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plane

Pronunciation: /plan/

“plane” is a French word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. A plane tree
  2. A plane (tool).

In French

  1. Platane.
  2. Espèce d’érable, aussi appelé érable platane, Acer platanoides.
  3. Outil tranchant constitué d’une lame montée entre deux poignées utilisé par les menuisiers, les tonneliers, les sabotiers,… pour tailler en forme et aplanir (planer, dresser avec la plane).
  4. Ciseau de tourneur.

Etymology

From Old French plane, from Latin platanus, from Ancient Greek πλάτανος (plátanos), from πλατύς (platús, “wide, broad”).

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