plane

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Adjective 1.2.1.1 Translations 1.2.2 Noun 1.2.2.1 Translations 1.2.3 Related terms 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Translations 1.3.1.2 See also 1.3.2 Verb 1.3.2.1 Translations 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Noun 1.4.1.1 Derived terms 1.4.1.2 Translations 1.4.2 Verb 1.4.2.1 Translations 1.5 Etymology 4 1.5.1 Noun 1.5.1.1 Translations 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Adjective 2.3 Verb 3 German 3.1 Verb 4 Latin 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Adverb 4.2.1 Related terms 4.3 References

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[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /pleɪn/, /pl̩eɪn/
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• Rhymes: -eɪn
• Homophones: plain

[edit] Etymology 1

From Latin planum (“‘flat surface’”), a noun use of the neuter of planus (“‘plain’”). The word was introduced in the seventeenth century to distinguish the geometrical senses from the other senses of plain.

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plane (comparative planer, superlative planest)

1. Of a surface: flat or level.

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plane (plural planes)

1. (geometry) A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane).
2. A level of existence. (eg, astral plane)
3. 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.
4. (computing, Unicode) Any of a number of designated ranges of sequential code points.

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• plain
• planar

[edit] Etymology 2

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From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French, from Late Latin plana (“‘planing tool’”), from plano (“‘to level’”)

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plane (plural planes)

1. (countable) A tool for smoothing wood by removing thin layers from the surface.

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• rhykenologist

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to plane (third-person singular simple present planes, present participle planing, simple past and past participle planed)

1. (transitive) To smooth (wood) with a plane.

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Abbreviated from aeroplane.

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plane (plural planes)

1. An airplane; an aeroplane.

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• floatplane
• planeside
• planespotter/plane spotter/plane-spotter
• plane spotting
• seaplane

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to plane (third-person singular simple present planes, present participle planing, simple past and past participle planed)

1. (nautical) To move in a way that lifts the bow of a boat out of the water.
2. To glide or soar.

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From Old French plane from Latin platanus, from Ancient Greek πλάτανος (platanos) from πλατύς (platus), “‘wide, broad’”).

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plane (plural planes)

1. (countable, botany) A deciduous tree of the genus Platanus.
2. (Northern UK) A sycamore.

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[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /plan/
• Homophones: planes

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plane f.

1. Feminine form of plan.

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plane

1. first person and third person indicative and subjunctive of planer, glide

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plane

1. First person singular simple present form of planen.

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From plānus (“‘intelligible, clear’”).

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plānē (not comparable)

1. distinctly, intelligibly
2. wholly, quite, thoroughly
3. (in answering) certainly, absolutely, by all reason, beyond a doubt

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• plānus

[edit] References

• “plane” in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary (Oxford: Clarendon Press)