plafond

From French plafond (“ceiling”).

• IPA^(key): /pləˈfɒn(d)/

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plafond (plural plafonds)

2. A ceiling, especially one that is ornately decorated.
4. A painting or decoration on a ceiling.
5. (anatomy) The tibial plafond.

• plafon (superseded)

Borrowed from French plafond.

• IPA^(key): /plaːˈfɔn/

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• Hyphenation: pla‧fond
• Rhymes: -ɔn

plafond n (plural plafonds, diminutive plafondje n or plafonnetje n)

1. ceiling [from 17th c.]
2. maximum, upper limit [from 20th c.]

• zoldering

• bamboeplafond
• plafondplaat
• plafondtegel
• prijsplafond
• rietplafond

• Afrikaans: plafon
• → Indonesian: plafon
• → Papiamentu: plafòn, blafòn
• → Sranan Tongo: plafon

From plat +‎ fond.

• IPA^(key): /pla.fɔ̃/

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plafond m (plural plafonds)

1. ceiling

• → Catalan: plafó
• → Danish: plafond
• → Dutch: plafond, plafon (superseded)
  • Afrikaans: plafon
  • → Indonesian: plafon
  • → Papiamentu: plafòn, blafòn
  • → Sranan Tongo: plafon
• → English: plafond
• → Galician: plafón
• → German: Plafond
• → Polish: plafon
• → Portuguese: plafom, plafond
• → Spanish: plafón

• “plafond”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from French plafond.

plafond m (invariable)

1. ceiling
2. (economics) upper limit (typically of a credit or debit card)

• plafonatura

Unadapted borrowing from French plafond.^[1][2]

plafond m (plural plafonds)

1. alternative form of plafom

plafond n (plural plafonduri)

1. obsolete form of plafon

• plafond in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN