plag

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /plæd͡ʒ/
  • Rhymes: -æd͡ʒ

Noun

plag

  1. (mineralogy, informal) plagioclase feldspar

Anagrams

Danish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /plaːɡ/, [pʰlæjˀ]

Verb

plag

  1. imperative of plage

Dutch

Alternative forms
  • plagge

Etymology

From Middle Dutch plagge (“cloth, rag; sod”). Of uncertain ultimate origin: perhaps a pre-Germanic (but Indo-European) substrate in which the p- has not undergone Grimm's law; compare Latvian plēst (“to tear off”). Also compare Proto-Germanic *flahaną (“to skin”).[1][2] Related to Swedish plagg.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /plɑx/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: plag
  • Rhymes: -ɑx

Noun

plag f (plural plaggen, diminutive plagje n)

  1. A cut-out sod, an excavated flat piece of top soil grown with grasses or heath; in the past used as fuel or roof covering.
  2. A flat, excavated piece of peat.
  3. (archaic) A cloth, a rag.

Derived terms

References
  1. van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “plag”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
  2. J. de Vries (1971), Nederlands Etymologisch Woordenboek, Leiden

German

Pronunciation
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  • Rhymes: -aːk

Verb

plag

  1. singular imperative of plagen
  2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of plagen

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

plag

  1. imperative of plage

Tok Pisin

Noun

plag

  1. flag
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