planer

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: plānʹər
• Homophones: plainer, planar
• Rhymes: -eɪnə(r)

Adjective

planer

1. comparative form of plane: more plane

Noun

planer (plural planers)

1. A woodworking tool which smooths a surface or makes one surface of a workpiece parallel to the tool's bed.
2. A large machine tool in which the workpiece is traversed linearly (by means of a reciprocating bed) beneath a single-point cutting tool. (Analogous to a shaper but larger and with the workpiece moving instead of the tool.) Planers can generate various shapes, but were most especially used to generate large, accurate flat surfaces. The planer is nowadays obsolescent, having been mostly superseded by large milling machines.
3. (archaic, printing) A wooden block used for forcing down the type in a form, and making the surface even.

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Synonyms

• plane
• thickness planer

See also

• planner

Translations

woodworking tool

Chinese: Mandarin: 刨子 (zh) (bàozi) Dutch: schaaf (nl) Finnish: höylä (fi) French: rabot (fr) m.

German: Hobel (de) m., (large) Raubank (de) f. Japanese: 鉋 (ja) (かんな, kanna) Korean: 대패 (ko) (daepae) Russian: рубанок (ru) (rubánok) m.

large machine tool

French: raboteuse (fr) f.

Anagrams

• replan

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French

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /pla.ne/, SAMPA: /pla.ne/

Verb

planer

1. to glide
2. (figurative) to work, be agreeable

Conjugation

   Conjugation of planer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		planer			avoir plané
gerund		en planant			en ayant plané
present participle		planant
past participle		plané
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	plane	planes	plane	planons	planez	planent
	imperfect	planais	planais	planait	planions	planiez	planaient
	past historic1	planai	planas	plana	planâmes	planâtes	planèrent
	future	planerai	planeras	planera	planerons	planerez	planeront
	conditional	planerais	planerais	planerait	planerions	planeriez	planeraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	plane	planes	plane	planions	planiez	planent
	imperfect1	planasse	planasses	planât	planassions	planassiez	planassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	plane	—	planons	planez	—
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Swedish

Noun

planer

1. indefinite plural of plan