plaidoirie, n.f., barrister’s, counsel’s speech; address. pl., pleadings.
plaidoyer, n.m., speech for the defense, counsel’s address. pl., pleadings.
plaie, n.f., sore, wound; plague, evil. Panser une —; to dress a sore or wound. — envenimée; rankling sore. Mettre le doigt sur la —; to point out the evil. Ne demander que — et bosse; to be bent on quarreling, to be always ready for a row.
plaignant, -e, n. and adj., (jur.) complainant, plaintiff, prosecutor; complaining.
plain, -e, adj., plain, even, flat, level. En —e campagne; in open country. Chambres de —-pied, —-pied (—); rooms on one floor. —-chant, (n.p.) plain chant. Cela va de — pied; that comes as a matter of course; it is all plain sailing.
plaindre (plaignant, plaint), v.a., to pity, to compassionate, to commiserate; to grudge. Je vous plains; I pity you. Il est à —; he is to be pitied. — sa peine; to grudge one’s pains. — le pain qu’ils mangent; to grudge the very bread they eat. Il ne plaint rien à ses enfants; he begrudges his children nothing.
se plaindre, v.r., to complain, to groan, to moan; to grudge one’s self. J’ai bien lieu de me plaindre de vous; I have good reason to complain of you. — en justice; to lodge a complaint in court.
plaine, n.f., plain, level, lea, common, heath.
plainte, n.f., complaint, action, plaint; groaning, lamentation; wailing. Porter —; to lodge a complaint.
plainti-f, -ve, adj., plaintive, querulous, complaining, doleful, mournful, sad.