pleca

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• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈplɛ.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈple.ka]

pleca f (plural pleques)

1. (typography) vertical bar, divider

   Synonym: barra vertical

• filet

• “pleca”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

pleca m

1. genitive singular of plecs

Inherited from Latin plicāre (“to fold”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to plait, to weave”). Compare Aromanian plec, plicari. The semantic shift from "fold" to "leave" may be because to Proto-Romanian speakers, the word became associated with the folding up of tents to leave and move, especially as the pastoral lifestyle was important in their culture (cf. also the Latin expression plicāre tentōria, in the military context of folding up tents in a camp to move on, or French plier bagage). In contrast, Iberian Romance languages developed the opposite meaning from the same Latin word; compare Spanish llegar (“to arrive”), Portuguese chegar (“to arrive”); here, naval tradition was more important and the meaning may have come from folding sails when arriving at port. Doublet of plia, which was borrowed from French.

• IPA^(key): /pleˈka/

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• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: ple‧ca

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a pleca (third-person singular present pleacă, past participle plecat, third-person subjunctive plece) 1st conjugation

1. (intransitive) to leave, depart

   Când pleci la mare?

   When are you leaving for the sea?

2. (reflexive, archaic) to bow

• plecare
• plecat
• plecăciune

• apleca
• îndupleca

• ieși

• “pleca”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pleťè. Cognate with Kashubian plecë and Polish plecy.

• IPA^(key): /ˈplɛ.t͡sa/

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• Rhymes: -ɛt͡sa
• Syllabification: ple‧ca

pleca nvir pl

1. back (the rear of body)

• pleca in dykcjonorz.eu
• pleca in silling.org

• IPA^(key): /ˈpleka/ [ˈple.ka]
• Rhymes: -eka
• Syllabification: ple‧ca

pleca f (plural plecas)

1. (typography) vertical bar, pipe

• “pleca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

• IPA^(key): /ˈplɛt͡sa/

pleca

1. inflection of pleco:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural
   2. genitive singular