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English

Etymology

From French planchette

Noun

planchet (plural planchets)

1. A flat disk of metal used as a blank for stamping a coin.

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pl??n(t)?/

Noun

planche (plural planches)

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

Translations

Asturian

Verb

planche

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

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French planche, from Latin phalanga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plan?sj?/, [?p?l????]

Noun

planche c (singular definite planchen, plural indefinite plancher)

1. plate (illustration)
2. poster

Inflection

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pl???/

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

Descendants

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 (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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 ?????? (phálanx).

Noun

planche 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)
• French: planche (see there for further descendants)
• Norman: plianche

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. 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.