plot

See also:Plotandpłot

English

Etymology

FromMiddle Englishplot,plotte,fromOld Englishplot(“a plot of ground”),fromProto-Germanic*plataz,*platjaz(“a patch”),of uncertain origin. Cognate withMiddle Low Germanplet(“patch, strip of cloth, rags”),GermanBletz(“rags, bits, strip of land”),Gothic𐍀𐌻𐌰𐍄𐍃(plats,“a patch, rags”).See alsoplat.See alsocomplotfor an influence on or source ofsense 5.

Sense 9is aback-formationfromfor the plot.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio(US):

  (file)

• Rhymes:-ɒt

Noun

plot(pluralplots)

1. (narratology)The course of astory,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 theplotor 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. Anareaorlandused forbuildingon orplantingon.[from 1550s]

   Synonym:parcel

3. Agrave.

   Synonyms:seeThesaurus:grave

   He's buried in the familyplot.

4. Agraphordiagramdrawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device.

   Synonyms:scheme;see alsoThesaurus:diagram

   • 2017,Mark Chambers, Tony Holmes,Nakajima B5N ‘Kate’ and B6N ‘Jill’ Units,page32:

     I was told to fly out on a vector of 100 degrees to meet a strongplotof aircraft 30 miles from the coast.

6. Asecretplanto achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable.[from 1580s]

   Synonyms:conspiracy,intrigue,machination,scheme

   Theplotwould have enabled them to get a majority on the board.

   The assassination of Lincoln was part of a largerplot.

   • c.1603–1606,William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”,inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies[…](First Folio), London:[…]Isaac Iaggard,andEd[ward]Blount,published1623,→OCLC,[Act III, scene vi]:

     I have o'erheard aplotof death.

   • 1712(date written),[Joseph] Addison,Cato, a Tragedy.[…],London:[…]J[acob]Tonson,[…],published1713,→OCLC,Act I, scene i,page 1:

     O, think what anxious moments pass between / The birth ofplotsand 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 muchplot

8. Participation in anystratagemorconspiracy.
   • 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 anyplotin the divorce.

9. Aplan;apurpose.

   Synonyms:design;see alsoThesaurus:design

   • 1651,Jer[emy] Taylor,The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living.[…],2nd edition, London:[…]Francis Ashe[…],→OCLC:

     no otherplotin their religion but serve God and save their souls

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

    Actor X has some greatplotnear the end ofE07.

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:حَبْكَةf(ḥabka)
• Armenian:սյուժե(hy)(syuže)
• Belarusian:сюжэ́тm(sjužét),фа́булаf(fábula)
• Bulgarian:сюже́т(bg)m(sjužét),фа́була(bg)f(fábula)
• Catalan:argument(ca)m,trama(ca)f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Tình tiết／Tình tiết(zh)(qíngjié),(of a film or play)Cốt truyện／Cốt truyện(zh)(jùqíng)

• Czech:obsah(cs)m,děj(cs)m,syžetm
• Danish:handling(da)c
• Dutch: plotm/n,intrige, verhaaln
• Esperanto:agado(eo)
• Estonian:süžee,sündmustik
• Finnish:juoni(fi)
• French:intrigue(fr)f
• Galician:tramaf,argumento(gl)m
• Georgian:შინაარსი(šinaarsi),სიუჟეტი(siužeṭi)
• German:Handlung(de)f,Plot(de)m
• Greek:πλοκή(el)f(plokí)

  Ancient:μῦθοςm(mûthos)

• Hebrew:עֲלִילָה(he)f('alilá)
• Hungarian:történet(hu),cselekmény(hu)
• Icelandic:ráðabruggn
• 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),Gân(ja)(すじ, suji)
• Korean:플롯(peullot),구성( cấu thành )(ko)(guseong)
• Latin:argumentumn
• Latvian:sižetsm
• Maori:tāhū
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:intrigem,plottn,handling(no)morf

  Nynorsk:intrigem,plottn,handlingf

• Occitan:trama(oc),argument(oc),intriga(oc)
• Polish:fabuła(pl)f,sjużetm
• 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:gnìomhadhm
• Slovak:sujetm
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian:jadnanjen

• Spanish:argumento(es)m,trama(es)f,hilo argumentalm,intriga(es)f
• Sundanese:galur
• Swedish:handling(sv)c,intrig(sv)c
• Thai:โครงเรื่อง(kroong-rʉ̂ʉang)
• Ukrainian:сюже́тm(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),marjalm(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,prediom,soar(gl)m,formal(gl)m,terreo(gl)m
• German:Grundstück(de)n,Parzelle(de)f
• Greek:αγροτεμάχιο(el)n(agrotemáchio)

  Ancient:χωρίονn(khōríon),(for planting)πρασιάf(prasiá)

• Hebrew:חֶלְקָהf(khelká)
• Hungarian:földdarab(hu),telek(hu),parcella(hu)
• Icelandic:reitur(is)m,skikim,blettur(is)m,lóðf
• Ingrian:gruntti
• Irish:(planting)ceapachf
• Italian:lotto(it)m,parcella(it)f,appezzamento(it)m,tratto(it)m,pezzo(it)m
• Korean:토지( thổ địa )(ko)(toji)
• Macedonian:леаf(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—seegrave

graph or diagram

• Afrikaans:diagram,grafiek
• Bulgarian:гра́фика(bg)f(gráfika),диагра́ма(bg)f(diagráma)
• Catalan:gràficaf,traçada(ca)f
• Czech:nákresm,výkresm
• 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( biểu đồ )(dopyo)
• Plautdietsch:Plonm
• 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:مُؤَامَرَةf(muʔāmara)
• Belarusian:змо́ваf(zmóva),замо́ваf(zamóva),згаво́рm(zhavór)
• Bulgarian:интри́га(bg)f(intríga),за́говор(bg)m(zágovor)
• Catalan:complot(ca)m,conspiracióf
• Chinese:

  Chinese:Âm mưu／Âm mưu(zh)(yīnmóu),Mưu đồ bí mật／Mưu đồ bí mật(zh)(mìmóu)

• Czech:spiknutí(cs)n,komplotm
• Dutch:complot(nl)m,samenzwering(nl)f
• Esperanto:komploto,intrigo
• Finnish:juoni(fi),salajuoni(fi),salahanke(fi)
• French:complot(fr)m
• Galician:argalladaf,intrigaf
• German:Komplott(de)n
• Gothic:𐌻𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃f(lists)
• Greek:συνωμοσία(el)f(synomosía)

  Ancient:ἐπιβουλήf(epiboulḗ)

• Hebrew:קְנוּנִיָה(he)f(knuniyá)
• Hungarian:^{(pleaseverify)}kitervelés(hu),^{(pleaseverify)}cselszövés(hu)
• Icelandic:^{(pleaseverify)}ráðabruggn
• 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:Âm mưu(ja)(いんぼう, inbō),Xí み(ja)(たくらみ, takurami)
• Korean:음모( âm mưu )(ko)(eummo)
• Latin:coniūrātiōf,insidiaefpl
• Manx:^{(pleaseverify)}cochialg
• Maori:kara,kōrero kaioraora(to commit murder),kaikaiwaiū(treacherous)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:komplottn,sammensvergelsem

• Ottoman Turkish:فتنه(fitne),فساد(fesâd)
• Plautdietsch:Plonm
• 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:за̑вераf,за̑вјераf,у̀ротаf

  Roman:zȃvera(sh)f,zȃvjera(sh)f,ùrota(sh)f

• Slovak:spiknutien,komplotm
• Slovene:zarotaf
• Spanish:complot(es)m,conspiración(es)f,urdimbre(es)f
• Swahili:njamaclass9/10
• 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),зго́вірm(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 presentplots,present participleplotting,simple past and past participleplotted)

1. (transitive,intransitive)Toconceive(acrime,misdeedetc).

   They hadplotteda robbery.

   They wereplottingagainst the king.

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

   Theyplottedthe number of edits per day.

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

   Every five minutes theyplottedtheir position.

   • 1602,Richard Carew,Survey on Cornwall:

     This treatiseplottethdown 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:Âm mưu／Âm mưu(zh)(yīnmóu),Mưu đồ bí mật／Mưu đồ bí mật(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 за́говорimpf(ustráivatʹ zágovor),плести́ интри́гиimpf(plestí intrígi)
• Spanish:conspirar(es),tramar(es)
• Swedish:konspirera(sv)
• Ukrainian:змовля́тисяimpf(zmovljátysja),змо́витисяpf(zmóvytysja)

to trace out a graph or diagram

• Belarusian:чарці́цьimpf(čarcícʹ),начарці́цьpf(načarcícʹ)
• Bulgarian:чертая(bg)(čertaja)
• Catalan:traçar(ca)
• Dutch:plotten(nl)
• Finnish:tulostaa(fi),plotata,piirtääkäyrä,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 addinggrafikononif 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

InheritedfromProto-Indo-European*pleh₁tós(“full”),from the root*pleh₁-(“to fill”).CompareSanskritप्रात(prātá),Latincom-plētus.

Adverb

plót

1. fully,to fullcapacity,to the brim

   Synonym:mbushur

   Antonyms:bosh,zbrazët

   me gojënplot―with one's mouthfull

   Dhoma ishteplot.―The house wasfull.

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

   Synonym:mbushur

   Kopshti ishteplotme lule.―The garden wasfullof flowers.

3. a lot,much

   Synonyms:shumë,mjaft

4. witheverything,lackingnothing.complete,full
5. with afull,completeview

   Është hënaplot.―It's afullmoon.

6. (colloquial)successfully

   Synonym:në shenjë

   Antonym:bosh

7. fullof.followed by an indefinite form

   Synonyms:tërë,gjithë

   plotgëzim―full ofjoy

8. exactly,precisely

   Synonyms:pikërisht,tamam

   plotdy orë―exactlytwo hours

Derived terms

• i plótë

Further reading

• “plot”, inFGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe[Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1](in Albanian),1980

Czech

Etymology

InheritedfromOld Czechplot,fromProto-Slavic*plotъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[ˈplot]

Noun

plotminan

1. fence

   dřevěnýplot―woodenfence

Declension

Declension ofplot(hard masculine inanimate)

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

Derived terms

• živý plotm

Related terms

• oplotit

Further reading

• “plot”,inPříruční slovník jazyka českého(in Czech),1935–1957
• “plot”,inSlovník spisovného jazyka českého(in Czech),1960–1971, 1989
• “plot”,inInternetová jazyková příručka(in Czech)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes:-ɔt

Verb

plot

1. inflection ofplotten:
   1. first/second/third-personsingularpresentindicative
   2. imperative

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/plo/

  • Audio:

    (file)

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

Noun

plotm(pluralplots)

1. traffic cone
2. coneused inslalom

Further reading

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

Indonesian

Etymology

FromDutchplot,fromEnglishplot,fromMiddle Englishplot,plotte,fromOld Englishplot(“a plot of ground”),fromProto-Germanic*plataz,*platjaz(“a patch”),of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/plɔt/

Noun

plot

1. plot(course of a story)

Further reading

• ploton the Indonesian Wikipedia.Wikipedia^id
• “plot”inKamus 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-personsingularpresentindicativeofploen
2. second-personpluralpresentindicativeofploen
3. second-personpluralimperativeofploen

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈplɔt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes:-ɔt
• Syllabification:plot

Noun

plotf

1. genitivepluralofplota

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

InheritedfromProto-Slavic*plotъ.

Noun

plȏtm(Cyrillic spellingпло̑т)

1. fence

Declension

Declension ofplot

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

Further reading

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

Spanish

Noun

plotm(pluralplots)

1. (story-telling)plot