plane

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pleɪn/ Rhymes: -eɪn Homophone: plain (pane–pain merger) === Etymology 1 === From Latin plānum (“flat surface”), a noun use of the neuter of plānus (“plain”). The word was introduced in the 17th century to distinguish the geometrical senses from the other senses of plain. Doublet of llano, piano, and plain. ==== Adjective ==== plane (comparative planer, superlative planest) Of a surface: flat or level. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== plane (plural planes) A level or flat surface. (geometry) A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane); a bounded portion thereof. (anatomy) An imaginary plane which divides the body into two portions. A level of existence or development. 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. Hyponyms: airfoil, hydrofoil, wing, foreplane, canard, tailplane, stabilizer, horizontal stabilizer, vertical stabilizer (computing, Unicode) Any of 17 designated ranges of 216 (65,536) sequential code points each. ===== Hyponyms ===== (mathematics): real plane, complex plane (anatomy): coronal plane, frontal plane, sagittal plane, transverse plane (level of existence): astral plane (control surface): diving plane (Unicode): BMP, PUP, SIP, SMP, SPUA, SSP, supplementary plane, TIP ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== plain planar planate ===== Descendants ===== → Irish: plána ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English plane, plaine, from Anglo-Norman plaine, from Late Latin plāna (“planing tool”). ==== Noun ==== plane (plural planes) (countable, carpentry) A tool for smoothing wood by removing thin layers from the surface. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== rhykenologist ==== Verb ==== plane (third-person singular simple present planes, present participle planing, simple past and past participle planed) (transitive, carpentry) To smooth (wood) with a plane. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === Clipping of aeroplane. ==== Alternative forms ==== 'plane (dated) ==== Noun ==== plane (plural planes) An airplane; an aeroplane. (entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies, of various genera, having a slow gliding flight. Synonym: aeroplane (entomology) The butterfly Bindahara phocides, family Lycaenidae, of Asia and Australasia. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== plane (third-person singular simple present planes, present participle planing, simple past and past participle planed) (nautical, of a boat) To move in a way that lifts the bow out of the water. To glide or soar. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 4 === From Middle English plane, borrowed from Old French plane, from Latin platanus, from Ancient Greek πλάτανος (plátanos), from πλατύς (platús, “wide, broad”). ==== Noun ==== plane (plural planes) (countable) A deciduous tree of the genus Platanus. (Northern UK) A sycamore. ===== Derived terms ===== Cape plane London plane oriental plane, oriental plane tree ===== Translations ===== === Further reading === Plane on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Alpen, Nepal, Palen, Plean, palen, panel, penal, plena == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈplanɛ] === Verb === plane third-person singular present of planout == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /plan/ Homophone: planes === Adjective === plane feminine singular of plan === Verb === plane inflection of planer: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Anagrams === Népal, pénal == German == === Pronunciation === === Verb === plane inflection of planen: first-person singular present first/third-person singular subjunctive I singular imperative == Latin == === Etymology === From plānus (“intelligible, clear”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpɫaː.neː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈplaː.ne] === Adverb === plānē (comparative plānius, superlative plānissimē) plainly (to the senses or understanding), distinctly, intelligibly (emphasising correctness) clearly, obviously; (also used as an affirmative answer) wholly, utterly, thoroughly, quite ==== Related terms ==== plānus ==== Descendants ==== → Hungarian: pláne === References === “plānē” on page 1526 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012) === Further reading === “plane”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “plane”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "plane", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “plane”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co. === Anagrams === plēnā, plēna == Lithuanian == === Noun === plane m locative singular of planas == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Adjective === plane definite singular of plan plural of plan == Portuguese == === Verb === plane inflection of planar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Swedish == === Adjective === plane definite natural masculine singular of plan === Anagrams === Nepal, alpen