plancher

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English

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Etymology

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French planche.

Noun

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plancher (plural planchers)

  1. A floor made of wood.
  2. A plank.
    • 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. [], London: [] William Rawley []; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee [], →OCLC:
      Elm; [used] some for planchers
  3. (architecture) The underside of a cornice; a soffit.

Verb

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plancher (third-person singular simple present planchers, present participle planchering, simple past and past participle planchered)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To form using planks.
    • 1586, Conrad Heresbach, Foure Bookes of Husbandrie:
      your stable be well paved with rounde stone, wel planchered and kept clean

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French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /plɑ̃.ʃe/
  • Audio; le plancher:(file)

Etymology 1

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From planche.

Noun

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plancher m (plural planchers)

  1. floor
  2. lower limit
  3. (anatomy) floor
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From planche.

Verb

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plancher

  1. (intransitive) to study something thoroughly, to work hard on something, to brainstorm
    J’ai planché sur le sujet.
    I have made extensive research on the topic.
Conjugation
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