planche

See also: planché

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French planche (“board”). Doublet of phalange, phalanx, planch, plancha, and plank.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plɑːnt͡ʃ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːnʃ, -ɑːntʃ

Noun

planche (plural planches)

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

Translations

position where the gymnast is horizontal and face-down

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 水平支撐／水平支撑 (shuǐpíng zhīchēng)

• Finnish: nojavaaka
• French: planche (fr) f
• Polish: deska (pl) f
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: plancha (es) f
• Turkish: planche

Asturian

Verb

planche

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

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French planche, from Latin phalanga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /planɡsjɘ/, [ˈpʰlɑŋɕɘ]

Noun

planche c (singular definite planchen, plural indefinite plancher)

1. plate (illustration)
2. poster

Inflection

Declension of planche

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	planche	planchen	plancher	plancherne
genitive	planches	planchens	planchers	planchernes

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French planche, from Vulgar Latin planca, contracted from palanca, from Latin phalanga, from Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plɑ̃ʃ/

• Audio:

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Noun

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

• avoir du pain sur la planche
• monter sur les planches
• planche à beurre
• planche à découper
• planche à laver
• planche à pain
• planche à repasser
• planche à roulettes
• planche à voile
• planche apéro
• planche de salut
• planche pourrie

 

Descendants

• → Catalan: planxa
• → Czech: planš (“piste”)
• → Danish: planche (“poster”)
• → English: planche
• → Portuguese: prancha
• → Spanish: plancha (“iron, plank”)
  • → Bikol Central: plantsa
  • → Cebuano: plantsa
  • → English: plancha
  • → Maguindanao: pilinsa
  • → Tagalog: plantsa

Verb

planche

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

See also

• planchiste
• planche à voile

Further reading

• “planche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Old French

Alternative forms

• planke, planque

Etymology

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

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

1. plank; board (piece of wood)

Descendants

• Anglo-Norman: planke (see there for further descendants)
• Bourguignon: plainche
• Champenois: piainche
• French: planche (see there for further descendants)
• Norman: plianche, plaunque
• Picard: planque

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (planche, supplement)

Spanish

Verb

planche

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