plot

See also: Plot and płot

English

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Wikipedia

Etymology

From Middle English plot, plotte, from Old English plot (“a plot of ground”), from Proto-Germanic *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”), Gothic 𐍀𐌻𐌰𐍄𐍃 (plats, “a patch, rags”). See also plat. See also complot for an influence on or source of sense 5.

Sense 9 is a back-formation from for the plot.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /plɒt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /plɑt/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɒt

Noun

plot (plural plots)

1. (narratology) 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.

2. An area or land used for building on or planting on. [from 1550s]

   Synonym: parcel

3. A grave.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:grave

   He's buried in the family plot.

4. 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.

6. 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.

   The assassination of Lincoln was part of a larger 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.

   • 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!

7. 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 plot

8. Participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
   • 1644, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine or Discipline of Divorce: […], 2nd edition, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, book:

     And when Christ saith, Who marries the divorced commits adultery, it is to be understood, if he had any plot in the divorce.

9. 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 souls

11. (fandom slang, euphemistic) Attractive physical attributes of a fictional character; assets.

    Actor X has some great plot near the end of E07.

Derived terms

• A plot
• beach ball plot
• box and whisker plot
• box and whiskers plot
• box plot
• B plot
• by-plot
• doghouse plot
• forest plot
• funnel plot
• Gunpowder Plot
• heat plot
• Joy plot
• line plot
• lose the plot
• mosaic plot
• plot armor
• plot armour
• plot bunny
• plot coupon
• plot device
• plot hole
• plotless
• plot line
• plot point
• plot twist
• plot-twisty
• Q-Q plot
• Ramachandran plot
• raster plot
• ridgeline plot
• scatter plot
• scree plot
• spine plot
• star plot
• subplot
• swarm plot
• the plot thickens/plot thickens
• violin plot
• volcano plot
• waterfall plot

 

Translations

course of a story

Afrikaans: intrige Arabic: حَبْكَة f (ḥabka) Armenian: սյուժե (hy) (syuže) Belarusian: сюжэ́т m (sjužét), фа́була f (fábula) Bulgarian: сюже́т (bg) m (sjužét), фа́була (bg) f (fábula) Catalan: argument (ca) m, trama (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 情節／情节 (zh) (qíngjié), (of a film or play) 劇情／剧情 (zh) (jùqíng) Czech: obsah (cs) m, děj (cs) m, syžet m Danish: handling (da) c Dutch: plot m/n, intrige, verhaal n Esperanto: agado (eo) Estonian: süžee, sündmustik Finnish: juoni (fi) French: intrigue (fr) f Galician: trama f, argumento (gl) m Georgian: შინაარსი (šinaarsi), სიუჟეტი (siužeṭi) German: Handlung (de) f, Plot (de) m Greek: πλοκή (el) f (plokí) Ancient: μῦθος m (mûthos) Hebrew: עֲלִילָה (he) f ('alilá) Hungarian: történet (hu), cselekmény (hu) Icelandic: ráðabrugg n Indonesian: alur (id) Italian: trama (it) f, ordito (it) m, schema (it) m, canovaccio (it) m, intrigo (it) m Japanese: プロット (purotto), 筋 (ja) (すじ, suji) Korean: 플롯 (peullot) ,구성(構成) (ko) (guseong) Latin: argumentum n Latvian: sižets m Maori: tāhū Norwegian: Bokmål: intrige m, plott n, handling (no) m or f Nynorsk: intrige m, plott n, handling f Occitan: trama (oc), argument (oc), intriga (oc) Polish: fabuła (pl) f, sjużet m Portuguese: argumento (pt) m, trama (pt), enredo (pt) m, intriga (pt) f Romanian: subiect (ro) n Russian: сюже́т (ru) m (sjužét), фа́була (ru) f (fábula) Scottish Gaelic: gnìomhadh m Slovak: sujet m Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: jadnanje n Spanish: argumento (es) m, trama (es) f, hilo argumental m, intriga (es) f Sundanese: galur Swedish: handling (sv) c, intrig (sv) c Thai: โครงเรื่อง (kroong-rʉ̂ʉang) Ukrainian: сюже́т m (sjužét), фа́була (uk) f (fábula) Vietnamese: cốt truyện (vi)

area of land used for building on or planting on

Afrikaans: hoewe, perseel, terrein (af) Albanian: ngastër (sq) f Armenian: մարգ (hy) (marg), հողատարածք (hy) (hoġatarackʻ) Bulgarian: парце́л (bg) m (parcél) Catalan: solar (ca) m (per construir-hi o genèric), marjal m (per plantar-hi), terreny (ca) m Czech: parcela (cs) f (to build on), pozemek (cs) m (to plant on) Dutch: perceel (nl) n, terrein (nl) n Esperanto: bedo (to plant on), terpeco (to build on) Finnish: tontti (fi) (to build on); palsta (fi) (to plant on) French: lopin (fr) m, terrain (fr) m Galician: parcela (gl) f, predio m, soar (gl) m, formal (gl) m, terreo (gl) m German: Grundstück (de) n, Parzelle (de) f Greek: αγροτεμάχιο (el) n (agrotemáchio) Ancient: χωρίον n (khōríon), (for planting) πρασιά f (prasiá) Hebrew: חֶלְקָה f (khelká) Hungarian: földdarab (hu), telek (hu), parcella (hu) Icelandic: reitur (is) m, skiki m, blettur (is) m, lóð f Ingrian: gruntti Irish: (planting) ceapach f Italian: lotto (it) m, parcella (it) f, appezzamento (it) m, tratto (it) m, pezzo (it) m Korean: 토지(土地) (ko) (toji) Macedonian: леа f (lea) Maori: ngakinga, pito whenua Polish: działka (pl) f, areał (pl) m, rola (pl) f Portuguese: lote (pt) m, terreno (pt) m Russian: наде́л (ru) m (nadél), деля́нка (ru) f (deljánka), уча́сток (ru) m (učástok) Spanish: plano (es) m, lote (es), solar (es) m, parcela (es) f, finca (es) f, conuco (es) m Swedish: tomt (sv) c Thai: ที่ดิน (th) (tîi-din), แปลง (th) (bplɛɛng) Turkish: arsa (tr) Ukrainian: ділянка (uk) f (diljanka)

grave — see grave

graph or diagram

Afrikaans: diagram, grafiek Bulgarian: гра́фика (bg) f (gráfika), диагра́ма (bg) f (diagráma) Catalan: gràfica f, traçada (ca) f Czech: nákres m, výkres m Dutch: plot (nl), diagram (nl) n, grafiek (nl) m Finnish: kuvio (fi), käyrä (fi) French: diagramme (fr) m, graphique (fr) m German: Ausdruck (de) m (printed), Zeichnung (de) f (drawn) Icelandic: teikning (is) f, graf (is) n Italian: grafico (it) m, diagramma (it) m, planimetria (it) f Korean: 그래프 (ko) (geuraepeu), 도표(圖表) (dopyo) Plautdietsch: Plon m Polish: wykres (pl) m Portuguese: diagrama (pt) m, gráfico (pt) m Russian: гра́фик (ru) m (gráfik), диагра́мма (ru) f (diagrámma) Spanish: gráfica (es) f, diagrama (es) m Tagalog: tunton Thai: แผนผัง (th) (pɛ̌ɛn-pǎng)

secret plan to achieve an end

Afrikaans: komplot Arabic: مُؤَامَرَة f (muʔāmara) Belarusian: змо́ва f (zmóva), замо́ва f (zamóva), згаво́р m (zhavór) Bulgarian: интри́га (bg) f (intríga), за́говор (bg) m (zágovor) Catalan: complot (ca) m, conspiració f Chinese: Chinese: 陰謀／阴谋 (zh) (yīnmóu), 密謀／密谋 (zh) (mìmóu) Czech: spiknutí (cs) n, komplot m Dutch: complot (nl) m, samenzwering (nl) f Esperanto: komploto, intrigo Finnish: juoni (fi), salajuoni (fi), salahanke (fi) French: complot (fr) m Galician: argallada f, intriga f German: Komplott (de) n Gothic: 𐌻𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃 f (lists) Greek: συνωμοσία (el) f (synomosía) Ancient: ἐπιβουλή f (epiboulḗ) Hebrew: קְנוּנִיָה (he) f (knuniyá) Hungarian: (please verify) kitervelés (hu), (please verify) cselszövés (hu) Icelandic: (please verify) ráðabrugg n Italian: complotto (it) m, congiura (it) f, macchinazione (it) f, trama (it) f, ordito (it) m, cospirazione (it) f, piano (it) m, intrigo (it) m Japanese: 陰謀 (ja) (いんぼう, inbō), 企み (ja) (たくらみ, takurami) Korean: 음모(陰謀) (ko) (eummo) Latin: coniūrātiō f, insidiae f pl Manx: (please verify) cochialg Maori: kara, kōrero kaioraora (to commit murder), kaikaiwaiū (treacherous) Norwegian: Bokmål: komplott n, sammensvergelse m Plautdietsch: Plon m Polish: spisek (pl) m Portuguese: complô (pt) m Romanian: complot (ro) n Russian: за́говор (ru) m (zágovor), сго́вор (ru) m (sgóvor), интри́га (ru) f (intríga) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: за̑вера f, за̑вјера f, у̀рота f Roman: zȃvera (sh) f, zȃvjera (sh) f, ùrota (sh) f Slovak: spiknutie n, komplot m Slovene: zarota f Spanish: complot (es) m, conspiración (es) f, urdimbre (es) f Swahili: njama class 9/10 Swedish: komplott (sv) c, sammansvärjning (sv) c Telugu: దురాలోచన (te) (durālōcana) Thai: แผนการ (th) (pɛ̌ɛn-gaan), อุบาย (th) (ù-baai) Turkish: komplo (tr) Ukrainian: змо́ва (uk) f (zmóva), зго́вір m (zhóvir)

ability to plot or intrigue

Finnish: juonikkuus (fi)

participation in any stratagem or conspiracy

Arabic: مَكِيدَة (ar) f (makīda) Finnish: juonittelu (fi)

plan; purpose

Bulgarian: план (bg) m (plan) Finnish: juoni (fi) Maori: take

Verb

plot (third-person singular simple present plots, present participle plotting, simple past and past participle plotted)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To conceive (a crime, misdeed etc).

   They had plotted a robbery.

   They were plotting against the king.

2. (transitive) To trace out (a graph or diagram).

   They plotted the number of edits per day.

3. (transitive) To mark (a point on a graph, chart, etc).

   Every five minutes they plotted their position.

   • 1602, Richard Carew, Survey on Cornwall:

     This treatise plotteth down Cornwall as it now standeth.

Synonyms

• (contrive): becast
• (conceive a crime, etc): connive
• (an area of land): lot

Derived terms

• replot
• plot out

Translations

transitive: to conceive

Catalan: planejar (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 陰謀／阴谋 (zh) (yīnmóu), 密謀／密谋 (zh) (mìmóu) Dutch: bedenken (nl), beramen (nl) Finnish: juonia (fi), suunnitella (fi) French: comploter (fr) Galician: aduanar, urdir (gl), maquinar German: planen (de), ausarbeiten (de), entwerfen (de) Greek: Ancient: ἐπιβουλεύω (epibouleúō) Hungarian: kitervel (hu) Icelandic: brugga launráð Italian: complottare (it), ordire (it), macchinare (it), congiurare (it), tramare (it), cospirare (it), pianificare (it), intrigare (it), tessere (it), orchestrare (it), architettare (it), fare la fronda Latin: coniūrō, contechnor Maori: whakangārahu, kakai Middle English: ymagynen, compassen Portuguese: conceber (pt) Quechua: allwiy Romanian: urzi (ro) Russian: замышля́ть (ru) impf (zamyšljátʹ), замы́слить (ru) pf (zamýslitʹ) Serbo-Croatian: kovati (sh), snuti (sh) Spanish: tramar (es), maquinar (es) Thai: คบคิด (th)

intransitive: to conceive a crime or misdeed

Arabic: كَادَ (kāda) Bulgarian: заговорнича (bg) (zagovorniča) Catalan: conspirar (ca) Esperanto: intrigi Finnish: juonitella (fi), vehkeillä (fi), punoa juonia French: conspirer (fr) Galician: conspirar (gl) Greek: Ancient: ἐπιβουλεύω (epibouleúō) Hungarian: összeesküszik (hu) Italian: organizzare (it), cospirare (it), complottare (it) Maori: whakatakoto kara, kakai, whakangārahu Russian: злоумышля́ть (ru) impf (zloumyšljátʹ), устра́ивать за́говор impf (ustráivatʹ zágovor), плести́ интри́ги impf (plestí intrígi) Spanish: conspirar (es), tramar (es) Swedish: konspirera (sv) Ukrainian: змовля́тися impf (zmovljátysja), змо́витися pf (zmóvytysja)

to trace out a graph or diagram

Belarusian: чарці́ць impf (čarcícʹ), начарці́ць pf (načarcícʹ) Bulgarian: чертая (bg) (čertaja) Catalan: traçar (ca) Dutch: plotten (nl) Finnish: tulostaa (fi), plotata, piirtää käyrä, piirtää (fi) French: tracer (fr) German: plotten Hungarian: ábrázol (hu) Icelandic: kortleggja Irish: marcáil, graf Italian: tracciare (it), disegnare (it) Portuguese: traçar (pt) Russian: черти́ть (ru) impf (čertítʹ), начерти́ть (ru) pf (načertítʹ) Spanish: trazar (es) Tagalog: tuntunin Thai: พล็อต (plɔ́t)

to mark a point on a graph

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Bulgarian: нанасям (bg) (nanasjam) Catalan: marcar (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Finnish: merkitä (fi) French: marquer (fr) German: eintragen (de), einzeichnen (de), festhalten (de) Hungarian: megjelöl (hu), jelez (hu) (optionally adding grafikonon if it's not clear from the context) Irish: marcáil, graf Italian: marcare (it), rilevare (it) Japanese: please add this translation if you can Portuguese: marcar (pt) Russian: отмеча́ть (ru) impf (otmečátʹ), отме́тить (ru) pf (otmétitʹ) Spanish: please add this translation if you can Tagalog: tuntunin Thai: พล็อต (plɔ́t)

Anagrams

• OLTP, PTOL, lopt, polt

Albanian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁tós (“full”),^[1][2][3] from the root *pleh₁- (“to fill”). Compare Sanskrit प्रात (prātá), Latin com-plētus.

Adverb

plót

1. fully, to full capacity, to the brim

   Synonym: mbushur

   Antonyms: bosh, zbrazët

   me gojën plot ― with one's mouth full

   Dhoma ishte plot. ― The house was full.

2. full, cramped (of people, things, etc.)

   Synonym: mbushur

   Kopshti ishte plot me lule. ― The garden was full of flowers.

3. a lot, much

   Synonyms: shumë, mjaft

4. with everything, lacking nothing. complete, full
5. with a full, complete view

   Është hëna plot. ― It's a full moon.

6. (colloquial) successfully

   Synonym: në shenjë

   Antonym: bosh

7. full of. followed by an indefinite form

   Synonyms: tërë, gjithë

   plot gëzim ― full of joy

8. exactly, precisely

   Synonyms: pikërisht, tamam

   plot dy orë ― exactly two hours

Derived terms

• i plótë

 

References

1. Meyer, G. (1891) “pľot”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 345
2. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “pel-, pelə-, pēl-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 799
3. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “plotë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 335

Further reading

• “plot”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980

Czech

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech plot, from Proto-Slavic *plotъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈplot]

Noun

plot m inan

1. fence

   dřevěný plot ― wooden fence

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	plot	ploty
genitive	plotu	plotů
dative	plotu	plotům
accusative	plot	ploty
vocative	plote	ploty
locative	plotu, plotě	plotech
instrumental	plotem	ploty

Declension of plot (hard masculine inanimate)

Derived terms

• živý plot m

 

Related terms

• oplotit

 

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)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔt

Verb

plot

1. inflection of plotten:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plo/

  • Audio:

    (file)

• IPA^(key): /plɔ/ (older, now chiefly Belgium)
• Rhymes: -o, -ɔ

Noun

plot m (plural plots)

1. traffic cone
2. cone used in slalom

Further reading

• “plot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch plot, from English plot, from Middle English plot, plotte, from Old English plot (“a plot of ground”), from Proto-Germanic *plataz, *platjaz (“a patch”), of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plɔt/

Noun

plot

1. plot (course of a story)

Further reading

• plot on the Indonesian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^id
• “plot” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Luxembourgish

Verb

plot

1. third-person singular present indicative of ploen
2. second-person plural present indicative of ploen
3. second-person plural imperative of ploen

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplɔt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔt
• Syllabification: plot

Noun

plot f

1. genitive plural of plota

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *plotъ.

Noun

plȏt m (Cyrillic spelling пло̑т)

1. fence

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	plot	plotovi
genitive	plota	plotova
dative	plotu	plotovima
accusative	plot	plotove
vocative	plotu/plote (?)	plotovi
locative	plotu	plotovima
instrumental	plotom	plotovima

Declension of plot

Further reading

• “plot”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
• “plot”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Spanish

Noun

plot m (plural plots)

1. (story-telling) plot