different between underside vs plancher

English

Etymology

From under- +? side

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??nd?sa?d/

Noun

underside (plural undersides)

1. The side that is below or underneath, the bottom.

Antonyms

• overside

Translations

Anagrams

• undesired

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From under- +? side

Noun

underside f or m (definite singular undersida or undersiden, indefinite plural undersider, definite plural undersidene)

1. underside

Antonyms

• overside

References

• “underside” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From under- +? side

Noun

underside f (definite singular undersida, indefinite plural undersider, definite plural undersidene)

1. underside

Antonyms

• overside

References

• “underside” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

English

Etymology

French planche.

Noun

plancher (plural planchers)

1. A floor made of wood.
2. A plank.

   • Elm; [used] some for planchers

3. (architecture) The underside of a cornice; a soffit.

Verb

plancher (third-person singular simple present planchers, present participle planchering, simple past and past participle planchered)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To form using planks.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pl??.?e/

Etymology 1

From planche.

Noun

plancher m (plural planchers)

1. floor
2. lower limit
3. (anatomy) floor

Derived terms

• débarrasser le plancher
• mettre le pied au plancher
• plancher des vaches

Etymology 2

From planche.

Verb

plancher

1. (intransitive) to talk

Conjugation

Further reading

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