plait

n.

1. A braid, especially of hair.
2. A pleat.

tr.v., plait·ed, plait·ing, plaits.

1. To braid.
2. To pleat.
3. To make by braiding.

[Middle English pleit, fold, braid, possibly from pleiten, to fold, braid, alteration (influenced by Old French pleit, fold) of Old French plier, pleiir, from Latin plicāre, to fold.]

plaiter plait'er n.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
  Synonyms: braid, tress, twist

Meaning #2: any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape
  Synonym: pleat

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The verb plait has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: make by braiding
  Synonyms: braid, lace

Meaning #2: weave into plaits

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - fletning
v. tr. - flette

Nederlands (Dutch)
haarvlecht, plooi, vlechten

Français (French)
n. - natte, tresse
v. tr. - tresser, natter

Deutsch (German)
n. - Zopf
v. - flechten

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πλεξούδα, κοτσίδα, πλόκαμος
v. - πλέκω σε πλεξούδα

Italiano (Italian)
intrecciare, treccia

Português (Portuguese)
n. - prega (f), trança (f)
v. - franzir, trançar

Русский (Russian)
заплетать, коса

Español (Spanish)
n. - trenza, pliegue, frunce
v. tr. - trenzar, fruncir, plisar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - (hår)fläta
v. - fläta

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
褶, 麦秆条带, 辫子, 在打褶, 编织, 编成, 把...编成辫子

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 褶, 麥稈條帶, 辮子
v. tr. - 在打褶, 編織, 編成, 把...編成辮子

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 변발, 주름
v. tr. - (머리나 밀짚 등을) 엮다, 주름잡다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 編んだもの, ひだ
v. - 編む, 編んで作る, …にひだをとる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) طيه, ثنيه, ضفيرة (فعل) يطوي, يثني, يجدل, يظفر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮צמה, מקלעת‬
v. tr. - ‮קלע‬

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