Esperanto

Adverb

pli

1. more
   • 1903, L. L. Zamenhof, Fundamenta Krestomatio, Project Gutenberg transcription

     Du homoj povas pli multe fari ol unu.

     Two people can do much more than one.

Antonyms

• malpli

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pliː]

Noun

pli n

1. young seagull
2. cry of a seagull

Coordinate terms

• (young seagull): mási

Interjection

pli

1. cry of a seagull

   másin sigur pli‎

   the seagull says pli

French

Etymology

From the verb plier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pli/

Noun

pli m ‎(plural plis)

1. fold
2. pleat
3. letter
4. (card games) trick

Lojban

Rafsi

pli

1. rafsi of pilno.

Middle French

Alternative forms

• plet
• ploy
• ply

Etymology

Old French ploi, from the verb ploiier, from the Latin verb plicō ‎(“I fold”).

Noun

pli m

1. fold
   • 1607, Loys d'Orleans, Les ouvertures des Parlements, page 332

     Car Macrobe se moque de luy d'avoir fait adiourner un homme pour luy auoir defait un des plis 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.

Descendants

• English: ply (borrowed)
• French: pli

References

• (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (pli, supplement)

Romansch

Etymology

From Latin plus.

Adverb

pli

1. more