-plet

-plet
   a suffix used to create units of quantity. Thus triplet, for example, is a unit of 3. However, words having this ending are also used to mean one member of the group rather than the group as a whole.

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  • Plet — Semble correspondre à l ancien français plet , variante de plait (= convention, procès, plaidoirie, cour de justice, discours). Ce serait donc un surnom pouvant évoquer un plaideur, mais aussi un officier de justice ou un avocat. Le nom de… …   Noms de famille

  • plet — [plɛ] n. m. ÉTYM. 1846; var. de 1. pli. ❖ ♦ Mar. Chacun des tours d un cordage lové. ⇒ Pli. ❖ HOM. 1. Plaid, plaie, formes du v. plaire, play …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • plet — Mot Monosíl·lab Nom masculí …   Diccionari Català-Català

  • plet — ˈplet dialect variant of plat …   Useful english dictionary

  • plet — com·plet·ed·ness; cou·plet; dec·u·plet; de·plet·able; do·dec·u·plet; du·plet; in·com·plet·abil·i·ty; in·com·plet·able; non·u·plet; peo·plet; plet; quin·tu·plet; rip·plet; ap·plet; com·plet·ist; mul·ti·plet; in·com·plet·able·ness; …   English syllables

  • plet — I plet 1. plet sb., ten, ter, terne II plet 2. plet sb., tet (metalgenstand overtrukket med fx sølv) …   Dansk ordbog

  • Plet — Recorded in a number of spellings including Plaid, Plait, Playe, and Plet (France), and Plaide, Pleat, Plett, Pletts, and Plott (England), this is a surname of French origins. The derivation is from the medieval word plait , which in the sense of …   Surnames reference

  • plét — in pléd a m (ẹ̑) pleteno ali kvačkano ogrinjalo, navadno trikotne oblike: ogrniti plet; zavila se je v topel plet; šali, pleti in rute …   Slovar slovenskega knjižnega jezika

  • pletə- — See plat . * * * …   Universalium

  • PLET — PipeLine End Termination (Business » Products) …   Abbreviations dictionary

  • PLET — polymyxin, lysosome, EDTA, thallous acetate [in heart infusion agar] …   Medical dictionary

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