Abbreviation ofEnglishPali orSanskritपालि(pāli).
pli
- (international standards)ISO 639-2 &ISO 639-3language code forPali.
pli c (singular definiteplien,not used in plural form)
- decency,good manners
2015, Haidi Wigger Klaris,Dæmonherskerens arving #1: Skyggernes Bog, Tellerup A/S,→ISBN:Hun tøvede, men til sidst overvandt nysgerrigheden dog alligevelplien.- She hesitated, but ultimately, curiosity did defeatgood manners after all.
FromFrenchplus.Doublet ofplu andplus.
- IPA(key): /pli/
- Rhymes:-i
- Hyphenation: pli
pli
- more
1903, L. L. Zamenhof,Fundamenta Krestomatio[1]:Du homoj povaspli multe fari ol unu.- Two people can do muchmore than one.
pli n
- youngseagull
- cry of a seagull
pli
- cry of a seagull
From the verbplier.
pli m (pluralplis)
- fold
- pleat
- letter
- (card games)trick
FromFrenchplus.
pli
- more
Old Frenchploi, from the verbploiier, from theLatin verbplicō(“I fold”).
pli m
- fold
1607, Loys d'Orleans,Les ouvertures des Parlements,page332:Car Macrobe se moque de luy d'avoir fait adiourner un homme pour luy auoir defait un desplis de sa robe.- Because Macrobe is making fun of him for having adjourned the case of a man because he removed one of the folds from his robes.
- Godefroy, Frédéric,Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes duIXe auXVe siècle (1881) (pli, supplement)
FromLatinplus.
pli
- more
Borrowed fromFrenchpli. Attested since 1825.
pli c
- (instilled)strict,disciplinedbehavior
fåpli på hunden- get the dog to behave
fåpli på någon- get someone in line
Hon har ingenpli på hunden- She has nocontrol over the dog
Det har alltid varitpli på honom- He's always been well-behaved
