different between terms vs plica

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t??mz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /t?mz/

Noun

terms

1. plural of term

Verb

terms

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of term

Anagrams

• ERTMS

Swedish

Noun

terms

1. indefinite genitive singular of term

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin, from Latin plicare (“to fold”)

Noun

plica (countable and uncountable, plural plicas or plicae)

1. A fold or crease, especially of skin or other tissue.
2. Polish plait, plica polonica, or plica neuropatica: a disease of the hair in which it becomes twisted and matted together.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Dunglison to this entry?)

3. (botany) A diseased state in plants in which there is an excessive development of small entangled twigs, instead of ordinary branches.
4. (zoology) The bend of the wing of a bird.
5. (music) A neume, in the form of a tail at the end of a ligature, indicating an additional note.

Derived terms

Anagrams

• icpal

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin plica, a derivative of plic? (“I fold”).

Noun

plica f (plural pliche)

1. (anatomy) plica, fold

Derived terms

• plicale

Related terms

• piegare
• plico

Latin

Verb

plic?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of plic?

References

• plica in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)