plaid
French, noun/plɛ/
plaid is spelled P-L-A-I-D (5 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 29,681st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Plaid is a French masculine noun meaning “placitum (kind of medieval council)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Procès, assemblée ou juridiction du Moyen Âge”.
What does plaid mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineplacitum (kind of medieval council)
noun
- 1
masculineplaid
- 2
masculinesmall blanket to sit on or to warm one’s legs
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Procès, assemblée ou juridiction du Moyen Âge.
noun: 1. Motifs de carreaux écossais aux couleurs vives. 2. Couverture en laine qui sert de manteau aux montagnards écossais. 3. Petite couverture épaisse que l'on étend sur le sol ou que l'on place sur ses jambes pour se réchauffer.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of plaid
- plaids plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce plaid?
- /plɛ/
- /plɛd/
- \plɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to plaid
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is plaid in French?
plaid appears 1.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).