plait
A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleatA flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat.
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» She wore her hair in plaits.
Она заплетала свои волосы в косы. — Olya
Она носила волосы, заплетённые в косы. — Shady_arc
Bilberry · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 sensesA flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat.
a box plait
Falte
скла́дкаskládka
A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat.
- any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape
- a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
Examples
14 sentencesShe wore her hair in plaits.
ruОна заплетала свои волосы в косы. — Olya
He plaited her hair for her.
deEr flocht ihr die Haare. — Waldelfe
She knows how to plait her hair.
deSie kann sich gut die Haare flechten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Mary plaits her hair into a pigtail.
deMaria flechtet sich die Haare zu einem Zopf. — Melang
Mary decided to cut off her plaits.
deMaria entschied sich, ihre Zöpfe abzuschneiden. — Esperantostern
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English pleit, from Anglo-Norman pleit (compare Old French ploit), from LatinFrom 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.
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plural: plaitsSynonyms
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