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plea

/pˈli/PLEE
/pˈli/PLEE

Meaningan opinion

Common meaning: a request or statement in court

Journey through time

  1. Latinplacitum‘an opinion’source
  2. Anglo-Frenchplee‘a legal plea’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsan opinion → a request or statement in courtplea‘a request or statement in court’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin placitum ‘an opinion’.

Roots

  • placitum Latin “a decree, an opinion”

Related words

plead

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