plaid
UK/plæd/
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Scotland/pled/
plaid noun: a type of twilled woollen cloth, often with a tartan or chequered pattern. Also the simple past and past participle of play.
Noun
plaid (countable and uncountable, plural plaids)
- A type of twilled woollen cloth, often with a tartan or chequered pattern.
- It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar.1906, Stanley J[ohn] Weyman, chapter I, in Chippinge Borough, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., →OCLC, page 01
- A length of such material used as a piece of clothing, formerly worn in the Scottish Highlands and other parts of northern Britain and remaining as an item of ceremonial dress worn by members of Scottish pipe bands.
- In battle, the plaid was customarily shrugged off before the charge bit home, and the warrior came into contact with only his long, saffron shirt (‘leine chrochach’) to preserve modesty.2009, John Sadler, Glencoe, Amberley, published 2009, page 47
- The typical chequered pattern of a plaid; tartan.
Adjective
plaid (comparative more plaid, superlative most plaid)
- Having a pattern or colors which resemble a Scottish tartan; checkered or marked with bars or stripes at right angles to one another.
Proper noun capitalized: Plaid
Plaid
- Short for Plaid Cymru.
Also used as
plaid is also the simple past and past participle of play.
plaid meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
plaid in Hindi
- प्लेड, प्लैड
plaid in Tamil
- பிளேய்டு
plaid in Marathi
- प्लेड, प्लॅड
plaid in Urdu
- پلےڈ, پلائیڈ, پلائڈ
More languagesFewer languages
- plaid in Bengali
- প্লেড, প্ল্যাড
- plaid in Kannada
- ಪ್ಲೇಡ್, ಪ್ಲೈಡ್, ಪ್ಲೆಡ್
- plaid in Punjabi
- ਪਲਾਈਡ, ਪਲੇਡ
- plaid in Gujarati
- પ્લેઇડ, પ્લેડ
- plaid in Odia
- ପ୍ଲେଡ୍, ପ୍ଲାଏଡ୍, ପ୍ଲଏଡ୍
- plaid in Nepali
- प्ल्याड, प्लाइड
- plaid in Tagalog
- eskosesa
Examples of plaid in a sentence
- Alice liked to wear plaids and ripped jeans, and listen to grunge.
- As the car salesman approached, wearing a plaid suit and slicked-back hair, he seemed to embody sleaze.
- He was wearing some really dorktastic plaid shorts and a T-shirt that said “Kiss Me, I’m Irish.”
Forms of plaid
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | plaids |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more plaid |
| superlative | most plaid |
Origin of plaid
From Scots plaid, of uncertain origin; perhaps from a past participle form of ply. Scottish Gaelic plaide (“blanket”) is probably a borrowing from Scots. Also compare Scottish Gaelic peall (“covering, veil, blanket”) << Latin pellis (“hide, covering”), but the OED finds the sound changes problematic.
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Questions about plaid
- What does plaid mean?
- Plaid means a type of twilled woollen cloth, often with a tartan or chequered pattern.
- What is plaid in Hindi?
- Plaid in Hindi is प्लेड, प्लैड. See Plaid meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is plaid?
- Plaid can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce plaid?
- Plaid is pronounced /pled/ (Scotland).
- What is the plural of plaid?
- The plural of plaid is plaids.
Words near plaid in the dictionary
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