plisse

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noun

A fabric treated so as to be permanently puckered or crinkled.

OriginFrench plissé ← Middle French plier ← Old French ploiier →
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Meanings

nounplisse (plural plisses)

plural plisses

  1. A fabric treated so as to be permanently puckered or crinkled.
adjectiveplisse (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf a fabric, treated to give a permanent puckered or crinkled effect.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pel-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pleḱ-
  3. Latinplicō
  4. Old Frenchploiier
  5. Middle Frenchplier
  6. Frenchplierbf.
  7. Frenchpli
  8. Frenchplisser
  9. Frenchplissé
  10. Englishplisse

Borrowed from French plissé.

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Translations

Māori piwhi
  • piwhia type of permanently puckered fabric
Cite this entry
APA

plisse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plisse

MLA

“plisse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plisse. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “plisse,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plisse.

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