plane

The word “plane” means an aircraft; an airplane. In plain terms, most commonly an airplane, but also a flat mathematical surface or a woodworking tool.

“Plane” is pronounced playn (/pleɪn/ in IPA).

Here is “plane” used in a sentence: “Our plane landed twenty minutes early.”

Depending on how it is used, “plane” can be a noun and an adjective.

The word “plane” dates back to around 1600 and comes from Latin. From Latin planum, "flat surface," a noun derived from planus, "flat, level" — introduced in the 1600s to separate the geometric sense from the older word "plain," which it's a doublet of.

“Plane” is a very common word in modern English, usually learned at around the A1 level.

“Plane” has 4 distinct senses listed in this dictionary. The most common is: an aircraft; an airplane.

They sound alike but differ in meaning. "Plane" is an aircraft, short for airplane, and also a flat surface in geometry or a carpenter's smoothing tool. "Plain" means simple or unadorned, or a flat stretch of land. If you are flying, you board a plane; if something is ordinary, it is plain.

Besides an aircraft, "plane" means a flat, level surface in geometry, a level of thought or existence, as in a higher plane, and a hand tool for shaving wood smooth. As a verb, to "plane" is to smooth wood or to skim across water. The aircraft sense is the most common.

Yes. "Plane" is the everyday shortening of "airplane" in American English or "aeroplane" in British English. All three refer to a powered, winged aircraft. "Plane" is by far the most common in speech, while the full forms appear more often in formal or technical writing.

A jet is a type of plane. "Plane" covers all powered winged aircraft, including propeller planes. A "jet" specifically uses jet engines, which make it faster and able to fly higher. So every jet is a plane, but not every plane is a jet.