plana

See also: planá, plána, plaña, plāna, plānā, and plan A

English

Noun

plana

1. plural of planum

Anagrams

• LANAP, LAPAN, Lapan

Asturian

Adjective

plana

1. feminine singular of planu

Catalan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpla.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpla.na]

Noun

plana f (plural planes)

1. plain (an expanse of land with relatively low relief)

   Synonyms: planura, planúria, planícia

2. flounder

   Synonym: rèmol de riu

3. face; side (of a sheet of paper)
4. page (of a newspaper, or website etc.)

   Synonym: pàgina

Adjective

plana f sg

1. feminine singular of pla

Etymology 2

Verb

plana

1. inflection of planar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “plana” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “plana”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “plana” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “plana” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈplana]

Verb

plana

1. masculine singular present transgressive of planout

French

Verb

plana

1. third-person singular past historic of planer

Anagrams

• palan

Galician

Adjective

plana f sg

1. feminine singular of plano

Icelandic

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin plānus (“level, flat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʰlaːna/
• Rhymes: -aːna

Verb

plana (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative planaði, supine planað)

1. (informal) to plan

   Synonym: skipuleggja

2. (mechanics' jargon) to plane (make flat, level)

Conjugation

plana — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að plana
supine (sagnbót)		planað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		planandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég plana	við plönum	present (nútíð)	ég plani	við plönum
	þú planar	þið planið		þú planir	þið planið
	hann, hún, það planar	þeir, þær, þau plana		hann, hún, það plani	þeir, þær, þau plani
past (þátíð)	ég planaði	við plönuðum	past (þátíð)	ég planaði	við plönuðum
	þú planaðir	þið plönuðuð		þú planaðir	þið plönuðuð
	hann, hún, það planaði	þeir, þær, þau plönuðu		hann, hún, það planaði	þeir, þær, þau plönuðu
imperative (boðháttur)	plana (þú)	planið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	planaðu	planiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

planast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að planast
supine (sagnbót)		planast
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		planandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég planast	við plönumst	present (nútíð)	ég planist	við plönumst
	þú planast	þið planist		þú planist	þið planist
	hann, hún, það planast	þeir, þær, þau planast		hann, hún, það planist	þeir, þær, þau planist
past (þátíð)	ég planaðist	við plönuðumst	past (þátíð)	ég planaðist	við plönuðumst
	þú planaðist	þið plönuðust		þú planaðist	þið plönuðust
	hann, hún, það planaðist	þeir, þær, þau plönuðust		hann, hún, það planaðist	þeir, þær, þau plönuðust
imperative (boðháttur)	planast (þú)	planist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	planastu	planisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

planaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	planaður	plönuð	planað		planaðir	planaðar	plönuð
accusative (þolfall)	planaðan	planaða	planað		planaða	planaðar	plönuð
dative (þágufall)	plönuðum	planaðri	plönuðu		plönuðum	plönuðum	plönuðum
genitive (eignarfall)	planaðs	planaðrar	planaðs		planaðra	planaðra	planaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	planaði	planaða	planaða		plönuðu	plönuðu	plönuðu
accusative (þolfall)	planaða	plönuðu	planaða		plönuðu	plönuðu	plönuðu
dative (þágufall)	planaða	plönuðu	planaða		plönuðu	plönuðu	plönuðu
genitive (eignarfall)	planaða	plönuðu	planaða		plönuðu	plönuðu	plönuðu

Italian

Verb

plana

1. inflection of planare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms

• plānātōrium

Noun

plāna f (genitive plānae); first declension

1. (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) smoothing plane
   • c. 800, “Caroli Magni Breviarium rerum fiscalinum”, in Julius Ludwig Ideler, editor, Leben und Wandel Karls des Großen. Einleitung, Urschrift, Erläuterung, Urkundensammlung, in zwei Bänden, volume 2, published 1839, page 239 l. 6:

     Habet desuper solarium curticulam similiter tunimo interclusam, pomerium contiguum, diversi generis arborum pemorosum; infra vivarium cum piscibus I. hortum bene compositum I. vestimenta ad lectum parandum I. drappos ad discum parandum I. toaclam I. Utensilia, concas aereas II. pocularem I. baccinum I. caldaria aerea II. ferrum I. sartaginem I. cramalium I. andedam I. terebros II. scalprum I. asciam I. runcinam I. planam I. falces II. falciolas III. fussoria II. palas ferro paratas II. Utensilia lignea sufficienter.

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Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	plāna	plānae
genitive	plānae	plānārum
dative	plānae	plānīs
accusative	plānam	plānās
ablative	plānā	plānīs
vocative	plāna	plānae

Descendants

plāna

• Bresciano: piona
• Catalan: plana
• Comasco: piana, piona
• Old French: plaine
  • → Middle English: plaine, plaine
    • English: plane
    • → Irish: plána
• Friulian: plana
• Istriot: spiana
• Ladin: plana
• Lombard: piana
• Neapolitan: chiana
• Sardinian: prana
• Piedmontese: piana
• Portuguese: plaina
• Old Occitan: plana
• Sicilian: chiana
• Spanish: llana, plana
• Trentino: piona
• Venetan: piana
• Veronese: piona
• → Greek: πλάνη (pláni)

*plānea

• Northern Italian: piagna
• → Greek: πλάνια (plánia)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: پلانیه (planya)
    • Turkish: planya
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: бла̏ња

  Latin script: blȁnja

*plānula

• Italian: pialla

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• plāna: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈplaː.na/, [ˈpɫ̪äːnä]
• plāna: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpla.na/, [ˈpläːnä]
• plāna: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈplaː.na/, [ˈpɫ̪äːnä]
• plāna: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpla.na/, [ˈpläːnä]

Adjective

plāna

1. inflection of plānus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/nominative neuter plural

Adjective

plānā

1. ablative feminine singular of plānus

References

• “plana”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• plana 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)
• plana in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Mussafia, Adolf (1873) Beitrag zur Kunde der norditalienischen Mundarten im XV. Jahrhunderte (Denkschriften der Philosophisch-Historischen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften; 22), Wien: In Commission bei Karl Gerold’s Sohn, page 88

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

plana n pl

1. definite plural of plan

Occitan

Pronunciation

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Adjective

plana

1. feminine singular of plan

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈplɐ̃.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈplɐ̃.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈplɐ.na/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈplɐ.nɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈplɐ.nɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpla.nɐ/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐnɐ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃nɐ
• Hyphenation: pla‧na

Adjective

plana

1. feminine singular of plano

Etymology 2

Verb

plana

1. inflection of planar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French planer.

Verb

a plana (third-person singular present planează, past participle planat) 1st conj.

1. to plane

Conjugation

    conjugation of plana (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a plana
gerund			planând
past participle			planat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	planez	planezi	planează	planăm	planați	planează
	imperfect	planam	planai	plana	planam	planați	planau
	simple perfect	planai	planași	plană	planarăm	planarăți	planară
	pluperfect	planasem	planaseși	planase	planaserăm	planaserăți	planaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să planez	să planezi	să planeze	să planăm	să planați	să planeze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		planează			planați
	negative		nu plana			nu planați

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From English plan.

Noun

plana m (plural planaichean)

1. plan

Mutation

Mutation of plana

radical	lenition
plana	phlana

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplana/ [ˈpla.na]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: pla‧na

Noun

plana f (plural planas)

1. face; side (of a sheet of paper)
2. page (of a newspaper)

   Synonym: página

Derived terms

• a toda plana
• enmendar la plana

 

Adjective

plana

1. feminine singular of plano

Further reading

• “plana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Swedish

Etymology

From plan +‎ -a.

Adjective

plana

1. inflection of plan:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Verb

plana (present planar, preterite planade, supine planat, imperative plana)

1. plane; to move in a way that lifts the bow of a boat out of the water

Conjugation

Conjugation of plana (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	plana		—
Supine	planat		—
Imperative	plana		—
Imper. plural1	planen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	planar	planade	—	—
Ind. plural1	plana	planade	—	—
Subjunctive2	plane	planade	—	—
	Participles
Present participle	planande
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

See also

• Medelplana
• plana ut