plafond

From French plafond (“ceiling”).

• IPA^(key): /pləˈfɒn(d)/

plafond (plural plafonds)

1. A ceiling, especially one that is ornately decorated.
2. A painting or decoration on a ceiling.
3. (anatomy) The tibial plafond.

• plafon (superseded)

Borrowed from French plafond.

• IPA^(key): /plaːˈfɔn/

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• Hyphenation: pla‧fond
• Rhymes: -ɔn

plafond n (plural plafonds, diminutive plafondje n)

1. ceiling [from 17th c.]
2. maximum, upper limit [from 20th c.]

• zoldering

• bamboeplafond
• plafondplaat
• plafondtegel
• prijsplafond
• rietplafond

• Afrikaans: plafon
• → Sranan Tongo: plafon

From plat +‎ fond.

• IPA^(key): /pla.fɔ̃/

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plafond m (plural plafonds)

1. ceiling

• plafonnage
• plafonner
• plafonnier

• → Catalan: plafó
• → Dutch: plafond
• → English: plafond
• → Galician: plafón
• → German: Plafond
• → Portuguese: plafom, plafond
• → Spanish: plafón

• “plafond” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From French plafond.

plafond m (invariable)

1. ceiling
2. (economics) upper limit (typically of a credit or debit card)