planer
French, verb/pla.ne/
planer is spelled P-L-A-N-E-R (6 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written French, the 19,241st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Planer is a French verb meaning “to glide, to hover” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Se soutenir en l’air, les ailes étendues et immobiles, en parlant des oiseaux”.
What does planer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to glide, to hover
- 2
to be entranced, to be mesmerized
- 3
slangto be high
en planant
- 4
slangto be going well; to run smoothly
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Se soutenir en l’air, les ailes étendues et immobiles, en parlant des oiseaux. 2. Se soutenir sur les plans horizontaux, le moteur arrêté, en parlant d’un avion. 3. Dominer du regard, surplomber. 4. Dominer.
verb: 1. Aplanir. 2. Raboter avec la plane
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 planer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- planant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- plané participle past
- plane first-person indicative present
- planes indicative present second-person
- planons first-person indicative plural
- planez indicative plural present
- planent indicative plural present
- planais first-person imperfect indicative
- planait imperfect indicative singular
- planions first-person imperfect indicative
- planiez imperfect indicative plural
- planaient imperfect indicative plural
- planai first-person historic indicative
- planas historic indicative past
- plana historic indicative past
- planâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce planer?
- /pla.ne/
- \pla.ne\
- [plane]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to planer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is planer in French?
planer appears 2.2 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).