| Principales traductions |
| plane n | abbreviation (airplane, aeroplane) | avion nm |
| | (Aéronautique) | appareil nm |
| | We boarded the plane ten minutes early. |
| | Nous sommes montés à bord de l'avion avec dix minutes d'avance. |
| | ⓘCette phrase n'est pas une traduction de la phrase originale. Le Concorde était un magnifique appareil. |
| plane n | (flat surface) (surface plane) | plan nm |
| | A ramp is an inclined plane. |
| | Une rampe est un plan incliné. |
| plane n | (instrument for smoothing wood) | rabot nm |
| | The carpenter used a plane to smooth the rough piece of wood. |
| | Le menuisier a utilisé un rabot pour lisser le morceau de bois rugueux. |
| plane adj | (level) (surface) | plan, plat adj |
| | Jill used a spirit level to ensure she had a plane surface. |
| | Jill a utilisé un niveau pour s'assurer que la surface était plane. |
| Traductions supplémentaires |
| plane n | figurative (elevation) (figuré) | niveau nm |
| | He lives on a higher moral plane than the rest of us. |
| | Son niveau de moralité est supérieur à celui de la plupart d'entre nous. |
| plane⇒ vi | (glide) | glisser⇒, déraper⇒ vi |
| | The car planed along the icy road surface. |
| | La voiture a glissé (or: a dérapé) sur la chaussée verglacée. |
| plane vi | (work with a plane) | raboter⇒ vtr |
| | The carpenter will cut, plane, and sand to achieve a smooth result. |
| | Le menuisier va scier, raboter et poncer pour obtenir une surface lisse. |
| plane [sth]⇒ vtr | (make level) (rendre plan) | aplanir⇒ vtr |
| | The bulldozers planed the land. |
| | Les bulldozers ont aplani le terrain. |
| plane [sth] vtr | (wood: smooth with a plane) | raboter⇒ vtr |
| | Richard planed the rough spots on the piece of wood until they were smooth. |
| | Richard a raboté les endroits rugueux sur le morceau de pièce jusqu'à ce qu'il soit lisse. |
Formes composées
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| bush plane n | (for remote areas) | avion de cabotage, avion de brousse |
| | A bush plane is sometimes the only means of getting to remote locations. |
| | Un avion de cabotage est parfois le seul moyen d'accéder à des lieux isolés. |
| cargo plane n | (freight aircraft) | avion-cargo nm |
| | The airport extended its runway to accommodate bigger cargo planes. |
| chartered plane n | (aircraft hired for private use) (anglicisme) | charter nm |
| | | avion affrété nm |
| | He can even afford a chartered plane to take him to and from the ranch. |
| commuter aircraft n | (plane for short journeys) | navette aérienne nf |
| | The commuter aircraft only carried 30 passengers. |
| commuter plane n | colloquial (aircraft for short journeys) | navette aérienne nf |
| | Commuter planes are used by airlines to fly to smaller cities. |
| fault plane | (geology) (Géologie) | plan de faille nm |
| focal-plane array n | (digital imaging device) | matrice plan focal nf |
| ground plane n | (horizontal plane) | plan de sol, plan de masse nm |
| ground plane n | (electric: ground plate) (électricité) | plan de sol nm |
half plane,
half-plane n | (mathematics: part of a plane) (Maths) | demi-plan nm |
| horizontal plane n | (parallel to horizon) | plan horizontal nm |
| | The teacher asked the students to calculate the speed of a car moving along a horizontal plane. |
horizontal stabilizer,
also UK: horizontal stabiliser,
tail plane n | (aeronautics) (Aéronautique) | stabilisateur horizontal nm |
| inclined plane n | (sloping, tilted surface) | plan incliné nm |
| | When painting with water-colours, keep the paper on an inclined plane so the water can run downwards. |
jet airplane,
(US),
jet aeroplane (UK),
jet plane n | (aircraft) | avion à réaction nm |
| jointer plane | (carpentry) (grand rabot) | varlope nf |
paper airplane (US),
paper aeroplane (UK),
paper plane n | (plane: folded paper) | avion en papier nm |
| | The children threw paper airplanes across the room. |
| | Les enfants lançaient des avions en papier à travers la pièce. |
| passenger plane n | colloquial (aircraft: carries travelers) | avion de ligne nm |
| | The de Havilland Comet was the world's first jet passenger plane. |
plain sailing (UK),
plane sailing (UK),
clear sailing (US) n | figurative (easy course) (familier) | de la tarte, du gâteau expr |
| | This isn't a hard circuit; once the drivers are past the second corner, it's plain sailing. |
| plane crash n | (aircraft accident) | crash (aérien) nm |
| | A stone memorial commemorates the plane crash of 1981. |
| | Une stèle commémore le crash aérien de 1981. |
| plane figure n | (two-dimensional shape) | figure plane nf |
| plane sailing n | (nautical: navigation method) (Nautique) | navigation loxodromique, navigation à cap constant nf |
| plane spotter n | (hobbyist who observes aircraft) | observateur d'avions, observatrice d'avions nm, nf |
| | A plane spotter has been accused of spying on military aircraft. |
| plane table n | (drawing board) (Topographie) | planchette nf |
| plane-table [sth]⇒ vtr | (surveying) (Topographie) | lever des plans de [qch] à la planchette loc v |
| plane ticket n | (entitlement to travel by aircraft) | billet d'avion nm |
| | Have you booked your plane ticket yet? The use of paper plane tickets is declining in the age of computers. |
| | As-tu déjà réservé ton billet d'avion? |
plane tree,
American planetree n | (American sycamore) | platane occidental nm |
| | The plane tree is a species that is native to North America. |
plane tree,
London plane n | (deciduous tree) | platane nm |
| | Plane trees were commonly planted in London in the 18th and 19th centuries. |
| plane trip n | informal (journey by aeroplane) | voyage en avion nm |
| | The longest plane trip I've ever taken was from Khartoum to Singapore. |
| | | vol en avion nm |
| | Le plus long vol en avion que j'aie jamais fait était entre Khartoum et Singapour. |
| plane watching n | informal (hobby: aeroplane spotting) | regarder les avions loc v |
| | Aaron's main hobby is plane watching. |
| private plane n | (aircraft owned or hired privately) | avion privé nm |
| remote-control plane n | (model aircraft) | avion télécommandé nm |
| | Tony built a remote-control plane from a kit. |
| | | avion radiocommandé nm |
| rocket plane n | (aircraft that launches rockets) (aéronautique) | avion-fusée nm |
| | Certains avions-fusées sont capables d'atteindre des vitesses de plus de Mach 6. |
| spy plane n | (aircraft used for espionage) | avion espion nm |