plain
Pronunciation: /plɛ̃/
“plain” is a French word. Its meaning in English:
adjective
In French
- Qui est uni, plat, sans inégalités.
- Écru, non ouvré.
- Grande cuve pour plamer les peaux dans un bain de chaux, afin d'en faire tomber les poils.
- Quantité de chaux éteinte contenue dans le plain.
- Col, zone plane en altitude, passage ouvert en altitude. Encore usité dans la toponymie des Vosges lorraines, comtoises et belfortaines. "Plain de la Broche" à Fresse ou "Plain de la Racine" à Plancher-les-Mines, Haute-Saône, par exemple.
Etymology
Inherited from Old French plain, from Latin plānus. Doublet of plan and piano.
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