plot

See also: Plot and płot

English

Etymology

From Middle English plot, plotte, from late Old English plot (“a plot of ground”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *plataz, *platjaz (“a patch”); or alternatively, perhaps from a rebracketing of Old English land-splott (“small portion, or plot, of ground”) taken as landes-plot (“plot of land”). Compare Middle Low German plet (“patch, strip of cloth, rags”), German Bletz (“rags, bits, strip of land”), and possibly Gothic 𐍀𐌻𐌰𐍄 (plat, “a patch, rags”). See also plat. See also complot for an influence and reinforcement of noun sense 8.

Noun sense 12 is a back-formation from for the plot.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /plɒt/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /plɑt/
  • (Ireland) IPA(key): /plɑt̞/
    • (Dublin) IPA(key): /pläʔ/, /plä/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɒt

Noun

plot (plural plots)

  1. (narratology) The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means. [from 1640s]
    Synonym: storyline
    • c. 1725, Alexander Pope, View of the Epic Poem:
      If the plot or intrigue must be natural, and such as springs from the subject, then the winding up of the plot must be a probable consequence of all that went before.
  2. An area or land used for building on or planting on. [from 1550s]
    Synonym: parcel
  3. A grave.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:grave
    He's buried in the family plot.
  4. A ground plan, map; a nautical chart.
  5. A sketch or outline detailing the arrangement of something; a plan.
  6. A synopsis of a literary work.
  7. A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device.
    Synonyms: scheme; see also Thesaurus:diagram
    • 2017, Mark Chambers, Tony Holmes, Nakajima B5N ‘Kate’ and B6N ‘Jill’ Units, page 32:
      I was told to fly out on a vector of 100 degrees to meet a strong plot of aircraft 30 miles from the coast.
  9. A secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable. [from 1580s]
    Synonyms: conspiracy, intrigue, machination, scheme
    The plot would have enabled them to get a majority on the board.
    The assassination of Lincoln was part of a larger plot.
  10. Contrivance; deep reach thought; ability to plot or intrigue.
    • a. 1669, John Denham, On Mr Thomas Killigrew's Return from Venice, and Mr William Murrey's from Scotland:
      a man of much plot
  11. Participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
  12. A plan; a purpose.
    Synonyms: design; see also Thesaurus:design
    • 1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […], →OCLC:
      no other plot in their religion but serve God and save their souls
  14. (fandom slang, euphemistic) Attractive physical attributes of a fictional character; assets.
    Actor X has some great plot near the end of E07.

Derived terms

Translations

course of a story

Verb

plot (third-person singular simple present plots, present participle plotting, simple past and past participle plotted)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To conceive (a crime, misdeed etc).
    They had plotted a robbery.
    They were plotting against the king.
  2. (transitive) To trace out (a graph or diagram).
    They plotted the number of edits per day.
  3. (transitive) To mark (a point on a graph, chart, etc).
    Every five minutes they plotted their position.
    • 1602, Richard Carew, Survey on Cornwall:
      This treatise plotteth down Cornwall as it now standeth.

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Albanian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁tós (“full”),[1][2][3] from the root *pleh₁- (“to fill”). Compare Sanskrit प्रात (prātá), Latin com-plētus.

Adverb

plót

  1. fully, to full capacity, to the brim
    Synonym: mbushur
    Antonyms: bosh, zbrazët
    me gojën plot ― with one's mouth full
    Dhoma ishte plot. ― The house was full.
  2. full, cramped (of people, things, etc.)
    Synonym: mbushur
    Kopshti ishte plot me lule. ― The garden was full of flowers.
  3. a lot, much
    Synonyms: shumë, mjaft
  4. with everything, lacking nothing. complete, full
  5. with a full, complete view
    Është hëna plot. ― It's a full moon.
  6. (colloquial) successfully
    Synonym: në shenjë
    Antonym: bosh
  7. full of. followed by an indefinite form
    Synonyms: tërë, gjithë
    plot gëzim ― full of joy
  8. exactly, precisely
    Synonyms: pikërisht, tamam
    plot dy orë ― exactly two hours

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Meyer, G. (1891), “pľot”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 345
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959), “pel-, pelə-, pēl-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 799
  3. ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “plotë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 335

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980

Czech

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Slavic *plotъ
Old Czech plot
Czech plot

    Inherited from Old Czech plot, from Proto-Slavic *plotъ.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [ˈplot]

    Noun

    plot m inan

    1. fence
      dřevěný plot ― wooden fence

    Declension

    Declension of plot (hard masculine inanimate)
    singular plural
    nominative plot ploty
    genitive plotu plotů
    dative plotu plotům
    accusative plot ploty
    vocative plote ploty
    locative plotu, plotě plotech
    instrumental plotem ploty

    Derived terms

    Further reading

    Dutch

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /plɔt/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɔt

    Etymology 1

    Borrowed from English plot.

    Noun

    plot m or n (plural plots, diminutive plotje n)

    1. plot (course of a story)
      Synonyms: intrige, verhaal, verwikkeling

    Etymology 2

    Borrowed from English plot.

    Noun

    plot m (plural plots, diminutive plotje n)

    1. plot (graph or diagram)
      Synonyms: diagram, grafiek

    Etymology 3

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Verb

    plot

    1. inflection of plotten:
      1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
      2. imperative

    French

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /plo/
    • IPA(key): /plɔ/ (older, now chiefly Belgium)
    • Rhymes: -o, -ɔ

    Noun

    plot m (plural plots)

    1. traffic cone
    2. cone used in slalom

    Further reading

    Indonesian

    Etymology

    From Dutch plot, from English plot, from Middle English plot, plotte, from Old English plot (“a plot of ground”), from Proto-Germanic *plataz, *platjaz (“a patch”), of uncertain origin.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    plot (plural plot-plot)

    1. plot (course of a story)

    Derived terms

    • pengeplotan
    • plot berlebihan
    • plot Bode

    Further reading

    Luxembourgish

    Verb

    plot

    1. third-person singular present indicative of ploen
    2. second-person plural present indicative of ploen
    3. second-person plural imperative of ploen

    Old English

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /plot/
    • Rhymes: -ot

    Noun

    plot m

    1. plot (of land)

    Descendants

    • Middle English: plot

    Further reading

    Polish

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈplɔt/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɔt
    • Syllabification: plot

    Noun

    plot f

    1. genitive plural of plota

    Serbo-Croatian

    Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *plotъ.

    Noun

    plȏt m inan (Cyrillic spelling пло̑т)

    1. fence

    Declension

    Declension of plot
    singular plural
    nominative plot plotovi
    genitive plota plotova
    dative plotu plotovima
    accusative plot plotove
    vocative plotu/plote (?) plotovi
    locative plotu plotovima
    instrumental plotom plotovima

    Further reading

    • “plot”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
    • “plot”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

    Spanish

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈplot/ [ˈplot̪]
    • Rhymes: -ot
    • Syllabification: plot

    Noun

    plot m (plural plots)

    1. (narratology) plot
      Synonym: trama

    Welsh

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /plɔt/
    • Rhymes: -ɔt

    Noun

    plot m (plural plotiau or plotau)

    1. (narratology) plot
      Synonym: cynllun
    2. plot, conspiracy, scheme
      Synonyms: cynllwyn, sgêm, bwriad
    3. plot of land
      Synonyms: llain, clwt
    • plotyn (“spot, blotch; plot of land”)

    Mutation

    Mutated forms of plot
    radical soft nasal aspirate
    plot blot mhlot phlot

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

    Further reading

    • Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “plot”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎[2], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
    • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “plot”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
    • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “plot”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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