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Webster 1913 Edition


Plein

Plein

,
Adj.
Plan.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Plein

,
Verb.
I.
&
T.
To complain. See
Plain
.
[Obs.]

Plein

,
Adj.
[OF. & F., fr. L.
plenus
.]
Full; complete.
[Obs.]
Plein remission.”
Chaucer.
Plein′ly
,
adv.

Definition 2024


plein

plein

Dutch

Noun

plein n (plural pleinen, diminutive pleintje n)

  1. square, plaza
    Het plein van ons dorp werd onlangs heraangelegd met nieuwe bloemenperken.
    The square in our village was recently redone with new flowerbeds.

Derived terms


French

Etymology

From Latin plēnus, from Proto-Italic *plēnos, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (full). Compare Catalan ple, Esperanto plena, Ido plena, Italian pieno, Portuguese cheio, Romanian plin, Sardinian prenu, Spanish lleno.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /plɛ̃/

Adjective

plein m (feminine singular pleine, masculine plural pleins, feminine plural pleines)

  1. full, full up
    La voiture est pleine. ― The car is full.
    C'est plein de légendes. ― It's full of stories
  2. plenty
    Il y a plein de choses à faire. ― There are plenty of things to do.
  3. solid
  4. (of a moon) full
  5. (preceded by en) mid-; middle
    en plein match ― (right) in the middle of a match
    en plein concertmid-concert
    en plein essor ― on the rise
    en pleine attaquemid-attack
  6. (of an animal) pregnant

Derived terms

Preposition

plein

  1. (somewhat colloquial) in; all over
    Elle m'a sucé et j'ai joui. Elle avait du sperme plein la bouche.
    She sucked me off and I came. She had sperm all over her mouth.

Anagrams


Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Latin plēnus

Adjective

plein m (oblique and nominative feminine singular pleine)

  1. full (at capacity with respect to space)

Descendants


Romansch

Alternative forms

  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) plain
  • (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) plagn

Etymology

From Latin plēnus.

Adjective

plein m (feminine singular pleina, masculine plural pleins, feminine plural pleinas)

  1. (Sursilvan) full