ploy
English
/plɔɪ/
noun
Definitions
- A tactic, strategy, or gimmick.
- (UK) Sport; frolic.
- (obsolete) Employment.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French ployer derived from Latin plicāre (fold).
Origin
Latin
plicāre
Gloss
fold
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- counterploy English
- plicāre Latin
- piegare Italian
- plier French
- ployer French
- llegar Spanish, Castilian
- plegar Spanish, Castilian
- *pleḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- pleier Old French
- ploiier Old French
- plegar Catalan, Valencian
- pleca Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- pli Middle French
- ployer Middle French
- chegar Old Portuguese
- pregar Old Portuguese
- plegar Occitan
- llegar Asturian
- plegar Asturian
- pleâ Friulian
- plegar Aragonese