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5-letter words (4 found)

PANEL,PENAL,PLANE,PLENA,

4-letter words (14 found)

ELAN,LANE,LEAN,LEAP,NAPE,NEAL,NEAP,PALE,PANE,PEAL,PEAN,PELA,PLAN,PLEA,

3-letter words (16 found)

ALE,ALP,ANE,APE,EAN,LAP,LEA,LEP,NAE,NAP,NEP,PAL,PAN,PEA,PEL,PEN,

2-letter words (11 found)

AE,AL,AN,EA,EL,EN,LA,NA,NE,PA,PE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 46 words from plane according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of plane

plane lpane palne aplne lapne alpne plnae lpnae pnlae nplae lnpae nlpae panle apnle pnale npale anple naple lanpe alnpe lnape nlape anlpe nalpe plaen lpaen palen aplen lapen alpen plean lpean pelan eplan lepan elpan paeln apeln pealn epaln aepln eapln laepn alepn leapn elapn aelpn ealpn plnea lpnea pnlea nplea lnpea nlpea plena lpena pelna eplna lepna elpna pnela npela penla epnla nepla enpla lnepa nlepa lenpa elnpa nelpa enlpa panel apnel pnael npael anpel napel paenl apenl peanl epanl aepnl eapnl pneal npeal penal epnal nepal enpal anepl naepl aenpl eanpl neapl enapl lanep alnep lnaep nlaep anlep nalep laenp alenp leanp elanp aelnp ealnp lneap nleap lenap elnap nelap enlap anelp naelp aenlp eanlp nealp enalp

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Definitions and meaning of plane

plane

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pleɪn/
  • Rhymes: -eɪn
  • Homophone: plain

Etymology 1

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, and plain.

Adjective

plane (comparative planer, superlative planest)

  1. Of a surface: flat or level.
Translations

Noun

plane (plural planes)

  1. A level or flat surface.
  3. (geometry) A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane).
    1. (anatomy) An imaginary plane which divides the body into two portions.
  4. A level of existence or development.
  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. (Compare wing, airfoil, hydrofoil.)
  6. (computing, Unicode) Any of 17 designated ranges of 216 (65,536) sequential code points each.
Hyponyms
  • (mathematics): real plane, complex plane
  • (anatomy): coronal plane, frontal plane, sagittal plane, transverse plane
  • (level of existence): astral plane
  • (control surface): diving plane
  • (Unicode): BMP, PUP, SIP, SMP, SPUA, SSP, supplementary plane, TIP
Derived terms
Related terms
  • plain
  • planar
  • planate
Descendants
  • → Irish: plána
Translations

Etymology 2

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

Noun

plane (plural planes)

  2. (countable, carpentry) A tool for smoothing wood by removing thin layers from the surface.
Translations
See also
  • rhykenologist

Verb

plane (third-person singular simple present planes, present participle planing, simple past and past participle planed)

  1. (transitive, carpentry) To smooth (wood) with a plane.
Translations

Etymology 3

Clipping of aeroplane.

Alternative forms

  • 'plane (dated)

Noun

plane (plural planes)

  1. An airplane; an aeroplane.
  2. (entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies, of various genera, having a slow gliding flight.
    Synonym: aeroplane
  3. (entomology) The butterfly Bindahara phocides, family Lycaenidae, of Asia and Australasia.
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

plane (third-person singular simple present planes, present participle planing, simple past and past participle planed)

  1. (nautical, of a boat) To move in a way that lifts the bow out of the water.
  2. To glide or soar.
Translations

Etymology 4

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

Noun

plane (plural planes)

  2. (countable) A deciduous tree of the genus Platanus.
  3. (Northern UK) A sycamore.
Derived terms
  • Cape plane
  • London plane
  • oriental plane, oriental plane tree
Translations

Further reading

  • Plane on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Alpen, Nepal, Palen, Plean, palen, panel, penal, plena

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈplanɛ]

Verb

plane

  1. third-person singular present of planout

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /plan/
  • Homophone: planes

Adjective

plane

  1. feminine singular of plan

Verb

plane

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

Anagrams

  • Népal, pénal

German

Pronunciation

Verb

plane

  1. inflection of planen:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
    3. singular imperative

Latin

Etymology

From plānus (“intelligible, clear”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈplaː.neː/, [ˈpɫ̪äːneː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpla.ne/, [ˈpläːne]

Adverb

plānē (comparative plānius, superlative plānissimē)

  1. plainly (to the senses or understanding), distinctly, intelligibly
  2. (emphasising correctness) clearly, obviously
    1. (also used as an affirmative answer)
  3. wholly, utterly, thoroughly, quite

Related terms

  • plānus

Descendants

  • → Hungarian: pláne

References

  • “plānē” on page 1526 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)

Further reading

  • “plane”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “plane”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • plane in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • plane in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co.

Anagrams

  • plēnā, plēna

Lithuanian

Noun

plane m

  1. locative singular of planas

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

plane

  1. definite singular of plan
  2. plural of plan

Portuguese

Verb

plane

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

Swedish

Adjective

plane

  1. definite natural masculine singular of plan

Anagrams

  • Nepal, alpen

Source: wiktionary.org