plaisir, n.m., pleasure, delight, joy; recreation, diversion, sport, entertainment; will, consent, approbation; favor, courtesy, kindness, good turn. Se faire un — de; to take pleasure in, to be pleased to. Se faire un — de son devoir; to delight in doing one’s duty. Prendre — à quelque chose; to delight in anything. Cela fait — à voir; that is a pleasant sight. Nul — sans peine; no joy without alloy. La peine passe le —; the pain exceeds the pleasure. Partie de —; pleasure party, picnic. Jouer pour le —, pour son —; to play for love, for diversion. Menus —s; pocket-money. Faites-moi le —; do me the favor. À —; carefully; at one’s ease; gratuitously; designedly. Un conte fait or inventé à —; a made-up story, a gratuitous tale, a lie. Par —; for pastime, for sport; (fam., l.u.) by way of trial. Au —! good-bye! Faire —; to give pleasure, to oblige; to be pleasing.
plan, n.m., plane; plan, draught, design, model; scheme, project; ground, perspective. — incliné; inclined plane. Premier —; foreground. Arrière-—, (—-—s) (paint.) background. — d’arrimage; (nav.) tier. — de niveau; datum line. — horizontal; ground-plan. Lever de —s; surveying. Faire le — de; to survey. — à vue d’oiseau; bird’s-eye view. — en relief; plan in relief. Lever un —; to take a plan of. Faire l’élévation d’un —; to give a raised plan of. Réléguer au second —; to put into the background.
plan, -e, adj., even, plain, level, flat.
planche, n.f., board, plank; (engr.) plate; (gard.) bed, border. —s d’un bateau; planks, ribs, of a boat. — à bouteilles; bottle-rack. Faire la —; to float on one’s back. Monter sur les —s; to tread the boards. S’appuyer sur une — pourrie; to lean upon a rotten staff. Faire la — aux autres; to show others the way. — à débarquer; gangway of a boat. — de salut; sheet anchor. Jour de —; (com.) working day.
planchéiage, n.m., boarding, planking, flooring.
planchéier, v.a., to plank, to floor, to board (with planks).
planchéieur, n.m., floor-layer.
plancher, n.m., floor; ceiling; (nav.) stage. — parqueté; inlaid, wooden floor. — carrelé; brick, stone floor. Frotter un —; to scrub, or polish, a floor. Le — des vaches; dry land, terrâ firma. Sauter au —; to jump to the ceiling; (fig.) to be driven mad.
planchette, n.f., little board; (math.) plane table.
plançon or plantard, n.m., sapling; slip, twig, shoot (of willow, etc.).