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. (slang) Attractive physical attributes of a fictional character; assets.

Verb

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

Concepts

complot

intrigue

parcelle

conspiration

diagramme

tracer

comploter

terrain

graphique

cabale

manigancer

plan

ruse

action

lopin

machination

conspirer

graphe

représentation graphique

tracé

tramer

manigance

stratagème

lever

trame

croquer

dessiner

esquisser

ébaucher

manigances

menées

intriguer

ourdir un complot

tramer un complot

projeter de

se proposer de

tenter de

esquisse

grandes lignes

programme

projet

synopsis

conception

idée

fourberie

affaire

incident

évènement

combine

intigue

tour de main

combiner

concevoir

envisager

imaginer

mystifier

planifier

préparer

tromper

schéma

courbe

champ

dresser un graphique

tracer une courbe

lot

lot de terre

semis

rizière

machiner

propriété

boutique

magasin

matière

charbonner

crayonner

dresser

délaver

gribouiller

griffonner

illustrer

laver

pocher

pointiller

portraiturer

accentuer

accuser

caractériser

de

dessin

dépeindre

indiquer

le

marquer

peindre

portrait

reproduire

représenter

souligner

jeu

partie

trécarré

cabaler

tisser

couver

histoire

scénario

région

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/plɒt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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”), Gothic 𐍀𐌻𐌰𐍄𐍃 (plats, “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.