Pleating — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the act of folding in parallel folds

pleat or gather into a ruffle

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/plˈiːɾɪŋ/

🇬🇧British English

/plˈiːtɪŋ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/plˈiːtɪŋ/

2 syllables Say it as /plˈiːɾɪŋ/.

Examples

ruffle the curtain fabric
Pleat the cloth

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

plicate plication pleat ruffle

Parts of Speech

noun	the act of folding in parallel folds
verb	pleat or gather into a ruffle “ruffle the curtain fabric”
verb	fold into pleats, “Pleat the cloth”

Word Forms

plicate	verb	fold into pleats,
pleat	verb	pleat or gather into a ruffle
ruffle	noun	a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
pleat	noun	any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape
pleating	noun	the act of folding in parallel folds
plication	noun	an angular or rounded shape made by folding

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Plissee

der Vorgang des Faltens in parallelen Falten

🇫🇷French

plissage

l'action de plier en plis parallèles

🇪🇸Spanish

plisado

el acto de doblar en pliegues paralelos

🇮🇹Italian

pieghettatura

l'atto di piegare in pieghe parallele

🇳🇱Dutch

plooien

de handeling van het vouwen in parallelle vouwen

🇵🇹Portuguese

plissado

o ato de dobrar em dobras paralelas

🇷🇺Russian

складки

процесс складывания в параллельные складки

India

🇮🇳Hindi

प्लीटिंग

समानांतर तहों में मोड़ने की क्रिया

🇮🇳Tamil

மன்றாடுதல்

இணையான மடிப்புகளில் மடிக்கும் செயல்

🇮🇳Telugu

ప్లీటింగ్

సమాంతర మడతలలో మడత చర్య

🇮🇳Kannada

ಮನವಿ

ಸಮಾನಾಂತರ ಮಡಿಕೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಮಡಿಸುವ ಕ್ರಿಯೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

വാദിക്കുന്നു

സമാന്തര മടക്കുകളിൽ മടക്കിക്കളയുന്ന പ്രവർത്തനം

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

打褶

平行折叠的折叠行为

🇯🇵Japanese

プリーツ加工

平行に折り畳む行為

🇰🇷Korean

주름을 잡는

평행하게 접는 행위

🇻🇳Vietnamese

nếp gấp

hành động gấp các nếp gấp song song

🇹🇭Thai

การจีบ

การพับแบบขนาน

🇮🇩Indonesian

memohon

tindakan melipat lipatan paralel

🇲🇾Malay

lipatan

perbuatan melipat dalam lipatan selari

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

ضفائر

فعل الطي في طيات متوازية

🇮🇷Persian

چین دار

عمل تا شدن در چین های موازی

🇹🇷Turkish

kıvrımlı

paralel katlamalar halinde katlanma eylemi

🇮🇱Hebrew

קִפּוּל

פעולת הקיפול בקפלים מקבילים

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