pleisteren

• plaasteren

From plaaster (“a plaster”), (perhaps via Old French plastre, modern plâtre) from Latin emplastrum, from Ancient Greek ἔμπλαστρον (émplastron, “salve, plaster”), from ἐν- (en-, “on”) + πλάσσω (plássō, “to mold, form”).

pleisteren (not comparable)

1. (made of) plaster
2. cast in plaster

pleisteren

1. (transitive) to (apply) plaster, stucco
2. (transitive) to apply a (medical) plaster
3. (figuratively, transitive) to smear, cover (up) (notably cosmetically), hide
4. (transitive) to pave (a road)

• Negerhollands: pleister
• → Papiamentu: plèister, pleister

From peisteren, from Old French paistre (whence French paître) from Latin pascō (“I graze”). The l-sound may be added by influence of etymology 1.

pleisteren

1. (intransitive) to interrupt a journey, take a rest, make a stop, notably to tend to the needs of traveler(s), vehicle(s), staff and/or working animal(s)
2. (intransitive) to (take a) pause or rest in general
3. (intransitive) to be, spend time, somewhere

• pleistering
• pleisterplaats, pleisterplek, pleisterplak