See also: planché

English edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

planche (plural planches)

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

Translations edit

Asturian edit

Verb edit

planche

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

Danish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French planche, from Latin phalanga.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /planɡsjɘ/, [ˈpʰlɑŋɕɘ]

Noun edit

planche c (singular definite planchen, plural indefinite plancher)

  1. plate (illustration)
  2. poster

Inflection edit

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

  • IPA(key): /plɑ̃ʃ/
  • (file)
  • (file)

Noun edit

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)

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Catalan: planxa
  • Czech: planš (piste)
  • Danish: planche (poster)
  • English: planche
  • Portuguese: prancha
  • Spanish: plancha (iron, plank)

Verb edit

planche

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

See also edit

Further reading edit

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

  1. plank; board (piece of wood)

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

  1. inflection of planchar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative