plait
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plait
- /pleɪt/
- /plæt/
Sounds like plate, plat · Rhymes with -æt, -eɪt
Where it comes from
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.
noun plaits
- A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat. a box plait
- A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat. Only the hair as it arched so beautifully from her temples was mixed with silver, and the two simple plaits that lay on her shoulders were filigree of silver and brown.
verb plaits · plaiting · plaited
- To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat to plait a ruffle
- To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid to plait hair
Translations
Talk about this word "plait." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/plait. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. plait. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/plait "plait." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/plait.Cite this
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title = {plait},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/plait},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
