plait
/pleɪt/
plait noun: a flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat.
Noun
plait (plural plaits)
- A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat.
- a box plait
- the plaits and foldings of the drapery1705, J[oseph] Addison, Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &c. in the Years 1701, 1702, 1703, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC
- 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.1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC
Verb
plait (third-person singular simple present plaits, present participle plaiting, simple past and past participle 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
- plaiting rope
plait meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam
plait in Hindi
- to plait, to braid
- गूँधना gū̃dhnā
plait in Tamil
- சடை, பின்னு, முறுக்கு
plait in Telugu
- to plait, braid, knit nets, wattle rods or twigs, etc. together
- అల్లు allu
- a plait or braid of hair
- వేణి vēṇi
- plait, braid
- అల్లిక allika
plait in Malayalam
- to plait, twist, wreath
- പിന്നുക pinnuka
More languagesFewer languages
- plait in Kannada
- ಜಡೆ jaḍe
- plait in Gujarati
- પાટલી pāṭlī
- plait in Sinhala
- ගොතනවා gotanawā
Examples of plait in a sentence
- Papa half in and half out of every photo, Grey with flowers braided through his plaits.
- For example, fairies plait your horse's mane, or perhaps they pixy-lead you in the forest.
- "This is like trying to plait fog,” said Robson, now showing his frustration.
Forms of plait
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | plaits |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | plaits |
| present participle | plaiting |
| past participle | plaited |
| past | plaited |
Origin of plait
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.
Words formed from plait
Words that rhyme with plait
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- mat
- slat
- blat
- matt
- matte
- nat
- pat
- sat
- scat
- sprat
- vat
- old hat
- phat
- plat
- prat
- rabat
- spat
- tat
- @
- acrobat
- anticat
- antifat
- antirat
- batt
- big cat
- Cheshire cat
- clat
- combat
- gat
- glatt
- gnat
- manat
- Montserrat
- scrat
- skat
- stat
- the fact that
- twat
- whereat
- begat
- Bratt
- BTO flat
- chowkat
- dassie rat
- dat
- despotat
- drat
- Flatt
Questions about plait
- What does plait mean?
- Plait means a flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat.
- What is plait in Hindi?
- Plait in Hindi is गूँधना (gū̃dhnā). See Plait meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is plait?
- Plait can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce plait?
- Plait is pronounced /pleɪt/.
- What is the plural of plait?
- The plural of plait is plaits.
Words near plait in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: plait (page history and authors); गूँधना (Hindi) (page history and authors); plait (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); అల్లిక (Telugu) (page history and authors); പിന്നുക (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ಜಡೆ (Kannada) (page history and authors); પાટલી (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ගොතනවා (Sinhala) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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