plier

Sentences

Meaning

Concepts

Elle
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ne
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pouvait pas plier ses jambes avec cet accoutrement.

She couldn't bend her legs with that outfit.

Cependant , Go-Daigo refuse de se plier à cette règle .

However, Go-Daigo refuses to comply with this rule.

(transitive) to fold (bend (something) over; arrange by folding)
to fold up
to bend
to mess up; to do in; to damage
(figuratively) to kill, kill off (a game)

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pli.je/

Inherited from Latin

plicō

Inherited from Old French

ploiier

In summary

Inherited from Latin plicāre. This produced Old French ploiier, pleier in Old French, which was later changed analogically under the influence of the stressed stem pli-.

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fold back

sheep pen

pick flowers

se courber

se plier

incliner

faire plier

s’incliner

se rendre

faire céder

se pencher

prédiposer

se couder

faire pencher

s’infléchir

faire fléchir

carguer

mettre en conformité

omvouwen

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