plot
English
Etymology
From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#PLOTCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#PLOT plot, plotte, from Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#PLOTCategory:English terms derived from Old English#PLOT plot (“a plot of ground”), from Proto-GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#PLOTCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#PLOT *plataz, *platjaz (“a patch”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Middle Low German plet (“patch, strip of cloth, rags”), German Bletz (“rags, bits, strip of land”), and possibly Gothic 𐍀𐌻𐌰𐍄 (plat, “a patch, rags”). See also plat. See also complot for an influence on or source of noun sense 5.
Noun sense 9 is a back-formation from for the plotCategory:English back-formations#PLOT.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /plɒt/Category:English 1-syllable words#PLOTCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#PLOT
- (General American) IPA(key): /plɑt/Category:English 1-syllable words#PLOTCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#PLOT
- (Ireland) IPA(key): /plɑt̞/Category:English 1-syllable words#PLOTCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#PLOT
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#PLOTAudio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒtCategory:Rhymes:English/ɒt#PLOTCategory:Rhymes:English/ɒt/1 syllable#PLOT
Noun
plot (plural plots)Category:English lemmas#PLOTCategory:English nouns#PLOTCategory:English countable nouns#PLOTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PLOTCategory:Pages with entries#PLOTCategory:Pages with 12 entries#PLOT
- (narratologyCategory:en:Narratology#PLOT) The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means. [from 1640s]
- Synonym: storyline
- c. 1725, Alexander Pope, View of the Epic Poem:
- If the plot or intrigue must be natural, and such as springs from the subject, then the winding up of the plot must be a probable consequence of all that went before.Category:English terms with quotations#PLOT
- An area or land used for building on or planting on. [from 1550s]
- Synonym: parcel
- A grave.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:grave
- He's buried in the family plot.Category:English terms with usage examples#PLOT
- A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device.
- Synonyms: scheme; see also Thesaurus:diagram
- 2017, Mark Chambers, Tony Holmes, Nakajima B5N ‘Kate’ and B6N ‘Jill’ Units, page 32:
- I was told to fly out on a vector of 100 degrees to meet a strong plot of aircraft 30 miles from the coast.Category:English terms with quotations#PLOT
- A secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable. [from 1580s]
- Synonyms: conspiracy, intrigue, machination, scheme
- The plot would have enabled them to get a majority on the board.Category:English terms with usage examples#PLOT
- The assassination of Lincoln was part of a larger plot.Category:English terms with usage examples#PLOT
- c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene vi]:
- I have o'erheard a plot of death.Category:English terms with quotations#PLOT
- 1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 1:
- O, think what anxious moments pass between / The birth of plots and their last fatal periods!Category:English terms with quotations#PLOT
- Contrivance; deep reach thought; ability to plot or intrigue.
- a. 1669, John Denham, On Mr Thomas Killigrew's Return from Venice, and Mr William Murrey's from Scotland:
- a man of much plotCategory:English terms with quotations#PLOT
- Participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
- 1643, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce: […], London: […] T[homas] P[aine] and M[atthew] S[immons] […], →OCLC:
- And when Christ saith, Who marries the divorced commits adultery, it is to be understood, if he had any plot in the divorce.Category:English terms with quotations#PLOT
- A plan; a purpose.
- Synonyms: design; see also Thesaurus:design
- 1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […], →OCLC:
- no other plot in their religion but serve God and save their soulsCategory:English terms with quotations#PLOT
- (fandom slangCategory:English fandom slang#PLOT, euphemisticCategory:English euphemisms#PLOT) Attractive physical attributes of a fictional character; assets.
- Actor X has some great plot near the end of E07.Category:English terms with usage examples#PLOT
Derived terms
- addle-plot
- A plot
- applot
- Ashby plot
- bagplot
- barplot
- beach ball plot
- beanplot
- bioplot
- biplot
- blobplot
- box and whisker plot, box and whiskers plot
- box plot
- B plot
- by-plot
- counterplot
- doghouse plot
- dotplot
- emplot
- Fermi-Kurie plot
- forest plot
- funnel plot
- grass plot
- green plot
- Gunpowder Plot
- heat plot
- jitterplot
- Joy plot
- karyoplot
- Kurie plot
- line plot
- lose the plot
- macroplot
- marplot
- metaplot
- microplot
- misplot
- mosaic plot
- multiplot
- plot armor, plot armour
- plot bunny
- plot coupon
- plot device
- plotful
- plotholder
- plotholding
- plot hole
- plotland
- plotless
- plotlet
- plotline, plot line
- plot point
- plotproof
- plottage
- plot thickens, the plot thickens
- plot twist
- plot-twisty
- plotty
- plotwise
- plotwork
- Q-Q plot
- Ramachandran plot
- raster plot
- ridgeline plot
- scatterplot
- scatter plot
- scree plot
- seedplot
- souvenir plot
- spine plot
- star plot
- stemplot
- subplot
- swarm plot
- triplot
- underplot
- unplot
- violin plot
- volcano plot
- waterfall plot
Translations
Verb
plot (third-person singular simple present plots, present participle plotting, simple past and past participle plotted)Category:English lemmas#PLOTCategory:English verbs#PLOTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PLOTCategory:Pages with entries#PLOTCategory:Pages with 12 entries#PLOT
- (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#PLOT, intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#PLOT) To conceive (a crime, misdeed etc).
- They had plotted a robbery.Category:English terms with usage examples#PLOT
- They were plotting against the king.Category:English terms with usage examples#PLOT
- (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#PLOT) To trace out (a graph or diagram).
- They plotted the number of edits per day.Category:English terms with usage examples#PLOT
- (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#PLOT) To mark (a point on a graph, chart, etc).
- Every five minutes they plotted their position.Category:English terms with usage examples#PLOT
- 1602, Richard Carew, Survey on Cornwall:
- This treatise plotteth down Cornwall as it now standeth.Category:English terms with quotations#PLOT
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
Category:English control verbs#PLOT Category:en:Visualization#PLOTAlbanian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Albanian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#PLOTCategory:Albanian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#PLOT *pleh₁tós (“full”),[1][2][3] from the root *pleh₁- (“to fill”). Compare Sanskrit प्रात (prātá)Category:Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#PLOT, Latin com-plētus.
Adverb
plótCategory:Albanian lemmas#PLOTCategory:Albanian adverbs#PLOTCategory:Albanian entries with incorrect language header#PLOTCategory:Pages with entries#PLOTCategory:Pages with 12 entries#PLOT
- fully, to full capacity, to the brim
- Synonym: mbushur
- Antonyms: bosh, zbrazët
- me gojën plot ― with one's mouth fullCategory:Albanian terms with collocations#PLOT
- Dhoma ishte plot. ― The house was full.Category:Albanian terms with usage examples#PLOT
- full, cramped (of people, things, etc.)
- Synonym: mbushur
- Kopshti ishte plot me lule. ― The garden was full of flowers.Category:Albanian terms with usage examples#PLOT
- a lot, much
- with everything, lacking nothing. complete, full
- with a full, complete view
- Është hëna plot. ― It's a full moon.Category:Albanian terms with usage examples#PLOT
- (colloquialCategory:Albanian colloquialisms#PLOT) successfully
- full of. followed by an indefinite form
- Synonyms: tërë, gjithë
- plot gëzim ― full of joyCategory:Albanian terms with collocations#PLOT
- exactly, precisely
- Synonyms: pikërisht, tamam
- plot dy orë ― exactly two hoursCategory:Albanian terms with collocations#PLOT
Derived terms
References
- ↑ Meyer, G. (1891), “pľot”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, , page 345
- ↑ Pokorny, Julius (1959), “pel-, pelə-, pēl-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 799
- ↑ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “plotë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 335
Further reading
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old CzechCategory:Czech terms inherited from Old Czech#PLOTCategory:Czech terms derived from Old Czech#PLOT plot, from Proto-SlavicCategory:Czech terms inherited from Proto-Slavic#PLOTCategory:Czech terms derived from Proto-Slavic#PLOT *plotъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
plot m inanCategory:Czech lemmas#PLOTCategory:Czech nouns#PLOTCategory:Czech entries with incorrect language header#PLOTCategory:Czech masculine nouns#PLOTCategory:Czech inanimate nouns#PLOTCategory:Pages with entries#PLOTCategory:Pages with 12 entries#PLOT
- fence
- dřevěný plot ― wooden fenceCategory:Czech terms with collocations#PLOT
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “plot”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “plot”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “plot”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Dutch terms borrowed from English#PLOTCategory:Dutch terms derived from English#PLOT plot.
Noun
plot m or n (plural plots, diminutive plotje n)Category:Dutch lemmas#PLOTCategory:Dutch nouns#PLOTCategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -s#PLOTCategory:Dutch nouns with red links in their headword lines#PLOTCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#PLOTCategory:Dutch masculine nouns#PLOTCategory:Dutch neuter nouns#PLOTCategory:Dutch nouns with multiple genders#PLOTCategory:Pages with entries#PLOTCategory:Pages with 12 entries#PLOT
- plot (course of a story)
- Synonyms: intrige, verhaal, verwikkeling
Etymology 2
Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Dutch terms borrowed from English#PLOTCategory:Dutch terms derived from English#PLOT plot.
Noun
plot m (plural plots, diminutive plotje n)Category:Dutch lemmas#PLOTCategory:Dutch nouns#PLOTCategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -s#PLOTCategory:Dutch nouns with red links in their headword lines#PLOTCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#PLOTCategory:Dutch masculine nouns#PLOTCategory:Pages with entries#PLOTCategory:Pages with 12 entries#PLOT
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
plotCategory:Dutch non-lemma forms#PLOTCategory:Dutch verb forms#PLOTCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#PLOTCategory:Pages with entries#PLOTCategory:Pages with 12 entries#PLOT
- inflection of plotten:
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plo/Category:French 1-syllable words#PLOTCategory:French terms with IPA pronunciation#PLOT
- IPA(key): /plɔ/Category:French 1-syllable words#PLOTCategory:French terms with IPA pronunciation#PLOT (older, now chiefly Belgium)
- Rhymes: -o, -ɔCategory:Rhymes:French/o#PLOTCategory:Rhymes:French/ɔ#PLOT
Noun
plot m (plural plots)Category:French lemmas#PLOTCategory:French nouns#PLOTCategory:French countable nouns#PLOTCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#PLOTCategory:French masculine nouns#PLOTCategory:Pages with entries#PLOTCategory:Pages with 12 entries#PLOT
- traffic cone
- cone used in slalom
Further reading
- “plot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Indonesian
Etymology
From DutchCategory:Indonesian terms borrowed from Dutch#PLOTCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Dutch#PLOT plot, from EnglishCategory:Indonesian terms derived from English#PLOT plot, from Middle EnglishCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Middle English#PLOT plot, plotte, from Old EnglishCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Old English#PLOT plot (“a plot of ground”), from Proto-GermanicCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Germanic#PLOT *plataz, *platjaz (“a patch”), of uncertain origin.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈplot/ [ˈplɔt̪̚]Category:Indonesian 1-syllable words#PLOTCategory:Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation#PLOT
- Rhymes: -otCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/ot#PLOTCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/ot/1 syllable#PLOT
- Syllabification: plot
Noun
plot (plural plot-plot)Category:Indonesian lemmas#PLOTCategory:Indonesian nouns#PLOTCategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#PLOTCategory:Pages with entries#PLOTCategory:Pages with 12 entries#PLOT
- plot (course of a story)
Derived terms
Further reading
plot on the Indonesian Wikipedia.Wikipedia id- “plot”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Luxembourgish
Verb
plotCategory:Luxembourgish non-lemma forms#PLOTCategory:Luxembourgish verb forms#PLOTCategory:Luxembourgish entries with incorrect language header#PLOTCategory:Pages with entries#PLOTCategory:Pages with 12 entries#PLOT
Old English
Pronunciation
Noun
plot mCategory:Old English lemmas#PLOTCategory:Old English nouns#PLOTCategory:Old English entries with incorrect language header#PLOTCategory:Old English masculine nouns#PLOTCategory:Pages with entries#PLOTCategory:Pages with 12 entries#PLOT
- plot (of land)
Descendants
References
- Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “plot”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Polish
Pronunciation
Noun
plot fCategory:Polish non-lemma forms#PLOTCategory:Polish noun forms#PLOTCategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#PLOTCategory:Pages with entries#PLOTCategory:Pages with 12 entries#PLOT
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-SlavicCategory:Serbo-Croatian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic#PLOTCategory:Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Proto-Slavic#PLOT *plotъ.
Noun
plȏt m inan (Cyrillic spelling пло̑т)Category:Serbo-Croatian lemmas#PLOTCategory:Serbo-Croatian nouns#PLOTCategory:Serbo-Croatian masculine inanimate nouns#PLOTCategory:Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header#PLOTCategory:Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns#PLOTCategory:Serbo-Croatian inanimate nouns#PLOTCategory:Pages with entries#PLOTCategory:Pages with 12 entries#PLOT
Declension
Further reading
- “plot”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
- “plot”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
Spanish
Noun
plot m (plural plots)Category:Spanish lemmas#PLOTCategory:Spanish nouns#PLOTCategory:Spanish countable nouns#PLOTCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#PLOTCategory:Spanish masculine nouns#PLOTCategory:Pages with entries#PLOTCategory:Pages with 12 entries#PLOT
Welsh
Pronunciation
Noun
plot m (plural plotiau or plotau)Category:Welsh lemmas#PLOTCategory:Welsh nouns#PLOTCategory:Welsh countable nouns#PLOTCategory:Welsh entries with incorrect language header#PLOTCategory:Welsh masculine nouns#PLOTCategory:Pages with entries#PLOTCategory:Pages with 12 entries#PLOTCategory:Welsh nouns with red links in their headword lines#PLOTCategory:Welsh nouns with red links in their headword lines#PLOT
- (narratologyCategory:cy:Narratology#PLOT) plot
- Synonym: cynllun
- plot, conspiracy, scheme
- plot of land
Related terms
- plotyn (“spot, blotch; plot of land”)
Mutation
Further reading
- Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “plot”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
- D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “plot”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “plot”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies