plier
French
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to fold (bend (something) over; arrange by folding)
- to fold up
- to bend
- to mess up; to do in; to damage
- (figuratively) to kill, kill off (a game)
Etymology
Inherited from Latin plicāre (fold) inherited from Old French ploiier.
Origin
Old French
ploiier
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- implicitus Latin
- plicāre Latin
- piegare Italian
- déplier French
- implicite French
- implicitement French
- patate French
- patates pilées French
- pliable French
- pliage French
- plioir French
- pliure French
- repliement French
- replier French
- llegar Spanish, Castilian
- plegar Spanish, Castilian
- *pleḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- desploiier Old French
- ploiier Old French
- reploier Old French
- plegar Catalan, Valencian
- pleca Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- plia 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