planche

Borrowed from French planche (“board”). Doublet of 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

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

1. plank; board (piece of wood)

• Anglo-Norman: planke (see there for further descendants)
• French: planche (see there for further descendants)
• Norman: plianche

• 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