planum

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Translingual

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Etymology

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From Latin plānum.

Noun

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planum

  1. (astronomy, planetology, planetography, astrogeography, astrogeology) an elevated plain or plateau on a moon or planet

Coordinate terms

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin plānum (level ground, plain).

Noun

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planum (plural plana)

  1. (anatomy) any flat surface

Derived terms

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Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

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From plānus (flat, even, level).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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plānum n (genitive plānī); second declension

  1. a plain, level ground

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative plānum plāna
Genitive plānī plānōrum
Dative plānō plānīs
Accusative plānum plāna
Ablative plānō plānīs
Vocative plānum plāna
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Descendants

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  • Old French: plain
  • Italian: piano
  • Ibero-Romance:
    • Old Galician-Portuguese: chão
    • Spanish: llano (see there for further descendants)
  • Borrowings:

References

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  • van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “plein”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
  • planum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • planum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • planum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to demonstrate, make a thing clear: aliquid planum facere (Ad Herenn. 2. 5)