peullot) — course of a story
• Korean: 구성 (guseong) — course of a story
• Latin: argumentum — course of a story
• Latvian: sižets — course of a story
• Māori: tāhū — course of a story
• Norwegian Bokmål: intrige — course of a story
• Norwegian Bokmål: plott — course of a story
• Norwegian Bokmål: handling — course of a story
• Norwegian Nynorsk: intrige — course of a story
• Norwegian Nynorsk: plott — course of a story
• Norwegian Nynorsk: handling — course of a story
• Occitan: trama — course of a story
• Occitan: argument — course of a story
• Occitan: intriga — course of a story
• Polish: fabuła — course of a story
• Polish: sjużet — course of a story
• Portuguese: argumento — course of a story
• Portuguese: trama — course of a story
• Portuguese: enredo — course of a story
• Portuguese: intriga — course of a story
• Romanian: subiect — course of a story
• Russian: сюже́т (sjužét) — course of a story
• Russian: фа́була (fábula) — course of a story
• Scottish Gaelic: gnìomhadh — course of a story
• Slovak: sujet — course of a story
• Slovak: dej — course of a story
• Lower Sorbian: jadnanje — course of a story
• Spanish: argumento — course of a story
• Spanish: trama — course of a story
• Spanish: hilo argumental — course of a story
• Spanish: intriga — course of a story
• Sundanese: galur — course of a story
• Swedish: handling — course of a story
• Swedish: intrig — course of a story
• Thai: โครงเรื่อง (kroong-rʉ̂ʉang) — course of a story
• Turkish: olay örgüsü — course of a story
• Ukrainian: сюже́т (sjužét) — course of a story
• Ukrainian: фа́була (fábula) — course of a story
• Vietnamese: cốt truyện — course of a story
• Afrikaans: hoewe — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Afrikaans: perseel — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Afrikaans: terrein — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Albanian: ngastër — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Albanian: truall — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Armenian: մարգ (marg) — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Armenian: հողատարածք (hoġatarackʻ) — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Bulgarian: парце́л (parcél) — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Catalan: marjal (per plantar-hi) — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Catalan: terreny — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Czech: parcela — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Czech: pozemek — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Dutch: perceel — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Dutch: terrein — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Esperanto: bedo — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Esperanto: terpeco — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Finnish: tontti — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Finnish: palsta — area of land used for building on or planting on
• French: lopin — area of land used for building on or planting on
• French: terrain — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Galician: parcela — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Galician: predio — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Galician: soar — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Galician: formal — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Galician: terreo — area of land used for building on or planting on
• German: Grundstück — area of land used for building on or planting on
• German: Parzelle — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Greek: αγροτεμάχιο (agrotemáchio) — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Ancient Greek: χωρίον (khōríon) — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Ancient Greek: πρασιά (prasiá) — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Hebrew: חֶלְקָה (ẖelqá) — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Hindi: भूखंड (bhūkhaṇḍ) — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Hungarian: földdarab — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Hungarian: telek — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Hungarian: parcella — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Icelandic: reitur — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Icelandic: skiki — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Icelandic: blettur — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Icelandic: lóð — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Ingrian: gruntti — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Irish: ceapach — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Italian: lotto — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Italian: parcella — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Italian: appezzamento — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Italian: tratto — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Italian: pezzo — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Korean: 토지 (toji) — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Macedonian: леа (lea) — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Māori: ngakinga — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Māori: pito whenua — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Polish: działka — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Polish: areał — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Polish: rola — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Portuguese: lote — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Portuguese: terreno — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Russian: наде́л (nadél) — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Russian: деля́нка (deljánka) — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Russian: уча́сток (učástok) — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Spanish: solar — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Spanish: finca — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Spanish: conuco — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Spanish: predio — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Spanish: baldío — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Spanish: chacra — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Spanish: chagra — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Spanish: cortinal — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Spanish: rain — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Spanish: pamba — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Spanish: haza — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Spanish: besana — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Swedish: tomt — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Thai: ที่ดิน (tîi-din) — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Thai: แปลง (bplɛɛng) — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Turkish: arsa — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Ukrainian: ділянка (diljanka) — area of land used for building on or planting on
• Afrikaans: diagram — graph or diagram
• Afrikaans: grafiek — graph or diagram
• Bulgarian: гра́фика (gráfika) — graph or diagram
• Bulgarian: диагра́ма (diagráma) — graph or diagram
• Catalan: gràfica — graph or diagram
• Catalan: traçada — graph or diagram
• Czech: nákres — graph or diagram
• Czech: výkres — graph or diagram
• Dutch: plot — graph or diagram
• Dutch: diagram — graph or diagram
• Dutch: grafiek — graph or diagram
• Finnish: kuvio — graph or diagram
• Finnish: käyrä — graph or diagram
• French: diagramme — graph or diagram
• French: graphique — graph or diagram
• German: Ausdruck — graph or diagram
• German: Zeichnung — graph or diagram
• Hebrew: תַּרְשִׁים (tarshím) — graph or diagram
• Icelandic: teikning — graph or diagram
• Icelandic: graf — graph or diagram
• Italian: grafico — graph or diagram
• Italian: diagramma — graph or diagram
• Italian: planimetria — graph or diagram
• Korean: 그래프 (geuraepeu) — graph or diagram
• Korean: 도표 (dopyo) — graph or diagram
• Plautdietsch: Plon — graph or diagram
• Polish: wykres — graph or diagram
• Portuguese: diagrama — graph or diagram
• Portuguese: gráfico — graph or diagram
• Russian: гра́фик (gráfik) — graph or diagram
• Russian: диагра́мма (diagrámma) — graph or diagram
• Tagalog: tunton — graph or diagram
• Thai: แผนผัง (pɛ̌ɛn-pǎng) — graph or diagram
• Afrikaans: komplot — secret plan to achieve an end
• Arabic: مُؤَامَرَة (muʔāmara) — secret plan to achieve an end
• Belarusian: змо́ва (zmóva) — secret plan to achieve an end
• Belarusian: замо́ва (zamóva) — secret plan to achieve an end
• Belarusian: згаво́р (zhavór) — secret plan to achieve an end
• Bulgarian: интри́га (intríga) — secret plan to achieve an end
• Bulgarian: за́говор (zágovor) — secret plan to achieve an end
• Catalan: complot — secret plan to achieve an end
• Catalan: conspiració — secret plan to achieve an end
• Chinese: 陰謀 /阴谋 (yīnmóu) — secret plan to achieve an end
• Chinese: 密謀 /密谋 (mìmóu) — secret plan to achieve an end
• Czech: spiknutí — secret plan to achieve an end
• Czech: komplot — secret plan to achieve an end
• Danish: komplot — secret plan to achieve an end
• Dutch: complot — secret plan to achieve an end
• Dutch: samenzwering — secret plan to achieve an end
• Esperanto: komploto — secret plan to achieve an end
• Esperanto: intrigo — secret plan to achieve an end
• Finnish: juoni — secret plan to achieve an end
• Finnish: salajuoni — secret plan to achieve an end
• Finnish: salahanke — secret plan to achieve an end
• French: complot — secret plan to achieve an end
• Galician: argallada — secret plan to achieve an end
• Galician: intriga — secret plan to achieve an end
• German: Komplott — secret plan to achieve an end
• Gothic: 𐌻𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃 (lists) — secret plan to achieve an end
• Greek: συνωμοσία (synomosía) — secret plan to achieve an end
• Ancient Greek: ἐπιβουλή (epiboulḗ) — secret plan to achieve an end
• Hebrew: קְנוּנִיָה (knuniyá) — secret plan to achieve an end
• Hindi: षड्यंत्र (ṣaḍyantra) — secret plan to achieve an end
• Italian: complotto — secret plan to achieve an end
• Italian: congiura — secret plan to achieve an end
• Italian: macchinazione — secret plan to achieve an end
• Italian: trama — secret plan to achieve an end
• Italian: ordito — secret plan to achieve an end
• Italian: cospirazione — secret plan to achieve an end
• Italian: piano — secret plan to achieve an end
• Italian: intrigo — secret plan to achieve an end
• Japanese: 陰謀 (inbō) — secret plan to achieve an end
• Japanese: 企み (takurami) — secret plan to achieve an end
• Korean: 음모 (eummo) — secret plan to achieve an end
• Latin: coniūrātiō — secret plan to achieve an end
• Latin: insidiae — secret plan to achieve an end
• Māori: kara — secret plan to achieve an end
• Māori: kōrero kaioraora — secret plan to achieve an end
• Māori: kaikaiwaiū — secret plan to achieve an end
• Mauritian Creole: konplo — secret plan to achieve an end
• Norwegian Bokmål: komplott — secret plan to achieve an end
• Norwegian Bokmål: sammensvergelse — secret plan to achieve an end
• Plautdietsch: Plon — secret plan to achieve an end
• Polish: spisek — secret plan to achieve an end
• Portuguese: complô — secret plan to achieve an end
• Romanian: complot — secret plan to achieve an end
• Russian: за́говор (zágovor) — secret plan to achieve an end
• Russian: сго́вор (sgóvor) — secret plan to achieve an end
• Russian: интри́га (intríga) — secret plan to achieve an end
• Serbo-Croatian: за̑вера — secret plan to achieve an end
• Serbo-Croatian: за̑вјера — secret plan to achieve an end
• Serbo-Croatian: у̀рота — secret plan to achieve an end
• Serbo-Croatian: zȃvera — secret plan to achieve an end
• Serbo-Croatian: zȃvjera — secret plan to achieve an end
• Serbo-Croatian: ùrota — secret plan to achieve an end
• Slovak: spiknutie — secret plan to achieve an end
• Slovak: komplot — secret plan to achieve an end
• Slovene: zarota — secret plan to achieve an end
• Spanish: complot — secret plan to achieve an end
• Spanish: urdimbre — secret plan to achieve an end
• Swahili: njama — secret plan to achieve an end
• Swedish: komplott — secret plan to achieve an end
• Swedish: sammansvärjning — secret plan to achieve an end
• Telugu: దురాలోచన (durālōcana) — secret plan to achieve an end
• Thai: แผนการ (pɛ̌ɛn-gaan) — secret plan to achieve an end
• Thai: อุบาย (ù-baai) — secret plan to achieve an end
• Turkish: komplo — secret plan to achieve an end
• Ottoman Turkish: فتنه (fitne) — secret plan to achieve an end
• Ottoman Turkish: فساد (fesâd) — secret plan to achieve an end
• Ukrainian: змо́ва (zmóva) — secret plan to achieve an end
• Ukrainian: зго́вір (zhóvir) — secret plan to achieve an end
• Finnish: juonikkuus — ability to plot or intrigue
• Arabic: مَكِيدَة (makīda) — participation in any stratagem or conspiracy
• Finnish: juonittelu — participation in any stratagem or conspiracy
• Bulgarian: план (plan) — plan; purpose
• Finnish: juoni — plan; purpose
• Māori: take — plan; purpose
• Catalan: planejar — transitive: to conceive
• Chinese Mandarin: 陰謀 /阴谋 (yīnmóu) — transitive: to conceive
• Chinese Mandarin: 密謀 /密谋 (mìmóu) — transitive: to conceive
• Dutch: bedenken — transitive: to conceive
• Dutch: beramen — transitive: to conceive
• Finnish: juonia — transitive: to conceive
• Finnish: suunnitella — transitive: to conceive
• French: comploter — transitive: to conceive
• Galician: aduanar — transitive: to conceive
• Galician: urdir — transitive: to conceive
• Galician: maquinar — transitive: to conceive
• German: planen — transitive: to conceive
• German: ausarbeiten — transitive: to conceive
• German: entwerfen — transitive: to conceive
• Ancient Greek: ἐπιβουλεύω (epibouleúō) — transitive: to conceive
• Hungarian: kitervel — transitive: to conceive
• Icelandic: brugga launráð — transitive: to conceive
• Italian: complottare — transitive: to conceive
• Italian: ordire — transitive: to conceive
• Italian: macchinare — transitive: to conceive
• Italian: congiurare — transitive: to conceive
• Italian: tramare — transitive: to conceive
• Italian: cospirare — transitive: to conceive
• Italian: pianificare — transitive: to conceive
• Italian: intrigare — transitive: to conceive
• Italian: tessere — transitive: to conceive
• Italian: orchestrare — transitive: to conceive
• Italian: architettare — transitive: to conceive
• Italian: fare la fronda — transitive: to conceive
• Latin: coniūrō — transitive: to conceive
• Latin: contechnor — transitive: to conceive
• Māori: whakangārahu — transitive: to conceive
• Māori: kakai — transitive: to conceive
• Middle English: ymagynen — transitive: to conceive
• Middle English: compassen — transitive: to conceive
• Portuguese: conceber — transitive: to conceive
• Quechua: allwiy — transitive: to conceive
• Romanian: urzi — transitive: to conceive
• Russian: замышля́ть (zamyšljátʹ) — transitive: to conceive
• Russian: замы́слить (zamýslitʹ) — transitive: to conceive
• Serbo-Croatian: kovati — transitive: to conceive
• Serbo-Croatian: snuti — transitive: to conceive
• Spanish: tramar — transitive: to conceive
• Spanish: maquinar — transitive: to conceive
• Thai: คบคิด — transitive: to conceive
• Arabic: كَادَ (kāda) — intransitive: to conceive a crime or misdeed
• Bulgarian: заговорнича (zagovorniča) — intransitive: to conceive a crime or misdeed
• Catalan: conspirar — intransitive: to conceive a crime or misdeed
• Esperanto: intrigi — intransitive: to conceive a crime or misdeed
• Finnish: juonitella — intransitive: to conceive a crime or misdeed
• Finnish: vehkeillä — intransitive: to conceive a crime or misdeed
• Finnish: punoa juonia — intransitive: to conceive a crime or misdeed
• French: conspirer — intransitive: to conceive a crime or misdeed
• Galician: conspirar — intransitive: to conceive a crime or misdeed
• Ancient Greek: ἐπιβουλεύω (epibouleúō) — intransitive: to conceive a crime or misdeed
• Hungarian: összeesküszik — intransitive: to conceive a crime or misdeed
• Italian: organizzare — intransitive: to conceive a crime or misdeed
• Italian: cospirare — intransitive: to conceive a crime or misdeed
• Italian: complottare — intransitive: to conceive a crime or misdeed
• Māori: whakatakoto kara — intransitive: to conceive a crime or misdeed
• Māori: kakai — intransitive: to conceive a crime or misdeed
• Māori: whakangārahu — intransitive: to conceive a crime or misdeed
• Mauritian Creole: konplote — intransitive: to conceive a crime or misdeed
• Mauritian Creole: konspire — intransitive: to conceive a crime or misdeed
• Portuguese: tramar — intransitive: to conceive a crime or misdeed
• Russian: злоумышля́ть (zloumyšljátʹ) — intransitive: to conceive a crime or misdeed
• Russian: устра́ивать за́говор (ustráivatʹ zágovor) — intransitive: to conceive a crime or misdeed
• Russian: плести́ интри́ги (plestí intrígi) — intransitive: to conceive a crime or misdeed
• Spanish: tramar — intransitive: to conceive a crime or misdeed
• Spanish: complotar — intransitive: to conceive a crime or misdeed
• Spanish: complotarse — intransitive: to conceive a crime or misdeed
• Spanish: contlapachearse — intransitive: to conceive a crime or misdeed
• Swedish: konspirera — intransitive: to conceive a crime or misdeed
• Ukrainian: змовля́тися (zmovljátysja) — intransitive: to conceive a crime or misdeed
• Ukrainian: змо́витися (zmóvytysja) — intransitive: to conceive a crime or misdeed
• Belarusian: чарці́ць (čarcícʹ) — to trace out a graph or diagram
• Belarusian: начарці́ць (načarcícʹ) — to trace out a graph or diagram
• Bulgarian: чертая (čertaja) — to trace out a graph or diagram
• Catalan: traçar — to trace out a graph or diagram
• Dutch: plotten — to trace out a graph or diagram
• Finnish: tulostaa — to trace out a graph or diagram
• Finnish: plotata — to trace out a graph or diagram
• Finnish: piirtää käyrä — to trace out a graph or diagram
• Finnish: piirtää — to trace out a graph or diagram
• French: tracer — to trace out a graph or diagram
• German: plotten — to trace out a graph or diagram
• Hungarian: ábrázol — to trace out a graph or diagram
• Icelandic: kortleggja — to trace out a graph or diagram
• Irish: marcáil — to trace out a graph or diagram
• Irish: graf — to trace out a graph or diagram
• Italian: tracciare — to trace out a graph or diagram
• Italian: disegnare — to trace out a graph or diagram
• Portuguese: traçar — to trace out a graph or diagram
• Russian: черти́ть (čertítʹ) — to trace out a graph or diagram
• Russian: начерти́ть (načertítʹ) — to trace out a graph or diagram
• Spanish: trazar — to trace out a graph or diagram
• Tagalog: tuntunin — to trace out a graph or diagram
• Thai: พล็อต (plɔ́t) — to trace out a graph or diagram
• Bulgarian: нанасям (nanasjam) — to mark a point on a graph
• Catalan: marcar — to mark a point on a graph
• Finnish: merkitä — to mark a point on a graph
• French: marquer — to mark a point on a graph
• German: eintragen — to mark a point on a graph
• German: einzeichnen — to mark a point on a graph
• German: festhalten — to mark a point on a graph
• Hungarian: megjelöl — to mark a point on a graph
• Hungarian: jelez — to mark a point on a graph
• Irish: marcáil — to mark a point on a graph
• Irish: graf — to mark a point on a graph
• Italian: marcare — to mark a point on a graph
• Italian: rilevare — to mark a point on a graph
• Portuguese: marcar — to mark a point on a graph
• Russian: отмеча́ть (otmečátʹ) — to mark a point on a graph
• Russian: отме́тить (otmétitʹ) — to mark a point on a graph
• Tagalog: tuntunin — to mark a point on a graph
• Thai: พล็อต (plɔ́t) — to mark a point on a graph