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See also: PLAN, Plan, plán, plån and pláň

Contents

 1English
o 1.1Etymology
o 1.2Pronunciation
o 1.3Noun
 1.3.1Usage notes
 1.3.2Derived terms
 1.3.3Related terms
 1.3.4Descendants
 1.3.5Translations
o 1.4Verb
 1.4.1Usage notes
 1.4.2Derived terms
 1.4.3Translations
o 1.5Further reading
 2Dutch
o 2.1Pronunciation
o 2.2Etymology 1
 2.2.1Noun
 2.2.1.1Derived terms
o 2.3Etymology 2
 2.3.1Verb
 3French
o 3.1Pronunciation
o 3.2Etymology 1
 3.2.1Noun
 3.2.1.1Derived terms
 3.2.1.2Descendants
o 3.3Etymology 2
 3.3.1Adjective
o 3.4Further reading
 4Friulian
o 4.1Etymology
o 4.2Adjective
 4.2.1Related terms
 4.2.2See also
o 4.3Noun
 5German
o 5.1Etymology
o 5.2Pronunciation
o 5.3Adjective
 5.3.1Declension
 5.3.2Derived terms
 5.3.3See also
o 5.4Further reading
 6Norwegian Bokmål
o 6.1Etymology
o 6.2Noun
 6.2.1Derived terms
o 6.3References
 7Norwegian Nynorsk
o 7.1Pronunciation
o 7.2Etymology 1
 7.2.1Noun
  7.2.2Derived terms
o 7.3Etymology 2
 7.3.1Noun
 7.3.1.1Derived terms
o 7.4Etymology 3
 7.4.1Adjective
o 7.5References
 8Occitan
o 8.1Noun
o 8.2Adjective
o 8.3Adverb
o 8.4Further reading
 9Polish
o 9.1Pronunciation
o 9.2Noun
 9.2.1Declension
o 9.3Further reading
 10Serbo-Croatian
o 10.1Etymology
o 10.2Pronunciation
o 10.3Noun
 10.3.1Declension
 11Spanish
o 11.1Etymology
o 11.2Pronunciation
o 11.3Noun
 11.3.1Synonyms
 11.3.2Derived terms
 11.3.3Related terms
 11.3.4Descendants
o 11.4Further reading
 12Swedish
o 12.1Pronunciation
o 12.2Adjective
 12.2.1Declension
o 12.3Noun
 12.3.1Declension
 12.3.2Derived terms
 12.3.3See also
o 12.4Noun
 12.4.1Declension
 12.4.2Derived terms
 13Volapük
o 13.1Pronunciation
o 13.2Noun
 13.2.1Declension
 13.2.2Derived terms
 13.2.3See also

English[edit]

English Wikipedia has articles on:

plan (disambiguation) and plan

Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French plan (“a ground-plot of a building”), from plan (“flat”), a later form
of the vernacular plain, from Latin planus (“flat, plane”); see plain, plane.
Pronunciation[edit]

 IPA(key): /plæn/, [pʰl̥æn]
  (US regional) IPA(key): [plɛən]
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 Rhymes: -æn
Noun[edit]
plan (plural plans)
1. A drawing showing technical details of
a building, machine, etc., with unwanted details omitted,
and often using symbols rather than detailed drawing to
represent doors, valves, etc.
The plans for many important buildings were once
publicly available.
2. A set of intended actions, usually mutually related,
through which one expects to achieve a goal.
He didn't really have a plan; he had a goal and a habit
of control.
3. A two-dimensional drawing of a building as seen from
above with obscuring or irrelevant details such
as roof removed, or of a floor of a building, revealing the
internal layout; as distinct from the elevation.
Seen in plan, the building had numerous passageways
not apparent to visitors.
Synonym: floor plan

4. A method; a way of procedure; a custom. quotations ▼

5. A subscription to a service.
a phone plan
an Internet plan
Usage notes[edit]

 A plan ("set of intended actions") can be developed,

executed, implemented, ignored, abandoned, scrapped,
changed, etc.
Derived terms[edit]

 action plan
 battleplan
 business plan
 development plan
 escalation plan
 floor plan
 lesson plan
 marketing plan
 masterplan
 plan B
 price plan
 rate plan
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Related terms[edit]
2-dimensional drawing of a building

 blueprint
Descendants[edit]

 → Japanese: プラン (puran)
Translations[edit]
±show ▼technical drawing
±show ▼set of intended actions
±show ▼2-dimensional drawing from above
±show ▼subscription plan
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Verb[edit]
plan (third-person singular simple present plans, present
participle planning, simple past and past
participle planned)
1. (transitive) To design (a building, machine, etc.).
The architect planned the building for the client.
2. (transitive) To create a plan for.
They jointly planned the project in phases, with good
detail for the first month.
3. (intransitive) To intend. quotations ▼
He planned to go, but work intervened.
4. (intransitive) To make a plan.
They planned for the worst, bringing lots of emergency
supplies.
Usage notes[edit]

 This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive.

See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Derived terms[edit]

 planner
 plan on
 plan out
Translations[edit]
±show ▼to design
±show ▼to create a plan for
±show ▼to intend
±show ▼To make a plan
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Further reading[edit]
  plan in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G.
& C. Merriam, 1913.
 plan in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co.,
New York, 1911

Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]

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 IPA(key): /plɑn/
Etymology 1[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to
it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun[edit]
plan n (plural plannen, diminutive plannetje n)

1. A set of intended actions, through which one

expects to achieve a goal.
2. A technical drawing.
3. A detailed map.
Derived terms[edit]

 lesplan
 stadsplan
 van plan zijn
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb[edit]
plan

1. first-person singular present indicative of plann
en
2. imperative of plannen

French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]

 IPA(key): /plɑ̃/
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 Homophones: plans, plant, plants
Etymology 1[edit]
From earlier plant, derived from the
verb planter. Doublet of plant. Or from Latin planus
Noun[edit]
plan m (plural plans)

1. plan
2. map (schematic maps of streets, subways, etc.)
3. plane (both flat surface and mathematical plane)
4. (film) shot
5. (slang, dated) A small case inserted in
the rectum in order to hide one's valuables from
a full-body search.
Derived terms[edit]

 bon plan
 gros plan
 plan A
 plan d'eau
 plan de cuisson
 plan de faille
 plan de travail
 plan de vol
 plan directeur
 planification
 planifier
 plan incliné
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Descendants[edit]

 German: Plan
Etymology 2[edit]
Borrowed from Latin plānus. Doublet of plain, which was
inherited, and piano.
Adjective[edit]
plan (feminine singular plane, masculine
plural plans, feminine plural planes)

1. planar
Further reading[edit]

 “plan” in Trésor de la langue française

informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French
Language).

Friulian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin plānus.
Adjective[edit]
plan

1. flat, level, plane
Related terms[edit]

 planc
See also[edit]

 plac
 vualîf
Noun[edit]
plan m (plural plans)

1. plane
2. plan

German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin plānus.
Pronunciation[edit]

 Rhymes: -aːn
Adjective[edit]
plan (comparative planer, superlative am plansten)

1. (technical) planar, flat
2. (archaic) plain, forthright quotations ▼
Declension[edit]
show ▼Positive forms of plan
show ▼Comparative forms of plan
show ▼Superlative forms of plan

Derived terms[edit]

 planlegen
See also[edit]

 Plan
Further reading[edit]

 “plan” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen

Sprache
 plan in Duden online

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin plānum, via German Plan
Noun[edit]
plan m (definite singular planen, indefinite
plural planer, definite plural planene)

1. a plan
2. a level or plane
Derived terms[edit]

 planarbeid
 plankart
 planlegge
 planovergang
 ruteplan
References[edit]

 “plan” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]

 IPA(key): /plaːn/ (example of pronunciation)
Etymology 1[edit]
From German Plan, from Latin plānum.
Noun[edit]
plan n (definite singular planet, indefinite
plural plan, definite plural plana)

1. plane
2. level
Derived terms[edit]

 planovergang
Etymology 2[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to
it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun[edit]
plan m (definite singular planen, indefinite
plural planar, definite plural planane)
1. a plan
Kva er planen din? ― What's your plan?
Derived terms[edit]

 planarbeid
 plankart
 ruteplan
 Etymology 3[edit]
From Latin planus.
Adjective[edit]
plan (masculine and
feminine plan, neuter plant, definite singular and
plural plane, comparative planare, indefinite
superlative planast, definite superlative planaste)

1. plane, flat
References[edit]

 “plan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan[edit]
Noun[edit]
plan m (plural plans)

1. plan (a drawing showing technical details of a

building)
2. plan (a set of intended actions)
Adjective[edit]
plan m (feminine singular plana, masculine
plural plans, feminine plural planas)
1. flat
Synonym: planièr
Adverb[edit]
plan
1. well
Antonym: mal
2. very, quite
Synonym: fòrça
Further reading[edit]

 Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general

occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians, 2
edition, →ISBN, page 754.

Polish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]

 IPA(key): /plan/
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Noun[edit]
plan m inan
1. plan
Pani Magdalena, zgodnie z planem swojej intrygi,
zaaranżowała spotkanie, na którym jej córka sfilmowała
dyrektora instytutu wpatrującego się w kuszące piersi
matki.
Ms. Magdalena, according to the plan of her intrigue,
arranged a meeting at which her daughter filmed the
director of the institute staring at the mother's tempting
breasts.

2. set (scenery for a film or play)

Declension[edit]
show ▼declension of plan

Further reading[edit]

 plan in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From German Plan
Pronunciation[edit]

 IPA(key): /plâːn/
 Rhymes: -âːn
Noun[edit]
plȃn m (Cyrillic spelling пла̑н)

1. plan
Declension[edit]
show ▼Declension of plan

Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From plano.
Pronunciation[edit]

 IPA(key): /plan/, [plãn]
Noun[edit]
plan m (plural planes)

1. plan
2. scheme (systematic plan of future action)
3. intention
4. (colloquial) mood
 Vamos en plan rómantico. ― We’re going in a romantic
mood.
Synonyms[edit]

 (scheme): régimen, sistema
Derived terms[edit]

 en plan
 planazo
Related terms[edit]

 llano
 plana, plano
 planificación
 planificar
 planilla
 plantilla
Descendants[edit]

 → Basque: plan
Further reading[edit]

 “plan” in Diccionario de la lengua española,

Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española,
2014.

Swedish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]

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Adjective[edit]
plan (comparative planare, superlative planast)

1. flat; horizontal (of a surface)
Declension[edit]
more ▼Inflection of plan

Noun[edit]
plan n

1. (mathematics) a plane; flat surface.

2. a plane; level of existence
astralplan ― astral plane
3. an aeroplane
Synonym: flygplan
 4. a plaza
Declension[edit]
more ▼Declension of plan 
Derived terms[edit]

 biplan
 monoplan
 triplan
See also[edit]

 sluttande plan
 lutande plan
Noun[edit]
plan c

1. a drawing showing how to construct

a building, machine, etc.
2. a set of intended actions, through which one
expects to achieve a goal.
Declension[edit]
more ▼Declension of plan 
Derived terms[edit]

 planera
 planering
 planlägga
 stadsplan

Volapük[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]

 IPA(key): [plan]
Noun[edit]
plan (nominative plural plans)

1. plant (botany)
Declension[edit]
show ▼declension of plan

Derived terms[edit]

 barberaplan (cf. barber)
 besäplanam
 besäplanan
 jiplanik
 klätaplan
 klätaplanavul
 planamaläd
 planaskretot
 planavaet
 rabarbaplan (cf. rabarb)
  rabarbaplanavul
 ridiplanam
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See also[edit]

 brid
 bridön
 dämabanim
 dämabanäsäk
 futaplant
 hinim
 hinimik
 jinim
 jinimik
 lif
 lifav
 lifavan
 lifavik
 lifaviko
 lifik
 nim
 nimav
 nimem
 nimik
 plant
 plantag, plantago
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