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Webster 1913 Edition
Plancher
1.
A floor of wood; also, a plank.
[Obs.]
Bacon.
2.
(Arch.)
The under side of a cornice; a soffit.
Planch′er
,Verb.
T.
To form of planks.
[Obs.]
Golding.
Webster 1828 Edition
Plancher
PLANCH'ER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
plancher
plancher
English
Noun
plancher (plural planchers)
- A floor made of wood.
- A plank.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
- (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)
- (obsolete) To form using planks.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Golding to this entry?)
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plɑ̃ʃe/
Etymology 1
From planche.
Noun
plancher m (plural planchers)
Etymology 2
From planche.
Verb
plancher
- (intransitive) to talk
Conjugation
Conjugation of plancher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | plancher | avoir planché | |||||
| gerund | en planchant | en ayant planché | |||||
| present participle | planchant /plɑ̃.ʃɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | planché /plɑ̃.ʃe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | planche /plɑ̃ʃ/ |
planches /plɑ̃ʃ/ |
planche /plɑ̃ʃ/ |
planchons /plɑ̃.ʃɔ̃/ |
planchez /plɑ̃.ʃe/ |
planchent /plɑ̃ʃ/ |
| imperfect | planchais /plɑ̃.ʃɛ/ |
planchais /plɑ̃.ʃɛ/ |
planchait /plɑ̃.ʃɛ/ |
planchions /plɑ̃.ʃjɔ̃/ |
planchiez /plɑ̃.ʃje/ |
planchaient /plɑ̃.ʃɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | planchai /plɑ̃.ʃe/ |
planchas /plɑ̃.ʃa/ |
plancha /plɑ̃.ʃa/ |
planchâmes /plɑ̃.ʃam/ |
planchâtes /plɑ̃.ʃat/ |
planchèrent /plɑ̃.ʃɛʁ/ |
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| future | plancherai /plɑ̃ʃ.ʁe/ |
plancheras /plɑ̃ʃ.ʁa/ |
planchera /plɑ̃ʃ.ʁa/ |
plancherons /plɑ̃ʃ.ʁɔ̃/ |
plancherez /plɑ̃ʃ.ʁe/ |
plancheront /plɑ̃ʃ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | plancherais /plɑ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/ |
plancherais /plɑ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/ |
plancherait /plɑ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/ |
plancherions /plɑ̃.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
plancheriez /plɑ̃.ʃə.ʁje/ |
plancheraient /plɑ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | planche /plɑ̃ʃ/ |
planches /plɑ̃ʃ/ |
planche /plɑ̃ʃ/ |
planchions /plɑ̃.ʃjɔ̃/ |
planchiez /plɑ̃.ʃje/ |
planchent /plɑ̃ʃ/ |
| imperfect1 |
planchasse /plɑ̃.ʃas/ |
planchasses /plɑ̃.ʃas/ |
planchât /plɑ̃.ʃa/ |
planchassions /plɑ̃.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
planchassiez /plɑ̃.ʃa.sje/ |
planchassent /plɑ̃.ʃas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | planche /plɑ̃ʃ/ |
— | planchons /plɑ̃.ʃɔ̃/ |
planchez /plɑ̃.ʃe/ |
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