# ple
## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan ple (also plen), from Latin plēnus, from Proto-Italic *plēnos, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈplɛ]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈplə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈple]
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

ple (feminine plena, masculine plural plens, feminine plural plenes)
* full (containing the maximum possible amount of that which can fit in the space available)
    Synonym: (full of people) complet
    Antonym: buit
* replete, abounding
    Synonym: replè
* (of the moon) full (wholly illuminated)
* full (plump, round)
* (emphatic, before the noun) in the middle of (a time or space); at the height of; in broad
    en ple hivern ― in the middle of winter
** 2020 September 21, David Miró, “Quantes notícies caben en un diari?”, in Ara‎:La història d’un refugiat valdrà més si estem en plena crisi dels refugiats.The story of a refugee will be worth more if we're in the middle of a refugee crisis.

#### Derived terms

* caraplè
* emplenar
* galtaplè
* lluna plena
* pedraplè
* plenament
* semiplè
* sobreplè

#### Related terms

* terraplè

### Noun

ple m (plural plens)
* plenary meeting (of a parliament, town council, etc.)
* (bowling) strike

### References

* “ple” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “ple”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “ple” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “ple” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Cornish
### Alternative forms

* ple'th (used before vowels and h)

### Etymology

Univerbation of py (“what”) +‎ le (“place”) +‎ y (“verbal particle”). Cognate with Welsh ble and Breton pelec'h.

### Adverb

ple (triggers mixed mutation)
* where

## Dalmatian
### Alternative forms

* plu

### Etymology

From Latin plus.

### Adjective

ple
* (comparative adjective) more

## Domari
### Etymology

Borrowed from Persian پول (pol).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pl̪e/, /pl̪ɛ/

### Noun

ple ?
* money

### References

* Matras, Yaron (2012) A Grammar of Domari (Mouton Grammar Library)‎, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 426

## Latin
### Verb

plē
* second-person singular present active imperative of pleō

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From Old French plait, plaid, from Medieval Latin placitum.

#### Alternative forms

* plee, pleet, playt, plai, plei, plete, pley, plaid, plait

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /plɛː/, /plæi̯/, /plɛːt/, /plæi̯t/
* Rhymes: -ɛː, -æi̯

#### Noun

ple (plural plees)
* disputation, arguing, debate
* warfare, conflict, fighting
* (law) A legal dispute or lawsuit.
* (law) A legal plea or allegation (from either party)
* (rare) plea, beseeching, petition

##### Related terms

* pleyen

##### Descendants

* English: plea
* Scots: plea

##### References

* “plē, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-20.

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

ple
* Alternative form of pleyen (“to plea”)

## Old Occitan
### Etymology

From Latin plēnus.

### Adjective

ple
* full

#### Descendants

* Occitan: plen (from a variant form)

## Welsh
### Etymology

Borrowed from English plea.

### Pronunciation

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* Homophone: p'le (“where”)

### Noun

ple m or f (plural pleon)
* plea
* excuse, justification, appeal
    Synonyms: esgus, cyfiawnhad, apêl

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ple”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies