Noun: plane
| Singular | plane |
| Plural | planes |
Sample Sentences
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Mirrors in the compartments have been canted out of the vertical plane to reduce reflections to the passengers when seated. [1979 August, Graham Burtenshaw, Michael S. Welch, “O.V.S. Bulleid's SR loco-hauled coaches - 1”, in Railway World, page 396:]
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astral plane
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Nettie's stories about her experiences in Africa point out many parallels between the African and American ways of life. Her stories about the African lifestyle and family structure, in particular, point out the sexist and oppressive conditions that women are forced to submit to on a global plane. [1982 December 4, Catherine Joseph, “Empowered into Enlightenment”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 20, page 8:]
Nouns inflected like plane
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-?
3. Proto-Indo-European *pel-?
4. Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-
5. Proto-Indo-European *-nós
6. Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂nós
7. Proto-Italic *plānos
8. Latin plānus
9. Latin plānumder.
10. English plane
11. 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. See: Latin Nouns '
plānum'.
Verbs referencing "plane"
Irish Nouns
plána.