ples

A formation from plas.

ples f

1. genitals of the she-mule

• plas
• plasë
• pëlcas

• IPA^(key): [ˈplɛs]

Deverbal from plesat.

ples m inan

1. ball (formal dance)

   Synonym: bál

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

ples

1. genitive plural of pleso

• “ples”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “ples”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “ples”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

• plles (ORB, narrow)

Inherited from Latin plūs.

ples (ORB, broad)

1. more

   Synonym: més

   Antonym: muens

• plus in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• plles in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

plēs

1. second-person singular present active indicative of pleō

From English place, from Middle English place, conflation of Old English plæċe (“place, an open space, street”) and Old French place (“place, an open space”), both from Latin platea (“plaza, wide street”), from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa).

ples

1. place; location
   • 1988, Geoffrey Miles White, Bikfala faet: olketa Solomon Aelanda rimembarem Wol Wo Tu‎^[1], page 75:

     Bihaen hemi finisim skul blong hem, hemi go minista long sios long ples blong hem long 'Areo.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Deverbal from plésati.

• IPA^(key): /plêːs/

plȇs m inan (Cyrillic spelling пле̑с)

1. dance
2. dance, ball (a social gathering where people dance)

   Synonym: igranka

• “ples”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Deverbal from plesati.

• IPA^(key): /pléːs/

plẹ̑s m inan

1. dance

• plesati

• “ples”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “ples”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

From English place, from Middle English place, conflation of Old English plæċe (“place, an open space, street”) and Old French place (“place, an open space”), both from Latin platea (“plaza, wide street”), from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa).

ples

1. place
2. village; town
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:25:

     God i kamapim ol kain kain animal bilong ples na ol bikpela na liklik animal bilong bus. God i lukim olgeta dispela samting i gutpela, na em i amamas.

     →New International Version translation

3. region

• tokples