plane

See also: Plane, Pläne, plané, plañe, pláne, and pláně

English

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Etymology 1

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Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-?
Proto-Indo-European *pel-?
Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-der.
Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-no-s
Proto-Italic *plānos
Latin plānus
Latin plānumder.
English plane
    Category:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pel- (fold)#PLANECategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pleth₂-#PLANECategory:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#PLANECategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pleh₂-#PLANECategory:English terms derived from Latin#PLANECategory:English terms derived from Proto-Italic#PLANECategory:Pages with etymology trees#PLANECategory:English entries with etymology trees#PLANECategory:Pages using etymon with no ID#PLANE Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#PLANECategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pleh₂-#PLANE

    From LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#PLANE 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 plainCategory:English doublets#PLANE.

    Adjective

    plane (comparative planer, superlative planest)Category:English lemmas#PLANECategory:English adjectives#PLANECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PLANECategory:Pages with entries#PLANECategory:Pages with 9 entries#PLANE

    1. Of a surface: flat or level.
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    Noun

    plane (plural planes)Category:English lemmas#PLANECategory:English nouns#PLANECategory:English countable nouns#PLANECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PLANECategory:Pages with entries#PLANECategory:Pages with 9 entries#PLANE

    1. A level or flat surface.
    3. (geometryCategory:en:Geometry#PLANE) A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane); a bounded portion thereof. Category:en:Surfaces#PLANE
      • 1979 August, Graham Burtenshaw, Michael S. Welch, “O.V.S. Bulleid's SR loco-hauled coaches - 1”, in Railway World, page 396:
        Mirrors in the compartments have been canted out of the vertical plane to reduce reflections to the passengers when seated.
        Category:English terms with quotations#PLANE
      1. (anatomyCategory:en:Anatomy#PLANE) An imaginary plane which divides the body into two portions.
    4. A level of existence or development.
      • 1982 December 4, Catherine Joseph, “Empowered into Enlightenment”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 20, page 8:
        Nettie's stories about her experiences in Africa point out many parallels between the African and American ways of life. Her stories about the African lifestyle and family structure, in particular, point out the sexist and oppressive conditions that women are forced to submit to on a global plane.
        Category:English terms with quotations#PLANE
    5. 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, wingCategory:English links with manual fragments#PLANE, foreplane, canard, tailplane, stabilizer, horizontal stabilizer, vertical stabilizer
    6. (computingCategory:en:Computing#PLANE, UnicodeCategory:en:Unicode#PLANE) Any of 17 designated ranges of 216 (65,536) sequential code points each.
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    Etymology 2

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    a rebate plane

    From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#PLANE plane, plaine, from Anglo-NormanCategory:English terms derived from Anglo-Norman#PLANE plaine, from Late LatinCategory:English terms derived from Late Latin#PLANE plāna (“planing tool”).

    Noun

    plane (plural planes)Category:English lemmas#PLANECategory:English nouns#PLANECategory:English countable nouns#PLANECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PLANECategory:Pages with entries#PLANECategory:Pages with 9 entries#PLANE

    2. (countableCategory:English countable nouns#PLANE, carpentryCategory:en:Carpentry#PLANE) A tool for smoothing wood by removing thin layers from the surface.
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    Verb

    plane (third-person singular simple present planes, present participle planing, simple past and past participle planed)Category:English lemmas#PLANECategory:English verbs#PLANECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PLANECategory:Pages with entries#PLANECategory:Pages with 9 entries#PLANE

    1. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#PLANE, carpentryCategory:en:Carpentry#PLANE) To smooth (wood) with a plane.
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    Etymology 3

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    Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-
    Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér
    Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr
    Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)
    Ancient Greek πλανάω (planáō)
    Ancient Greek πλάνος (plános)
    Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ερόπλᾰνος (āeróplănos)der.
    French aéroplanebor.
    English aeroplaneclip.
    English plane
      Category:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂ews- (dawn)#PLANECategory:English terms derived from Proto-Hellenic#PLANECategory:English terms derived from Ancient Greek#PLANECategory:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#PLANECategory:English clippings#PLANECategory:English terms derived from French#PLANECategory:Pages with etymology trees#PLANECategory:English entries with etymology trees#PLANECategory:Pages using etymon with no ID#PLANE

      Clipping of aeroplaneCategory:English clippings#PLANE.

      Alternative forms

      Noun

      plane (plural planes)Category:English lemmas#PLANECategory:English nouns#PLANECategory:English countable nouns#PLANECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PLANECategory:Pages with entries#PLANECategory:Pages with 9 entries#PLANE

      2. An airplane; an aeroplane.
        on a plane
        Category:English terms with collocations#PLANE
        • 2013 September 6, Tom Cheshire, “Solar-powered travel”, in The Guardian Weekly‎, volume 189, number 13, page 34:
          The plane is travelling impossibly slowly – 30km an hour – when it gently noses up and leaves the ground. With air beneath them, the rangy wings seem to gain strength; the fuselage that on the ground seemed flimsy becomes elegant, like a crane vaunting in flight. It seems not to fly, though, so much as float.
          Category:English terms with quotations#PLANE
      3. (entomologyCategory:en:Entomology#PLANE) Any of various nymphalid butterflies, of various genera, having a slow gliding flight.
        Synonym: aeroplane
      4. (entomologyCategory:en:Entomology#PLANE) The butterfly Bindahara phocides, family Lycaenidae, of Asia and Australasia.
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      Verb

      Three PT boats planing, with their bows lifted out of the water.

      plane (third-person singular simple present planes, present participle planing, simple past and past participle planed)Category:English lemmas#PLANECategory:English verbs#PLANECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PLANECategory:Pages with entries#PLANECategory:Pages with 9 entries#PLANE

      1. (nauticalCategory:en:Nautical#PLANE, of a boat) To move in a way that lifts the bow out of the water.
      2. To glide or soar.
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      Etymology 4

      From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#PLANECategory:English terms derived from Middle English#PLANE plane, borrowed from Old FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Old French#PLANE plane, from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#PLANE platanus, from Ancient GreekCategory:English terms derived from Ancient Greek#PLANE πλάτανος (plátanos), from πλατύς (platús, “wide, broad”).

      Noun

      plane (plural planes)Category:English lemmas#PLANECategory:English nouns#PLANECategory:English countable nouns#PLANECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PLANECategory:Pages with entries#PLANECategory:Pages with 9 entries#PLANE

      2. (countableCategory:English countable nouns#PLANE) A deciduous tree of the genus Platanus.
      3. (Northern UK) A sycamore.
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      Category:en:Aircraft#PLANECategory:en:Gossamer-winged butterflies#PLANECategory:en:Proteales order plants#PLANECategory:en:Tools#PLANECategory:en:Trees#PLANE

      Czech

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      planeCategory:Czech non-lemma forms#PLANECategory:Czech verb forms#PLANECategory:Czech entries with incorrect language header#PLANECategory:Pages with entries#PLANECategory:Pages with 9 entries#PLANE

      1. third-person singular present of planout

      French

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      planeCategory:French non-lemma forms#PLANECategory:French adjective forms#PLANECategory:French entries with incorrect language header#PLANECategory:Pages with entries#PLANECategory:Pages with 9 entries#PLANE

      1. feminine singular of plan

      Verb

      planeCategory:French non-lemma forms#PLANECategory:French verb forms#PLANECategory:French entries with incorrect language header#PLANECategory:Pages with entries#PLANECategory:Pages with 9 entries#PLANE

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

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      German

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      Verb

      planeCategory:German non-lemma forms#PLANECategory:German verb forms#PLANECategory:German entries with incorrect language header#PLANECategory:Pages with entries#PLANECategory:Pages with 9 entries#PLANE

      1. inflection of planen:
        1. first-person singular present
        2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
        3. singular imperative

      Latin

      Etymology

      From plānus (“intelligible, clear”).

      Pronunciation

      Adverb

      plānē (comparative plānius, superlative plānissimē)Category:Latin lemmas#PLANECategory:Latin adverbs#PLANECategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#PLANECategory:Pages with entries#PLANECategory:Pages with 9 entries#PLANE

      1. plainly (to the senses or understanding), distinctly, intelligibly
      2. (emphasising correctness) clearly, obviously; (also used as an affirmative answer)
        • 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations Oratio in Catilinam Prima in Senatu Habita.8:
          Nihil agis, nihil mōlīris, nihil cōgitās, quod nōn ego nōn modo audiam, sed etiam videam plānēque sentiam.
          [There is] nothing you do, nothing you attempt, nothing you plan, which I not only do not hear, but also can [not] see and clearly understand.
          (The adverb plane + the enclitic particle -que. Several of the definitions given here for plane are appropriate in this context: Cicero plainly, clearly, and fully understands what Catiline conspires against the republic.)
          Category:Latin terms with quotations#PLANE
      3. wholly, utterly, thoroughly, quite

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      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, London: Macmillan and Co.
        • to speak openly, straightforwardly: plane, aperte dicere
        • to banish all sad thoughts: omnem luctum plane abstergere
        Category:Latin words in Meissner and Auden's phrasebook

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      Lithuanian

      Noun

      plane mCategory:Lithuanian non-lemma forms#PLANECategory:Lithuanian noun forms#PLANECategory:Lithuanian entries with incorrect language header#PLANECategory:Pages with entries#PLANECategory:Pages with 9 entries#PLANE

      1. locative singular of planas

      Norwegian Nynorsk

      Adjective

      planeCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk non-lemma forms#PLANECategory:Norwegian Nynorsk adjective forms#PLANECategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#PLANECategory:Pages with entries#PLANECategory:Pages with 9 entries#PLANE

      1. definite singular of plan
      2. plural of plan

      Portuguese

      Verb

      planeCategory:Portuguese non-lemma forms#PLANECategory:Portuguese verb forms#PLANECategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#PLANECategory:Pages with entries#PLANECategory:Pages with 9 entries#PLANE

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

      Swedish

      Adjective

      planeCategory:Swedish non-lemma forms#PLANECategory:Swedish adjective forms#PLANECategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#PLANECategory:Pages with entries#PLANECategory:Pages with 9 entries#PLANE

      1. definite natural masculine singular of plan

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