plane

avion

Véhicule muni d’ailes qui transporte des personnes ou des marchandises dans les airs.

En anglais simple : A vehicle with wings that carries people or goods through the air.

• We went there by plane.
• Our plane landed an hour late.
• Have you ever flown in a small plane?

Synonymes : airplane, aircraft, aeroplane

Expressions courantes : by plane, catch a plane, board a plane, on a plane

plan

Surface parfaitement plate imaginée sans limites dans toutes les directions, ou partie de cette surface.

En anglais simple : A completely flat surface, imagined as continuing forever in every direction, or part of that surface.

• The points lie in one plane.
• These two planes are parallel.
• Draw a line across the horizontal plane.

Expressions courantes : horizontal plane, vertical plane, in a plane, a flat plane

plan

Niveau auquel se situent la vie, la pensée ou les expériences spirituelles.

En anglais simple : A level of life, thought, or spiritual experience.

• She imagined life on another plane.
• Their conversation moved to a higher intellectual plane.
• The novel explores several planes of existence.

Synonymes : level

Expressions courantes : astral plane, a higher plane, spiritual plane

rabot

Outil manuel qui lisse le bois en retirant de très fines couches.

En anglais simple : A hand tool that makes wood smooth by cutting off very thin layers.

• He smoothed the board with a plane.
• The carpenter sharpened her plane.
• Thin shavings fell from the plane onto the floor.

Expressions courantes : a hand plane, use a plane, a sharp plane

raboter

Retirer de fines couches de bois avec un outil manuel pour le lisser ou réduire son épaisseur.

En anglais simple : To make wood smooth or thinner by cutting off thin layers with a hand tool.

• Plane the edge of the door.
• He planed the boards before painting them.
• The carpenter is planing the wooden surface flat.

Comment l'utiliser : plane something smooth/flat (She planed the rough board smooth.)

Synonymes : shave

Expressions courantes : plane a board, plane the edge, plane something smooth

planer

Se déplacer dans les airs sans battre des ailes ni utiliser de moteur.

En anglais simple : To move smoothly through the air without beating wings or using power.

• The bird planed toward the valley.
• An eagle was planing above the cliffs.
• The glider planed smoothly through the cool air.

Synonymes : glide, soar

Expressions courantes : plane through something, plane over something, plane downward