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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
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ruse
English
Etymology
From Middle English r?se (“evasive movements of a pursued animal; circuitous course taken by a hunter to pursue a game animal”), from Old French rëuse, ruse (“evasive movements of a pursued animal; trickery”) (modern French ruse (“trick, ruse; cunning, guile”)), from ruser (“to use cunning, to be crafty, beguile”), possibly from Latin rursus (“backward; on the contrary; again, in return”) or Latin rec?s?re, from rec?s? (“to decline, refuse; to object to, protest, reject”).
The verb is derived from the noun. Compare Middle French ruser (“to use cunning, to be crafty, beguile”); see further above.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ro?oz, IPA(key): /?u?z/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?uz/
- Rhymes: -u?z
- Homophones: roos, rues
Noun
ruse (countable and uncountable, plural ruses)
- (countable, often hunting, archaic, rare) A turning or doubling back, especially of animals to get out of the way of hunting dogs.
- (countable, by extension) An action intended to deceive; a trick.
- Synonym: stratagem
- (uncountable) Cunning, guile, trickery.
Related terms
- ruse de guerre
- recuse
Translations
Verb
ruse (third-person singular simple present ruses, present participle rusing, simple past and past participle rused)
- (intransitive) To deceive or trick using a ruse.
- (intransitive, hunting, archaic, rare) Of an animal: to turn or double back to elude hunters or their hunting dogs.
Translations
References
Anagrams
- ERUs, Ersu, Reus, Rues, US'er, rues, suer, sure, ures, user
Danish
Etymology
From Old Danish ruse, from the same root as German Reuse (“fish-trap”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ru?s?/, [??o?s?]
Noun
ruse c (singular definite rusen, plural indefinite ruser)
- fish-trap
Inflection
Esperanto
Etymology
rusa (“Russian”) +? -e (adverbial suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ru.se/
Adverb
ruse
- in the Russian language
- in the manner of a Russian person
Related terms
- rusa (“Russian”)
- Rusio (“Russia”)
- ruso (“a Russian person”)
French
Etymology
From ruser.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?yz/
Noun
ruse f (plural ruses)
- (uncountable) cunning, guile
- ruse, trick
Further reading
- “ruse” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- rues, suer, sure, sûre, user
Middle English
Verb
ruse
- (Northern) Alternative form of rosen (“to boast”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?r??s?/
Etymology 1
Possibly from a Celtic word, from Gaulish rusca, from Proto-Celtic *r?skos (“bark”), possibly from earlier *rukskos, from Proto-Indo-European *h?rewk- (“to dig, till (soil)”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h?er- (“to move, stir, rise, quarrel”) or *Hrew- (“to tear out, dig out, open, acquire”).
Cognate with Danish ruse (“fish trap”), Swedish ryssja (“fish trap”) and German Reuse (“fish trap”).
Noun
ruse f or m (definite singular rusa or rusen, indefinite plural ruser, definite plural rusene)
- fish trap
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
ruse (imperative rus, present tense ruser, passive ruses, simple past rusa or ruset or ruste, past participle rusa or ruset or rust, present participle rusende)
- to rev an engine
- to rush
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
ruse (imperative rus, present tense ruser, passive ruses, simple past and past participle rusa or ruset, present participle rusende)
- (reflexive) To use illegal drugs
- to intoxicate
References
- “ruse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
ruse
- Alternative form of rusa
Old French
Etymology
Probably based on Latin rursus (“backwards”)
Noun
ruse f (oblique plural ruses, nominative singular ruse, nominative plural ruses)
- evasive movements of a pursued animal
- (by extension) trickery
- (by extension) dream; daydream; fantasy
- (by extension) lie; untruth
Descendants
- ? English: ruse
- French: ruse
Further reading
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ru.s?/
Adjective
ruse
- inflection of rusy:
- neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
- nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ruse/
Adjective
ruse f pl or n pl
- feminine plural of rus
- neuter plural of rus
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