planche

Borrowed from French planche (“board”). Doublet of phalange, phalanx, planch, plancha, and plank.

• IPA^(key): /plɑːnt͡ʃ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːnʃ, -ɑːntʃ

planche (plural planches)

1. (gymnastics) A position where the gymnast is horizontal and face-down, using only the hands as support.

planche

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of planchar

Borrowed from French planche, from Latin phalanga.

• IPA^(key): /planɡsjɘ/, [ˈpʰlɑŋɕɘ]

planche c (singular definite planchen, plural indefinite plancher)

1. plate (illustration)
2. poster

Inherited from Old French planche, from Vulgar Latin planca, contracted from palanca, from Latin phalanga, from Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx).

• IPA^(key): /plɑ̃ʃ/

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planche f (plural planches)

1. board
2. spread (picture covering a whole page)
3. plank
4. woodcut
5. board (used for sport, e.g. skateboard or surfboard)
6. (figuratively) plank, beanpole (very thin person)

planche

1. inflection of plancher:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

• planchiste
• planche à voile

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

• planke, planque

From Vulgar Latin planca, contracted from palanca, from Latin phalanga, possibly through the influence of planus. The Latin term derives from Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx).

planche oblique singular, f (oblique plural planches, nominative singular planche, nominative plural planches)

1. plank; board (piece of wood)

• Anglo-Norman: planke (see there for further descendants)
• Bourguignon: plainche
• Champenois: piainche
• French: planche (see there for further descendants)
• Norman: plianche, plaunque
• Picard: planque

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (planche, supplement)

planche

1. inflection of planchar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative