plane, n.m. V. platane.
plane, n.f., draw-knife; turning chisel; spoke-shave.
planer, v.n., to hover, to tower; to soar; to look down (from on high). Un milan qui plane; a kite hovering. — sur les difficultés; to soar above difficulties (i.e., to overcome them).
planer, v.a., to make smooth, to plane, to planish. — un morceau de bois; to plane a piece of wood. — le cuivre; to beat copper smooth. — une peau; to strip the wool off a skin.
planétaire, adj., planetary.
planétaire, n.m., planetarium, orrery.
planète, n.f., planet, star.
planeur, n.m., (manu.) planisher.
planimétrie, n.f., (geom.) planimetry.
planisphère, n.m., planisphere.