plot

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
2. An area or land used for building on or planting on.
3. A grave.
4. A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device.
5. A secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable.
6. Contrivance; deep reach thought; ability to plot or intrigue.
7. Participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
8. A plan; a purpose.
9. (euphemistic, slang) Attractive physical attributes of a fictional character; assets.

Verb

1. (intransitive, transitive) To conceive (a crime, misdeed etc).
2. (transitive) To trace out (a graph or diagram).
3. (transitive) To mark (a point on a graph, chart, etc).

Concepts

complot

intrigue

parcelle

conspiration

diagramme

tracer

terrain

comploter

action

ruse

cabale

manigancer

plan

graphique

esquisser

ébaucher

représentation graphique

lever

machination

manigance

tracé

dessiner

lopin

croquer

stratagème

trame

conspirer

graphe

tramer

fourberie

évènement

esquisse

concevoir

envisager

conception

magasin

lot

dresser

boutique

accuser

le

laver

🧽

dessin

jeu

intriguer

dépeindre

indiquer

de

combiner

affaire

Synonymes

scheme

plan

conspiracy

intrigue

conspire

design

lot

contrive

stratagem

diagram

devise

site

parcel

trick

map

chart

💹

storyline

outline

connive

story

draw

graph

plat

plot of land

machinate

land

region

project

complot

strategy

contrivance

ground

propose

game

field

scenario

draft

artifice

patch

machination

sketch

area

a lot

layout

bed

🛏️

attempt

portion

associate with

garden

district

Traductions

complotto

appezzamento

trama

parcela

congiura

Intrige

complot

Komplott

samenzwering

complot

trama

conspiración

Handlung

Verschwörung

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/plɒt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: plot

Hérité de ancien anglais: plot

Appartenant à Middle Low German: plet

Appartenant à allemand: Bletz

Appartenant à gotique: 𐍀𐌻𐌰𐍄𐍃

In summary

From Middle English plot, plotte, from Old English plot (“a plot of ground”), from Proto-Germanic *plataz, *platjaz (“a patch”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Middle Low German plet (“patch, strip of cloth, rags”), German Bletz (“rags, bits, strip of land”), and possibly Gothic 𐍀𐌻𐌰𐍄 (plat, “a patch, rags”). See also plat. See also complot for an influence on or source of sense 5.
Sense 9 is a back-formation from for the plot.

Phrases

The topmen began to plot mutiny .

Les Topmen ont commencé à tracer la mutinerie.