What does planches in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word planches in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use planches in French.

The word planches in French means flooring, floor, floor, study, study for, plank, board, board, plate, bed, float, the boards, flat as a pancake, board, clear off, buzz off, put one's foot down, too-short trousers, minimum sentence, ocean floor, on solid ground. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word planches

flooring

nom masculin (séparation horizontale entre deux étages)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les ouvriers sont au premier étage en train de poser le plancher.
The workers are on the second floor installing the flooring.

floor

nom masculin (sol d'une pièce)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La jeune maman tenta de sortir de la chambre de son fils sans faire de bruit mais le plancher craqua et réveilla le bébé.
The young mother tried to leave her son's room quietly, but a floorboard creaked and woke the baby.

floor

adjectif (minimum) (figurative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Nous pouvons appliquer des réductions sur nos produits mais nous avons des prix planchers en dessous desquels il est impossible de descendre.
We can cut prices on our products, but we have lower limits below which it is impossible to descend.

study

verbe intransitif (familier (travailler dur)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")
Il planche dur pour avoir son examen.
He is studying hard to pass his test.

study for

verbe transitif indirect (travailler dur sur)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Il planche dur sur son examen.
He is studying hard for his test.

plank, board

nom féminin (morceau de bois plat et long)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le sol de cette pièce est recouvert de planches.
The floor of this room is covered with floorboards.

board

nom féminin (tablette de travail)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Pierre découpe la viande sur une planche.
Pierre cuts the meat on a board.

plate

nom féminin (page d'illustration) (picture)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Dans ce livre, il y a plusieurs planches en couleur.
In this book, there are several color plates.

bed

nom féminin (partie d'un jardin) (gardening)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Je sème une planche de salades.
I sow a bed of lettuce.

float

nom féminin (rectangle de natation) (swimming aid)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Pour apprendre le crawl, l'enfant s'aidait d'une planche.
To learn the crawl, the child used a float.

the boards

nom féminin pluriel (le théâtre, la scène)

(plural noun: Noun always used in plural form--for example, "jeans," "scissors.")
Mon rêve est de monter sur les planches.
My dream is to tread the boards.

flat as a pancake

nom féminin (familier (femme sans poitrine) (colloquial)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Sandrine est une vraie planche !
Sandrine is flat as a pancake.

board

nom féminin (nourriture servie sur une planche)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les amies ont commandé une planche de charcuterie pour deux.

clear off, buzz off

locution verbale (familier (partir, quitter un lieu) (colloquial)

(phrasal verb, intransitive: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning and not taking direct object--for example, "make up" [=reconcile]: "After they fought, they made up.")
They were told to clear off.

put one's foot down

locution verbale (accélérer à fond)

too-short trousers

nom masculin (familier (pantalon trop court) (UK)

(plural noun: Noun always used in plural form--for example, "jeans," "scissors.")
Son pantalon feu de plancher laissait apparaître ses chaussettes orange.
His too-short trousers showed his orange socks.

minimum sentence

nom féminin (peine minimale)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

ocean floor

nom masculin (fond de océans)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

on solid ground

locution adverbiale (familier (sur la terre ferme)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

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