plancher

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English

Etymology

French planche.

Noun

plancher (plural planchers)

  1. A floor made of wood.
  2. A plank.
    • 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis , “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. , London: William Rawley ; rinted by J H for William Lee , →OCLC:
      Elm; some for planchers
  3. (architecture) The underside of a cornice; a soffit.

Verb

plancher (third-person singular simple present planchers, present participle planchering, simple past and past participle planchered)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To form using planks.
    • 1586, Conrad Heresbach, Foure Bookes of Husbandrie:
      your stable be well paved with rounde stone, wel planchered and kept clean

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /plɑ̃.ʃe/
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Etymology 1

From planche.

Noun

plancher m (plural planchers)

  1. floor
  2. lower limit
  3. (anatomy) floor
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From planche.

Verb

plancher

  1. (intransitive) to study something thoroughly, to work hard on something, to brainstorm
    J'ai planché sur le sujet.
    I have made extensive research on the topic.
    • 2025 June 9, François Tonneau, ““Mettre fin à la pêche illégale” : l'alerte des scientifiques”, in La Provence, →ISSN:
      une centaine de scientifiques ont donc planché toute la semaine, préparant leurs recommandations, avant de les restituer ce dimanche à Emmanuel Macron et un aréopage de personnalités.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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