plainte

IPA^(key): /plɛ̃t/

plainte (f)

1. Alternative form of piainche

Inherited from Old French plainte, pleinte (from the feminine past participle of plaindre, pleindre), corresponding to a Medieval Latin plancta, from Latin planctus.

• IPA^(key): /plɛ̃t/

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plainte f (plural plaintes)

1. complaint
2. moan, groan
3. (law) (criminal) complaint

• porter plainte

• “plainte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• épilant, patelin, platine, pliante