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planque: hideout, hiding place; cushy number, soft snap (job with minimal work required; situation with few risks involved)
planquer: to hide; to spy, to snoop
planqué: a person avoiding any kind of danger or responsibility
plant: seedling; young plant or plantation
plantage: the action of planting; crash
plantain: plantain, any plant of genus Plantago
plantain: plantain (fruit of the genus Musa)
plantain majeur: broadleaf plantain (Plantago major)
plantaire: plantar
plantation: planting; plantation
plantation de mai: maypole
plante: plant
plante: sole of the foot
plante annuelle: annual plant (short-lived plant with only one growing season)
plante d'intérieur: houseplant
plante efferalgan: blue coleus (Coleus neochilus (Schltr.) Codd); synonym of gros thym (“Indian borage”) (Coleus amboinicus)
plante à fleurs: flowering plant
planter: to plant; to drive in (a nail, stake etc.); to pitch (a tent); to flake, leave someone behind, by not showing up (for a meeting, date); to crash
planter le décor: to set up the scenery; to set the scene
planteur: planter
planteuse: planter (for potatoes etc)
plantier: vine (plant)
plantigrade: plantigrade
plantigrade: plantigrade
plantoir: dib, dibber, dibble, dibbler (pointed implement)
planton: orderly
plantule: plantule; small plant
plantureuse: feminine singular of plantureux; busty, chesty; having big breasts
plantureusement: curvaceously; copiously, lavishly
plantureux: buxom, curvaceous; copious, lavish; fertile
planule: planula
planure: shavings, pieces of wood or metal removed by planing
planure: a level expanse, a plain
plançon: cutting; a medieval French infantry weapon, primarily used for smashing and thrusting
planère: a form of Siberian elm (Planera crenata)
planète: planet
planète errante: rogue planet
planète naine: dwarf planet
planéité: planarity
planétaire: planetary; worldwide, global
planétaire: orrery; epicyclic gear, planetary gear
planétairement: planetarily
planétarisation: planetarization
planétarium: planetarium
planétoide: a planetoid, an asteroid large enough to be seen as a small planet
planétologie: planetology
planétologue: planetologist
planétoïde: planetoid
planétésimal: planetesimal
plaquage: plating (adding a plate to e.g. metal); tackle
plaque: sheet, plate (of metal); slab (of marble); plaque (bacteria on teeth); plaque, slab (ornamental); chip
plaque d'immatriculation: license plate, number plate (identifying tag, usually of metal, bearing a unique sequence of letters, numbers, or both, and placed at the back and, sometimes, also at the front of a motor vehicle)
plaque d'égout: manhole cover
plaque de cuisson: hotplate; cooktop, stovetop, hob, range
plaque minéralogique: license plate, number plate (identifying tag, usually of metal, bearing a unique sequence of letters, numbers, or both, and placed at the back and, sometimes, also at the front of a motor vehicle)
plaque tectonique: tectonic plate
plaque tournante: turntable (rotating plate); hub, nerve center, key location
plaquebière: cloudberry (plant); cloudberry, bakeapple (fruit)
plaquemine: persimmon (fruit)
plaqueminier: Asian persimmon, Diospyros kaki