Meaning

12 senses

  1. A level or flat surface.

    a level of existence or development

  2. A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane); a bounded portion thereof.

    Ebene

    пло́скостьplóskostʹ

  3. A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane); a bounded portion thereof.

    An imaginary plane which divides the body into two portions.

  4. A level of existence or development.

    astral plane

    Ebene

    у́ровеньúrovenʹ

  5. A roughly flat, thin, often moveable structure used to create lateral force by the flow of air or water over its surface, found on aircraft, submarines, etc.

  6. Any of 17 designated ranges of 2¹⁶ (65,536) sequential code points each.

  7. (countable)A tool for smoothing wood by removing thin layers from the surface.

    Hobel

    руба́нокrubánok, стругstrug, калёвкаkaljóvka

    руба́нокrubánok, ге́мбельhémbelʹ

    a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood

  8. An airplane; an aeroplane.

    on a plane

    Flugzeug, Flieger, Maschine

    самолётsamoljót, аэропла́нaeroplán

    літа́кliták, аеропла́нaeroplán

  9. Any of various nymphalid butterflies, of various genera, having a slow gliding flight.

  10. The butterfly Bindahara phocides, family Lycaenidae, of Asia and Australasia.

  11. (countable)A deciduous tree of the genus Platanus.

    Platane

    плата́нplatán, чина́рčinár, чина́раčinára

    чинарčynar

  12. (Northern UK)A sycamore.

Examples

1380 sentences

  1. She died in a plane crash.

    Вона загинула в авіакатастрофі.

    ruОна погибла в авиакатастрофе.

    deSie kam bei einem Flugzeugabsturz ums Leben.

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  2. The plane will arrive at three.

    Літак прибуває о третій годині.

    ruСамолёт прибудет в три.

    deDas Flugzeug wird um drei ankommen.

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  3. Tom died in a plane crash.

    Том загинув у авіакатастрофі.

    ruТом погиб в авиакатастрофе.

    deTom starb bei einem Flugzeugabsturz.

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  4. What time is your plane landing?

    Коли приземляється твій літак?

    ruВо сколько приземляется твой самолёт?

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  5. I've got a plane to catch.

    Мені потрібно встигнути на літак.

    ruМне надо успеть на самолёт.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
a tool:
airplane:
deciduous tree:
Русский
By meaning 5
geometry: flat surface extending infinitely in all directions:
level of existence:
a tool:
airplane:
deciduous tree:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
geometry: flat surface extending infinitely in all directions:
a tool:
airplane:
deciduous tree:

Origin

From Latin plānum (“flat surface”), a noun use of the neuter of plānus (“plain”). The word

From Latin plānum (“flat surface”), a noun use of the neuter of plānus (“plain”). The word was introduced in the 17th century to distinguish the geometrical senses from the other senses of plain. Doublet of llano, piano, plain, and plan.

From Middle English plane, plaine, from Anglo-Norman plaine, from Late Latin plāna (“planing tool”).

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

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Forms

plural: planes
Singularplane
Pluralplanes

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
aeroplaneA1
Close in meaning

Word family

156 related words
RelatedplainB1planarplanaterhykenologist
Derivedabstract planeaerospace planeantiplaneaquaplaneastral planeaxial planebackplanebedding planebow planecapping planecenterplanechase planecompass planecontrol planeconvexoplanecoordinate planecoplanedata planedatum planedeath planedivisional planedoomsday planeecliptic planeeigenplane

Collocations

12 patterns
  • on the plane
  • plane crash
  • the same plane
  • the plane crash
  • plane took off
  • traveling by plane
  • same plane as
  • a plane crash
  • boarded the plane
  • model plane
  • same plane
  • on a plane

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
plaitplanA1planchetteplanetA2planetariumplanetary
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