planche

French

noun
Definitions
  • board
  • spread (picture covering a whole page)
  • plank
  • woodcut
  • board (used for sport, e.g. skateboard or surfboard)
  • (figuratively) plank, beanpole (very thin person)

Etymology

Inherited from Old French planche inherited from Latin planca (board, slab), phalanga (pole for carrying things, wooden roller, roller pole for moving heavy objects, roller, pole) derived from Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (battle order, array, log, etc, body of soldiers, trunk, phalanx, battle array, stem).

Origin

Ancient Greek

φάλαγξ

Gloss

battle order, array, log, etc, body of soldiers, trunk, phalanx, battle array, stem

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