pleinte

Old French

Alternative forms

plainte
pleynte (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

From the feminine past participle of pleindre, corresponding to a Medieval Latin plancta, from Latin planctus.

Noun

pleinte f (oblique plural pleintes, nominative singular pleinte, nominative plural pleintes)

lament (show, expression of sadness, grief, etc.)
complaint

Descendants

English: plaint (borrowed)
French: plainte
Norman: pliainte

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (plainte, supplement)

pleinte on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
“parole” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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