plet

See also: pleť and płet

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin placitum. Compare Spanish pleito.

Noun

plet m (plural plets)

1. dispute, quarrel
2. lawsuit

   Synonym: litigi

Further reading

• “plet” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “plet”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “plet” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “plet” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Etymology

Compare Icelandic blettur (“stain, patch of land”) and Swedish plätt (“patch of land, small pancake”).

Noun

plet

1. stain, spot
2. a patch, a small area of land
   • 1867, Valdemar Adolph Thisted, Breve fra Helvede: Udgivne af M. Rowel, page 509:

     Aldrig har jeg seet friskere Græs, i det Hele en frodigere, yppigere Vegetation end paa denne velsignede Plet mellem høje, saa godt som øde Bjerge.

     Never have I seen fresher grass, in general lusher, more abundant vegetation than on this blessed patch between tall, practically desolate mountains.

Declension

Declension of plet

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	plet	pletten	pletter	pletterne
genitive	plets	plettens	pletters	pletternes

Latin

Verb

plet

1. third-person singular present active indicative of pleō

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English plate.

Noun

plet

1. plate; bowl; dish; platter