plight

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A dire or unfortunate situation.
2. (archaic) A (neutral) condition or state.
3. (obsolete) Good health.

Verb

1. (archaic, transitive) To expose to risk; to pledge.
2. (transitive) Specifically, to pledge (one's troth etc.) as part of a marriage ceremony.
3. (reflexive) To promise (oneself) to someone, or to do something.

Verb

To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait.

Concepts

embarras

sort

s’engager

promettre

dilemme

état

malchance

péril

préjudice

risque

situation

souffrance

risquez

risquons

triste situation

aventure

risquent

condition

danger

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détresse

Synonymes

predicament

condition

state

pledge

quandary

promise

engage

fix

troth

situation

betroth

distress

circumstance

betrothal

affiance

engagement

panel

strait

appearance

assure

pickle

guarantee

difficulty

warrant

misfortune

insure

irritation

jeopardy

list

lot

lurch

misery

nature

need

neediness

oath

obligation

peril

perplexity

persuade

pinch

position

protest

puzzle

reassure

risk

sell

shackle

stakes

statement

Traductions

apuro

prometer

frangente

situazione difficile

aprieto

toestand

δεσμεύω

χάλι

حالة يائسة

risc

مأزق

dilema

tràngol

destret

شرب نخب

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/plaɪt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: plit

Hérité de moyen anglais: plight

Hérité de ancien anglais: pliht

Appartenant à écossais: plicht

Appartenant à néerlandais: plicht

Appartenant à bas-allemand: plicht

Appartenant à allemand: Pflicht

Appartenant à danois: pligt

Appartenant à yiddish: פֿליכט

In summary

From Middle English plit (“fold, wrinkle, bad situation”), conflation of Middle English pliht, plight (“risky promise, peril”) (from Old English pliht "danger, risk"; see Etymology 2) and Anglo-Norman plit, plyte (“fold, condition”), from Old French pleit (“condition, manner of folding”) (from Vulgar Latin *plictum, from Latin plicitum (“fold”)).