Plier   to Fold  

plier (to fold): to ply, pliable (flexible), pliant (flexible, souple), pliancy (flexibilité), pliers (pinces)
pli (fold): plait (pli, natte), plight (état, condition)
plisser ('to fold', to intertwine): to pleat, to plash (tresser), to pleach (tresser)
appliquer ('to fold to'): to apply, appliance (appareil), application (application, candidature), applicant (candidat), appliqué (appliqué), applicator (applicateur)
compliquer ('to fold together'): to complicate, complication (complication)
complice ('folded together'): accomplice, complicity (complicité)
complexe ('entangled'): complex, complexity (complexité), complexion (teint, constitution)
déployer ('to unfold'): to deploy, deployment (déploiement), to display (déployer, exposer)
employer ('to fold in', to use): to employ, employer (employeur), employee (employé), employment (emploi)
expliquer ('to unfold', to explain): to explicate, explicit (explicite)
impliquer ('to fold in'): to imply, implication (implication), implicit (implicite), to implicate (impliquer), implicit (implicite)
perplexe ('thoroughly entangled'): perplex, perplexity (perplexité)
répliquer ('to fold back', to answer): to reply (répondre), to replicate (répliquer)
souple ('bending under', 'pliable'): supple
supplier ('to bend under', to beg): to supplicate, suppliant (suppliant), supplication (supplique)


simple ('one-fold')  Un: One
double ('two-fold')  Deux: Two
triple ('three-fold')  Trois: Three
quadruple ('four-fold')  Quatre: Four
qintuple ('five-fold')  Cinq: Five
centuple ('hundred-fold')  Cent: Hundred

Es plegar (to fold, to bend)
It piegare (to fold), replica (replica)


Trembler: to Shake
Étrangler: to Choke
把 持 Tenir: to Hold
Prendre: to Take
驯 馴 Dompter: to Tame
Mettre: to Put, to Send
Poser: to Set
Montrer: to Show
Presser: to Squeeze
Tirer: to Pull
Tendre: to Stretch
Rompre: to Break
缚 縛 Attacher: to Fasten
Pendre: to Hang
Faire: to Do
Cacher: to Hide
Garder: to Keep
Plier: to Fold
Voûter: to Bend
Tordre: to Twist
Tailler: to Cut
Jeter: to Throw
Coup: Strike


© Renaud Bouret