plight

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

toestand

dreiging

gevaar

❗

gewaagdheid

onraad

❗

perikel

positie

risico

situatie

staat

verpanden

waagstuk

onveiligheid

risico’s

belofte

benarde toestand

Synoniemen

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

Vertalingen

embarras

apuro

aprieto

s’engager

situazione difficile

prometer

χάλι

δεσμεύω

promettre

sort

frangente

tràngol

حالة يائسة

destret

dilema

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/plaɪt/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: plit

Overgenomen van Middelengels: plight

Overgenomen van Oudengels: pliht

Verwant aan Schots: plicht

Verwant aan Nederlands: plicht

Verwant aan Nedersaksisch: plicht

Verwant aan Duits: Pflicht

Verwant aan Deens: pligt

Verwant aan Jiddisch: 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”)).