plane
/pleɪn/
plane adjective: of a surface: flat or level.
Adjective
Noun (1)
plane (plural planes)
- A level or flat surface.
- A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane); a bounded portion thereof.
- 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
- An imaginary plane which divides the body into two portions.
- A level of existence or development.
- astral plane
- 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
- 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.
- Any of 17 designated ranges of 2¹⁶ (65,536) sequential code points each.
Noun (2)
plane (plural planes)
Verb (1)
plane (third-person singular simple present planes, present participle planing, simple past and past participle planed)
- To smooth (wood) with a plane.
Noun (3)
plane (plural planes)
- An airplane; an aeroplane.
- on a plane
- The plane is travelling impossibly slowly – 30km an hour – when it gently noses up and leaves the ground. With air beneath them, the rangy wings seem to gain strength; the fuselage that on the ground seemed flimsy becomes elegant, like a crane vaunting in flight. It seems not to fly, though, so...2013 September 6, Tom Cheshire, “Solar-powered travel”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 13, archived from the original on 11 Apr 2023, page 34
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies, of various genera, having a slow gliding flight.
- Synonyms:
- aeroplane
- The butterfly Bindahara phocides, family Lycaenidae, of Asia and Australasia.
Verb (2)
plane (third-person singular simple present planes, present participle planing, simple past and past participle planed)
Noun (4)
plane (plural planes)
plane meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
plane in Hindi
- of a surface: flat or level.
- समतल samtal
- geometry: flat surface extending infinitely in all directions
- समतल samtal
- level or flat surface
- समतल samtal
- a tool
- रंदा randā
plane in Tamil
- to plane, smooth off
- கிறாம்பு kiṟāmpu
- to plane, scrape off
- இழை iḻai
plane in Urdu
- airplane
- طَیّارَہ taiyāra, ہَوائی جَہاز havāī jahāz, جَہاز jahāz, ہَوا پَیْما havā paymā, وِمان vimān
- deciduous tree
- چنار činar
plane in Bengali
- airplane
- খপোত khopōt, উড়োজাহাজ uṛōjahaj, বিমান biman, আকাশযান akaśjan
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- plane in Telugu
- చిత్రిక పట్టు citrika paṭṭu
- plane in Malayalam
- ചിനാർ cināṟ
- plane in Kannada
- ಸಮತಲ samatala
- plane in Punjabi
- ਹਵਾਈ-ਜਹਾਜ਼ havāī-jahāz, ਜਹਾਜ਼ jahāz, ہَوائی جَہاز, جَہاز jahāz
- plane in Gujarati
- સપાટ sapāṭ, સમતલ samtal, સમતળ samtaḷ, વિમાન vimān
- plane in Nepali
- ताछ्नु tāchnu
- plane in Pashto
- الوتکه alwatëka, طياره tayāra, هوايي جهاز hawāyi jahāz
- plane in Tagalog
- lapya, katam
- plane in Arabic
- مِسْحَاج misḥāj, مِنْجَرَة minjara, مِسْحَج misḥaj, سَحَجَ saḥaja
- plane in Malay
- satah, kapal terbang
- plane in Indonesian
- pesawat, pesawat terbang, kapal terbang
- plane in Persian
- رنده rande, چنار čenâr, دلب dolb
- plane in Thai
- เรียบ rîiap, ราบ râap, ระนาบ, เครื่องบิน krʉ̂ʉang-bin
- plane in Vietnamese
- bằng, phẳng, bằng phẳng, bào
- plane in Myanmar
- လေယာဉ်ပျံ leyanypyam
- Kashmiri
- پلین plēn
Examples of plane in a sentence
- The plane is travelling impossibly slowly – 30km an hour – when it gently noses up and leaves the ground.2013 September 6, Tom Cheshire, “Solar-powered travel”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 13, archived from the original on 11 Apr...
- Boeing said it agreed with the Federal Aviation Administration’s decision to ground the 737 Max 9 planes while they are inspected.2024 January 8, Paradise Afshar, Elizabeth Wolfe, Gregory Wallace, Pete Muntean, “New details emerge on piece of Alaska Airlines plane that...
Synonyms of plane
Forms of plane
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | planer |
| superlative | planest |
| Noun | |
| plural | planes |
| alternative form (dated) | 'plane |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | planes |
| present participle | planing |
| past participle | planed |
| past | planed |
Origin of plane
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”).
Clipping of aeroplane.
Words formed from plane
- planiform
- handplane
- planable
- replane
- planeness
- abstract plane
- aerospace plane
- antiplane
- aquaplane
- astral plane
- axial plane
- backplane
- bedding plane
- bit plane
- bow plane
- Bragg plane
- capping plane
- Cartesian plane
- centerplane
- chase plane
- compass plane
- control plane
- convexoplane
- coordinate plane
- coplane
- data plane
- datum plane
- death plane
- divisional plane
- doomsday plane
- ecliptic plane
- eigenplane
- emotional plane
- equatorial plane
- Euclidean plane
- fairwater plane
- false plane tree
- Fano plane
- fault plane
- fighter plane
- focal plane
- forwarding plane
- fracture plane
- Frankfurt plane
- ghost plane
- gliding plane
- gutter plane
- half-plane
- horizontal plane
- hyperbolic plane
- hyperplane
- inclined plane
- inplane
- in-plane switching
- interplane
- intraplane
- invariable plane
- jack plane
- jet plane
- jointer plane
Phrases with plane
- S plane
- spy plane
- zoo plane
- bush plane
- Cape plane
- lead plane
- mail plane
- plane iron
- plane mile
- plane tree
- plane wave
- real plane
84 more phrasesFewer phrases
- reed plane
- time plane
- user plane
- view plane
- cargo plane
- paper plane
- phase plane
- plane angle
- plane curve
- plane graph
- plane irons
- plane joint
- plane miles
- plane table
- plane trees
- plane waves
- proof plane
- stern plane
- water plane
- diving plane
- London plane
- median plane
- mental plane
- mesial plane
- plane angles
- plane curves
- plane fright
- plane graphs
- plane joints
- plane mirror
- plane tables
- plane ticket
- rabbet plane
- rebate plane
- reglet plane
- rocket plane
- arsenal plane
- complex plane
- coronal plane
- frontal plane
- Laplace plane
- Moufang plane
- oblique plane
- orbital plane
- picture plane
- plane sailing
- plane tickets
- pursuit plane
- radical plane
- sniffer plane
- spotter plane
- tangent plane
- land the plane
- oriental plane
- physical plane
- plane geometry
- sagittal plane
- symmetry plane
- lands the plane
- spiritual plane
- landed the plane
- projective plane
- scaleboard plane
- transaxial plane
- transverse plane
- landing the plane
- London plane tree
- plane of ecliptic
- plane of symmetry
- London plane trees
- plane of insertion
- plane trigonometry
- transpyloric plane
- oriental plane tree
- supplementary plane
- here comes the plane
- oriental plane trees
- plane trigonometries
- plane polarized light
- real projective plane
- build the plane while flying it
- built the plane while flying it
- builds the plane while flying it
- building the plane while flying it
Words that rhyme with plane
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- drain
- pane
- gain
- main
- sustain
- vein
- entertain
- skein
- Wayne
- abstain
- bane
- campaign
- champagne
- crane
- entrain
- fain
- insane
- maine
- pain
- stain
- wane
- Aquitaine
- ascertain
- chicane
- contain
- detain
- explain
- maintain
- mundane
- obtain
- refrain
- remain
- vane
- amain
- arcane
- Blaine
- complain
- deign
- detrain
- distrain
- kane
- ordain
- pertain
- profane
- public domain
- reign
- swain
- terrain
Questions about plane
- What does plane mean?
- Plane means of a surface: flat or level.
- What is plane in Hindi?
- Plane in Hindi is समतल (samtal), रंदा (randā), विमान (vimān). See Plane meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use plane in a sentence?
- The plane is travelling impossibly slowly – 30km an hour – when it gently noses up and leaves the ground.
- What part of speech is plane?
- Plane can be an adjective, a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce plane?
- Plane is pronounced /pleɪn/.
Words near plane in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: plane (page history and authors); இழை (Tamil) (page history and authors); ताछ्नु (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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