planche

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

• IPA^(key): /plɑːn(t)ʃ/

planche (plural planches)

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

planche

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

Borroewd from French planche, from Latin phalanga.

• IPA^(key): /planɡsjɘ/, [ˈpʰlɑŋɕɘ]

planche c (singular definite planchen, plural indefinite plancher)

1. plate (illustration)
2. poster

From Old French planche, 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).

• IPA^(key): /plɑ̃ʃ/

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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)

• → English: planche
• → Portuguese: prancha
• → Spanish: plancha
  • → Cebuano: plantsa
  • → English: plancha

planche

1. first-person singular present indicative of plancher
2. third-person singular present indicative of plancher
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of plancher
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of plancher
5. second-person singular imperative of plancher

• planchiste
• planche à voile

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

• planke, planque

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).

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

1. plank; board (piece of wood)

• Anglo-Norman: planke
  • → Danish: plank
  • → Middle English: plank, planke
    • English: plank
      • Tok Pisin: plangk
  • → Middle High German: planke
    • German: Planke (with Middle Low German)
      • → Serbo-Croatian:
        • Cyrillic: планка
        • Latin: planka
  • → Middle Low German: planke
    • German: Planke (with Middle High German)
      • → Serbo-Croatian:
        • Cyrillic: планка
        • Latin: planka
    • → Swedish: planka
      • → Finnish: lankku
  • → Swedish: plank
• French: planche
  • → English: planche
  • → Portuguese: prancha
  • → Spanish: plancha
    • → Cebuano: plantsa
    • → English: plancha
• Norman: plianche

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

planche

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of planchar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of planchar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of planchar.