planche

See also: planché

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French planche (“board”). Doublet of plank.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plɑːn(t)ʃ/

Noun

planche (plural planches)

1. (gymnastics) A position where the gymnast is horizontal and face-down, using only the hands as support.

Translations

position where the gymnast is horizontal and face-down

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• Finnish: nojavaaka
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• Spanish: plancha (es) f

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Asturian

Verb

(deprecated template usage) planche

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of planchar

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Danish

Etymology

Borroewd from French planche, from Latin phalanga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /planɡsjɘ/, [ˈpʰlɑŋɕɘ]

Noun

planche c (singular definite planchen, plural indefinite plancher)

1. plate (illustration)
2. poster

Inflection

Declension of planche

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	planche	planchen	plancher	plancherne
genitive	planches	planchens	planchers	planchernes

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French

Etymology

From Old French planche, from Vulgar Latin planca, contracted from palanca, from Latin phalanga, from Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plɑ̃ʃ/

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Noun

planche f (plural planches)

1. board
2. spread (picture covering a whole page)
3. plank
4. woodcut
5. board (used for sport, e.g. skateboard or surfboard)
6. (figuratively) plank, beanpole (very thin person)

Descendants

• → Catalan: planxa
• → Czech: planš
• → Danish: planche
• → English: planche
• → Portuguese: prancha
• → Spanish: plancha
  • → Bikol Central: plantsa
  • → Cebuano: plantsa
  • → English: plancha
  • → Tagalog: plantsa

Verb

planche

1. inflection of plancher:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

See also

• planchiste
• planche à voile

Further reading

• “planche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Old French

Alternative forms

• planke, planque

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin planca, contracted from palanca, from Latin phalanga, possibly through the influence of planus. The Latin term derives from Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx).

Noun

planche oblique singular, f (oblique plural planches, nominative singular planche, nominative plural planches)

1. plank; board (piece of wood)

Descendants

• Anglo-Norman: planke
  • → Danish: plank
  • → Middle English: plank, planke
    • English: plank
      • Tok Pisin: plangk
  • → Middle High German: planke
    • German: (with Middle Low German) Planke
      • → Bulgarian: пла́нка (plánka)
      • → Hungarian: palánk
        • → Ottoman Turkish: پلانقه (palanka) (see there for further descendants)
      • → Russian: пла́нка (plánka)
      • → Serbo-Croatian: planka / планка
  • → Middle Low German: planke
    • German: (with Middle High German) Planke
      • → Bulgarian: пла́нка (plánka)
      • → Hungarian: palánk
        • → Ottoman Turkish: پلانقه (palanka) (see there for further descendants)
      • → Russian: пла́нка (plánka)
      • → Serbo-Croatian: planka / планка
    • → Swedish: planka
      • → Finnish: lankku
  • → Swedish: plank
• French: planche
  • → Catalan: planxa
  • → Czech: planš
  • → Danish: planche
  • → English: planche
  • → Portuguese: prancha
  • → Spanish: plancha
    • → Bikol Central: plantsa
    • → Cebuano: plantsa
    • → English: plancha
    • → Tagalog: plantsa
• Norman: plianche

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (planche, supplement)

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Spanish

Verb

planche

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of planchar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of planchar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of planchar.