"pleck" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /plɛk/ Forms: plecks [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛk Etymology: From Middle English pleck, plek, perhaps a variation of plack, or perhaps from Middle Dutch plecke, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *plakkju, from Proto-Germanic *plakjō (“spot, stain”). Cognate with West Frisian plak (“place, location, spot”), Dutch plek (“place, spot, patch”), Low German Plakk, Plakke (“spot, place, patch”). More at patch. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|pleck}} Middle English pleck, {{m|enm|plek}} plek, {{m|enm|plack}} plack, {{der|en|dum|plecke}} Middle Dutch plecke, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*plakkju}} Proto-West Germanic *plakkju, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*plakjō|t=spot, stain}} Proto-Germanic *plakjō (“spot, stain”), {{cog|fy|plak|t=place, location, spot}} West Frisian plak (“place, location, spot”), {{cog|nl|plek|t=place, spot, patch}} Dutch plek (“place, spot, patch”), {{cog|nds|Plakk}} Low German Plakk, {{m|nds|Plakke|t=spot, place, patch}} Plakke (“spot, place, patch”), {{l|en|patch}} patch Head templates: {{en-noun}} pleck (plural plecks)
  1. (UK dialectal) A plot of ground. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-pleck-en-noun-v95ve7iz Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for pleck meaning in English (2.3kB)

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