different between plans vs plaas

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plænz/
• Rhymes: -ænz

Verb

plans

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of plan

Noun

plans

1. plural of plan

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?plans/
• Rhymes: -ans

Noun

plans

1. plural of pla

Cornish

Noun

plans m (plural plansow)

1. plant

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pl??/
• Homophone: plan

Adjective

plans

1. masculine plural of plan

Friulian

Noun

plans

1. plural of plan

Occitan

Noun

plans

1. plural of plan

Adjective

plans

1. masculine plural of plan

Swedish

Noun

plans

1. indefinite genitive singular of plan
2. indefinite genitive plural of plan

English

Etymology

From Afrikaans plaas (“farm”). Doublet of place, piazza, and plaza.

Noun

plaas (plural plaases)

1. (South Africa) A farm.
   • 1929, Norman Giles, Keerboskloof (page 110)

     "The man who burned down the plaas, deserves himself to be burned," cried Solomon with irrelevant heat.

Anagrams

• alaps, lapas, palas, palsa, salpa

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pl??s/

Etymology 1

From Dutch plaats, from Middle Dutch pl?etse, from Old French place.

Noun

plaas (plural plase, diminutive plasie)

1. farm; a piece of land, usually used for farming

Derived terms

• agterplaas
• boereplaas
• plaasaanval
• plaasdier
• plaasmoord
• plaasjapie

Descendants

• ? English: plaas
• ? Northern Ndebele: ipulazi
• ? Shona: purazi
• ? Sotho: polasi
• ? Xhosa: ipulazi
• ? Zulu: ipulazi

Etymology 2

From Dutch plaatsen, from plaats.

Verb

plaas (present plaas, present participle plasende, past participle geplaas)

1. to place; to put something down

2. to subject someone to something (usually used with op or onder)

3. to deposit

4. to recognise; to identify (usually used with a negative)

Synonyms

• (to put down): neersit
• (to be subjected, to deposit): sit
• (to recognise): herken