plaît-il

French

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /plɛ.t‿il/
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Phrase

plaît-il

  1. (dated) I beg your pardon? come again? (either a request to repeat something one did not hear, or a way to feign not having heard an offensive remark, as a way to register disapproval of it)

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