ploi

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch plooi (“crease, fold”), from Old French ploi (“fold”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈploi̯/ [ˈploi̯]
• Rhymes: -oi̯
• Syllabification: ploi

Noun

ploi (plural ploi-ploi)

1. (chiefly fashion) crease, fold

   Synonym: lipatan

Derived terms

• berploi

Further reading

• “ploi”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Old French

Alternative forms

• plei
• plet
• pli

Etymology

Deverbal of ploiier.

Noun

ploi oblique singular, m (oblique plural plois, nominative singular plois, nominative plural ploi)

1. fold

Descendants

• Middle French: pli, ply
  • → English: ply
  • French: pli

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (pli, supplement)

Sranan Tongo

Alternative forms

• ploy

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch plooi (“crease, wrinkle”).

Verb

ploi

1. To put a crease or fold in cloth

Noun

ploi

1. crease (in cloth)
2. wrinkle (in skin)

Derived terms

• ploiploi (“wrinkled”)