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plaid
English
Etymology 1
From Scots plaid, of uncertain origin; perhaps from a past participle form of ply. Scottish Gaelic plaide (“blanket”) is probably a borrowing from Scots.
Also compare Scottish Gaelic peall (“covering, veil, blanket”) << Latin pellis (“hide, covering”), but the OED finds the sound changes problematic.
Pronunciation
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /pled/, /plad/
- (Received Pronunciation, UK) IPA(key): /plæd/
- (General American, US) IPA(key): /plæd/
- Rhymes: -æd
Noun
plaid (countable and uncountable, plural plaids)
- (textiles) A type of twilled woollen cloth, often with a tartan or chequered pattern. [from 16thc.]
- It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar.
- A length of such material used as a piece of clothing, formerly worn in the Scottish Highlands and other parts of northern Britain and remaining as an item of ceremonial dress worn by members of Scottish pipe bands. [from 16thc.]
- 2009, John Sadler, Glencoe, Amberley 2009, p.47:
- In battle, the plaid was customarily shrugged off before the charge bit home, and the warrior came into contact with only his long, saffron shirt (‘leine chrochach’) to preserve modesty.
- 2009, John Sadler, Glencoe, Amberley 2009, p.47:
- The typical chequered pattern of a plaid; tartan. [from 19thc.]
Translations
Adjective
plaid (comparative more plaid, superlative most plaid)
- Having a pattern or colors which resemble a Scottish tartan; checkered or marked with bars or stripes at right angles to one another.
Etymology 2
Alternative forms.
Verb
plaid
- (archaic) simple past tense and past participle of play
- 1774, Dr Samuel Johnson, Preface to the Works of the English Poets, J. Nichols, Volume II, Page 134,
- "...then plaid on the organ, and sung..."
- 1774, Dr Samuel Johnson, Preface to the Works of the English Poets, J. Nichols, Volume II, Page 134,
References
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English plaid.
Noun
plaid m (invariable)
- tartan rug (especially one used when travelling)
Middle English
Etymology
From Old French plait, plaid.
Noun
plaid
- Alternative form of ple
Old French
Noun
plaid m (oblique plural plaiz or plaitz, nominative singular plaiz or plaitz, nominative plural plaid)
- Alternative form of plait
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) pled
Noun
plaid m (plural plaids)
- (Sursilvan) word
Related terms
- pledari
Scots
Etymology
Origin uncertain; perhaps from a past participle form of ply.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pled/
Noun
plaid (plural plaids)
- plaid
Welsh
Etymology
The original meaning was "row," "rank," later "partition," possibly related to Irish pluid/Scottish Gaelic plaide (“blanket”); as Proto-Celtic had no p, the term was likely a borrowing, such as English/Scots plaid.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plai?d/
Noun
plaid f (plural pleidiau)
- (politics) (political) party
Derived terms
- o blaid (“in favour (of)”)
- pleidiol (“partial, partisan”)
- pleidiwr (“party member”)
Mutation
References
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sett
English
Alternative forms
- set
Etymology
A variant of set to distinguish various technical senses.
Pronunciation
- enPR: s?t, IPA(key): /s?t/
- Rhymes: -?t
- Homophone: set
Noun
sett (plural setts)
- The system of tunnels that is the home of a badger.
- The pattern of distinctive threads and yarns that make up the plaid of a Scottish tartan.
- A small, square-cut piece of quarried stone used for paving and edging.
- Synonym: Belgian block
Translations
Verb
sett
- Obsolete spelling of set (particularly as a simple past and past participle)
Anagrams
- ETTs, Etts, TEST, TETS, TETs, Test, Tets, stet, test, tets
Faroese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s??t?/
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek ???? (zêta).
Noun
sett n (genitive singular sets, plural sett)
- The name of the Latin-script letter Z.
Declension
Synonyms
- setta
Etymology 2
From English set.
Noun
sett n (genitive singular sets, plural sett)
- (sports, tennis, badminton, volleyball) set
Declension
Etymology 3
Verb
sett
- supine of seta - set, put
Conjugation
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From the verb sette, also from English set
Noun
sett n (definite singular settet, indefinite plural sett, definite plural setta or settene)
- a set (most senses)
Derived terms
- togsett
Verb
sett
- past participle of se
- imperative of sette
References
- “sett” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Noun
sett n (definite singular settet, indefinite plural sett, definite plural setta)
- a set (most senses)
Derived terms
- togsett
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Participle
sett (definite singular and plural sette)
- past participle of setja and setje
- past participle of setta and sette
Verb
sett
- supine of setja and setje
- supine of setta and sette
- imperative of setta and sette
- (non-standard since 2012) present tense of setta and sette
Etymology 3
From Old Norse sénn, sét.
Verb
sett
- supine of sjå
References
- “sett” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sett/
Verb
sett
- third-person singular present of settan
Old Norse
Participle
sett
- inflection of settr:
- strong feminine nominative singular
- strong neuter nominative/accusative singular/plural
Verb
sett
- supine of setja
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?t?/
- Homophones: set, sätt
Verb
sett
- supine of se.
Anagrams
- test
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