plane
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /pleɪn/
From Latin plānum, a noun use of the neuter of plānus.
Adjectiveplane (comparative planer, superlative planest)
Translations Nounplane (plural planes)
- A level or flat surface.
(geometry) A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane). - (anatomy) An imaginary plane which divides the body into two portions.
- A level of existence or development.
- astral plane
- A roughly flat, thin, often moveable structure used to create lateral force by the flow of air or water over its surface, found on aircraft, submarines, etc. (Compare wing, airfoil, hydrofoil.)
- (computing, Unicode) Any of 17 designated ranges of 216 (65,536) sequential code points each.
From Middle English plane, plaine, from Anglo-Norman plaine, from Late Latin plāna.
Nounplane (plural planes)
Translations- French: rabot
- German: Hobel
- Italian: pialla, piallatrice, pialletto
- Portuguese: plaina
- Russian: руба́нок
- Spanish: cepillo
plane (planes, present participle planing; simple past and past participle planed)
- (transitive, carpentry) To smooth (wood) with a plane.
- French: raboter
- German: hobeln
- Italian: piallare
- Portuguese: aplainar
- Russian: строга́ть
- Spanish: cepillar, dolar
plane (plural planes)
- (aircraft) An airplane; an aeroplane.
- (entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies, of various genera, having a slow gliding flight.
- Synonyms: aeroplane
- (entomology) The butterfly Bindahara phocides, family Lycaenidae, of Asia and Australasia.
- French: avion
- German: Flugzeug, (colloquial) Flieger, (informal) Maschine
- Italian: aereo, aeroplano
- Portuguese: avião, aeroplano
- Russian: самолёт
- Spanish: avión
plane (planes, present participle planing; simple past and past participle planed)
Translations- Italian: planare
- French: planer
- German: gleiten
- Italian: planare
- Portuguese: plainar, pairar
- Russian: пари́ть
- Spanish: planear
From Middle English plane, borrowed from Old French plane, from Latin platanus, from Ancient Greek πλάτανος, from πλατύς.
Nounplane (plural planes)
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