planche
See also: planché
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French planche (“board”). Doublet of plank.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
planche (plural planches)
- (gymnastics) A position where the gymnast is horizontal and face-down, using only the hands as support.
Translations edit
Asturian edit
Verb edit
planche
Danish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French planche, from Latin phalanga.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
planche c (singular definite planchen, plural indefinite plancher)
Inflection edit
Declension of planche
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | planche | planchen | plancher | plancherne |
genitive | planches | planchens | planchers | planchernes |
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French planche, from Vulgar Latin planca, contracted from palanca, from Latin phalanga, from Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
planche f (plural planches)
- board
- spread (picture covering a whole page)
- plank
- woodcut
- board (used for sport, e.g. skateboard or surfboard)
- (figuratively) plank, beanpole (very thin person)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Verb edit
planche
- inflection of plancher:
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “planche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
planche oblique singular, f (oblique plural planches, nominative singular planche, nominative plural planches)
Descendants edit
- Anglo-Norman: planke (see there for further descendants)
- French: planche (see there for further descendants)
- Norman: plianche
References edit
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (planche, supplement)
Spanish edit
Verb edit
planche
- inflection of planchar: