ployer

Meaning

to bend, fold

Concepts

bend

curve

sag

buckle

give way

warp

be warped

be curved

be arched

bent

bow

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Synonyms

fléchir

courber

plier

se courber

faire céder

faire plier

s’infléchir

cambrer

infléchir

arquer

tourner

se couder

céder

couder

faire jaillir un arc

courbe

courbure

se pencher

voiler

se cambrer

se voûter

s’incurver

être voilé

tendre un arc

Translations

buigen

ombuigen

doorbuigen

beugen

biegen

curvar

eğmek

bükmek

arquear

flektieren

eğilmek

vallen

sich beugen

krümmen

dobrar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/plwa.je/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: ployer

Inherited from Latin: plicō

In summary

Inherited from Middle French ployer; variant of plier (which later underwent further modification), both from Old French pleier, ploiier, from Latin plicāre, from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to plait, to weave”) [from 13th century].