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plan
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French plan (“a ground-plot of a building”), from plan (“flat”), a later form of the vernacular plain, from Latin planus (“flat, plane”); see plain, plane.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plæn/, [p?l?æn]
- (US regional) IPA(key): [pl??n]
- Rhymes: -æn
Noun
plan (plural plans)
- A drawing showing technical details of a building, machine, etc., with unwanted details omitted, and often using symbols rather than detailed drawing to represent doors, valves, etc.
- A set of intended actions, usually mutually related, through which one expects to achieve a goal.
- A two-dimensional drawing of a building as seen from above with obscuring or irrelevant details such as roof removed, or of a floor of a building, revealing the internal layout; as distinct from the elevation.
- Synonym: floor plan
- A method; a way of procedure; a custom.
- 1815, William Wordsworth, Rob Roy's Grave
- The simple plan, / That they should take who have the power, / And they should keep who can.
- 1815, William Wordsworth, Rob Roy's Grave
- A subscription to a service.
Usage notes
- A plan ("set of intended actions") can be developed, executed, implemented, ignored, abandoned, scrapped, changed, etc.
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ??? (puran)
Translations
Verb
plan (third-person singular simple present plans, present participle planning, simple past and past participle planned)
- (transitive) To design (a building, machine, etc.).
- (transitive) To create a plan for.
- (intransitive) To intend.
- (intransitive) To make a plan.
Usage notes
- This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- plan in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- plan in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Azerbaijani
Noun
plan (definite accusative plan?, plural planlar)
- plan (set of intended actions), scheme
- draft, plan, scheme, contrivance, road map
- layout
Declension
Derived terms
- planla?d?rmaq
Further reading
- “plan” in Obastan.com.
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pl?n/
- Hyphenation: plan
- Rhymes: -?n
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French plan, from Middle French plant.
Noun
plan n (plural plannen, diminutive plannetje n)
- A set of intended actions, through which one expects to achieve a goal.
- A technical drawing.
- A detailed map of a relatively small area, such as a building or settlement.
- Synonym: plattegrond
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: plan
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
plan
- first-person singular present indicative of plannen
- imperative of plannen
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pl??/
- Homophones: plans, plant, plants
Etymology 1
From earlier plant, derived from the verb planter. Doublet of plant. Or from Latin planus
Noun
plan m (plural plans)
- plan
- map (schematic maps of streets, subways, etc.)
- plane (both flat surface and mathematical plane)
- (film) shot
- (slang, dated) A small case inserted in the rectum in order to hide one's valuables from a full-body search.
Derived terms
Descendants
- German: Plan
- Norwegian Bokmål: plan
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin pl?nus. Doublet of plain, which was inherited, and piano.
Adjective
plan (feminine singular plane, masculine plural plans, feminine plural planes)
- planar
Derived terms
- lichen plan
Further reading
- “plan” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Friulian
Etymology
From Latin pl?nus.
Adjective
plan
- flat, level, plane
Related terms
- planc
See also
- plac
- vualîf
Noun
plan m (plural plans)
- plane
- plan
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pl?nus.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -a?n
Adjective
plan (comparative planer, superlative am plansten)
- (technical) planar, flat
- (archaic) plain, forthright
Declension
Derived terms
- planlegen
See also
- Plan
Further reading
- “plan” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “plan” in Duden online
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch plan, from French plan (“a ground-plot of a building”), from plan (“flat”), a later form of the vernacular plain, from Latin planus (“flat, plane”). Doublet of pelan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plan/, [?plan], [p???lan]
- Hyphenation: plan
Noun
plan
- plan, a set of intended actions, usually mutually related, through which one expects to achieve a goal.
- Synonym: rencana
Alternative forms
- pelan (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)
Further reading
- “plan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From German Plan (“project, plan”), from French plan, from Latin pl?num (“plain, level ground”), from pl?nus (“flat, even, level”), from Proto-Italic *pl?nos, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh?-no-s (“flattened”), from *pleh?- (“flat”).
Noun
plan m (definite singular planen, indefinite plural planer, definite plural planene)
- a plan
- a level or plane
Derived terms
References
- “plan” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pla?n/ (example of pronunciation)
Etymology 1
From German Plan, from Latin pl?num.
Noun
plan n (definite singular planet, indefinite plural plan, definite plural plana)
- plane
- level
Derived terms
- planovergang
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
plan m (definite singular planen, indefinite plural planar, definite plural planane)
- a plan
Derived terms
Etymology 3
From Latin planus.
Adjective
plan (masculine and feminine plan, neuter plant, definite singular and plural plane, comparative planare, indefinite superlative planast, definite superlative planaste)
- plane, flat
References
- “plan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Occitan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pla/
Noun
plan m (plural plans)
- plan (a drawing showing technical details of a building)
- plan (a set of intended actions)
Adjective
plan m (feminine singular plana, masculine plural plans, feminine plural planas)
- flat
- Synonym: planièr
Adverb
plan
- well
- Antonym: mal
- very, quite
- Synonym: fòrça
Further reading
- Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians, 2 edition, ?ISBN, page 754.
Polish
Etymology
From German Plan, from French plan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plan/
Noun
plan m inan
- plan
- set (scenery for a film or play)
Declension
Further reading
- plan in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
From French plan, from Latin planus.
Adjective
plan m or n (feminine singular plan?, masculine plural plani, feminine and neuter plural plane)
- plan
- (geometry) plane
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From German Plan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plâ?n/
- Rhymes: -â?n
Noun
pl?n m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)
- plan
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
From plano.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?plan/, [?plãn]
Noun
plan m (plural planes)
- plan
- scheme (systematic plan of future action)
- Synonyms: régimen, sistema
- intention
- (colloquial) mood
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- ? Basque: plan
Further reading
- “plan” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Swedish
Pronunciation
Adjective
plan (comparative planare, superlative planast)
- flat; horizontal (of a surface)
Declension
Noun
plan n
- (mathematics) a plane; flat surface.
- a plane; level of existence
- an aeroplane
- Synonym: flygplan
- a plaza
Declension
Derived terms
See also
- sluttande plan
- lutande plan
Noun
plan c
- a drawing showing how to construct a building, machine, etc.
- a set of intended actions, through which one expects to achieve a goal.
Declension
Derived terms
Volapük
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [plan]
Noun
plan (nominative plural plans)
- plant (botany)
Declension
Derived terms
See also
plan From the web:
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end
English
Alternative forms
- ende (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English ende, from Old English ende, from Proto-Germanic *andijaz (compare Dutch einde, German Ende, Norwegian ende, Swedish ände), from Proto-Indo-European *h?entíos (compare Old Irish ét (“end, point”), Latin antiae (“forelock”), Albanian anë (“side”), Ancient Greek ?????? (antíos, “opposite”), Sanskrit ?????? (antya, “last”)), from *h?entíos (“front, forehead”). More at and and anti-.
The verb is from Middle English enden, endien, from Old English endian (“to end, to make an end of, complete, finish, abolish, destroy, come to an end, die”), from Proto-Germanic *andij?n? (“to finish, end”), denominative from *andijaz.
Pronunciation
- enPR: ?nd, IPA(key): /?nd/
- Rhymes: -?nd
Noun
end (plural ends)
- The terminal point of something in space or time.
- 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows:
- they followed him... into a sort of a central hall; out of which they could dimly see other long tunnel-like passages branching, passages mysterious and without apparent end.
- 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows:
- (by extension) The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion.
- Is there no end to this madness?
- (by extension) Death.
- He met a terrible end in the jungle.
- I hope the end comes quickly.
- c. 1592, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Richard the Third, Act II, scene i:
- Confound your hidden falsehood, and award / Either of you to be the other's end.
- 1732, Alexander Pope, (epitaph) On Mr. Gay, in Westminster Abbey:
- A safe companion and and easy friend / Unblamed through life, lamented in thy end.
- The most extreme point of an object, especially one that is longer than it is wide.
- Hold the string at both ends.
- My father always sat at the end of the table.
- Result.
- c. 1599, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Act V, scene i:
- O that a man might know / The end of this day's business ere it come!
- c. 1599, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Act V, scene i:
- A purpose, goal, or aim.
- 1675, John Dryden, Aureng-zebe, Act III, scene i:
- But, losing her, the End of Living lose.
- 1825, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Aids to Reflection in the Formation of a Manly Character, Aphorism VI, page 146:
- When every man is his own end, all things will come to a bad end.
- 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.21:
- There is a long argument to prove that foreign conquest is not the end of the State, showing that many people took the imperialist view.
- 1675, John Dryden, Aureng-zebe, Act III, scene i:
- (cricket) One of the two parts of the ground used as a descriptive name for half of the ground.
- (American football) The position at the end of either the offensive or defensive line, a tight end, a split end, a defensive end.
- 1926, F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, Penguin 2000, page 11:
- Her husband, among various physical accomplishments, had been one of the most powerful ends that ever played football at New Haven [...].
- 1926, F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, Penguin 2000, page 11:
- (curling) A period of play in which each team throws eight rocks, two per player, in alternating fashion.
- (mathematics) An ideal point of a graph or other complex.
- That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap.
- odds and ends
- c. 1592, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Richard the Third, Act I, scene iii:
- I clothe my naked villainy / With old odd ends stolen out of holy writ, / And seem a saint, when most I play the devil.
- One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.
- (in the plural, slang, African-American Vernacular) Money.
- Don't give them your ends. You jack that shit!
Usage notes
- Adjectives often used with "end": final, ultimate, deep, happy, etc.
Synonyms
- (final point in space or time): conclusion, limit, terminus, termination
- See also Thesaurus:goal
Antonyms
- (final point of something): beginning, start
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ???
Translations
Verb
end (third-person singular simple present ends, present participle ending, simple past and past participle ended)
- (intransitive, ergative) to come to an end
- (transitive) To finish, terminate.
- And on the seventh day God ended his worke […]
- c. 1599, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act II, scene iii:
- If thou keep promise, I shall end this strife
- 1896, A. E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad, XLV, lines 7-8:
- But play the man, stand up and end you, / When your sickness is your soul.
Conjugation
Translations
Derived terms
- ending
- end up
- never-ending
- unending
Anagrams
- DEN, DNE, Den, Den., NDE, NED, Ned, den, edn., ned
Albanian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Albanian *antis/t, from Proto-Indo-European *h?n?t-jes/t (“to plait, weave”).
Verb
end (first-person singular past tense enda, participle endur)
- (transitive) to weave
- Synonyms: vej, vegjoj
Derived terms
- endem
Etymology 2
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?end?-.
Verb
end (first-person singular past tense enda, participle endur)
- (intransitive) to bloom, blossom
- (transitive) to flyblow
Derived terms
- endëc
Related terms
- endë
References
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse enn, probably from Proto-Germanic *þan (“then”), like English than, German denn (“than, for”). For the loss of þ-, cf. Old Norse at (“that”) from Proto-Germanic *þat (“that”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n/
Conjunction
end
- than (in comparisons)
Etymology 2
From Old Norse enn, from Proto-Germanic *andi, from Proto-Indo-European *h?entí.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n/
Adverb
end
- still (archaic)
- (with interrogatives) no matter, ever
- even (in the modern language only in the combination end ikke "not even")
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??n?/
Verb
end
- imperative of ende
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch ende (“end”) with apocope of the final -e.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?nt/
- Hyphenation: end
- Rhymes: -?nt
Noun
end n (plural enden, diminutive endje n)
- end
- travel distance
- a short length of something (such as a stick or a rope)
Synonyms
- einde
- eind
Usage notes
The form end is more informal than both einde and eind and is mainly used colloquially.
Anagrams
- den
Estonian
Pronoun
end
- partitive singular of ise
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English ende.
Noun
end
- Alternative form of ende
Etymology 2
From Old English endian.
Verb
end
- Alternative form of enden
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
end
- imperative of ende
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
end
- imperative of enda and ende
Vilamovian
Etymology
From Middle High German ende, from Old High German enti.
Pronunciation
Noun
end n
- end
Antonyms
- ofaong
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