plancher
French, noun/plɑ̃.ʃe/
plancher is spelled P-L-A-N-C-H-E-R (8 letters) and appears 8.9 times per million words in written French, the 7,293rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Plancher is a French masculine noun meaning “floor (the interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ouvrage de charpente fait d’un assemblage de solives, recouvert de planches formant plate-forme sur l’aire…”.
What does plancher mean in English?
noun
- 1
archaicmasculineplancher (floor made of wood)
- 2
masculinefloor (the interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room)
débarrasser le plancher
- 3
masculinefloor (the bottom surface of a natural structure, entity, or space)
plancher océanique
- 4
masculinelower limit
un prix plancher
verb
- 1
to study something thoroughly, to work hard on something, to brainstorm
J'ai planché sur le sujet.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ouvrage de charpente fait d’un assemblage de solives, recouvert de planches formant plate-forme sur l’aire d’un rez-de-chaussée, ou séparant deux étages d’un bâtiment. 2. Le plancher d’en bas sur lequel on marche. 3. Le plancher supérieur, le plafond. 4. Seuil.
verb: 1. Plaisanter. 2. Présenter en loge un travail écrit. 3. Travailler dur sur un sujet.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of plancher
- planchers plural
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- planchant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- planché participle past
- planche first-person indicative present
- planches indicative present second-person
- planchons first-person indicative plural
- planchez indicative plural present
- planchent indicative plural present
- planchais first-person imperfect indicative
- planchait imperfect indicative singular
- planchions first-person imperfect indicative
- planchiez imperfect indicative plural
- planchaient imperfect indicative plural
- planchai first-person historic indicative
- planchas historic indicative past
- plancha historic indicative past
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce plancher?
- /plɑ̃.ʃe/
- \plɑ̃.ʃe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to plancher
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is plancher in French?
plancher appears 8.9 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).