plafond

See also: Plafond

English

Etymology

From French plafond (“ceiling”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pləˈfɒn(d)/

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Noun

plafond (plural plafonds)

2. A ceiling, especially one that is ornately decorated.
4. A painting or decoration on a ceiling.
5. (anatomy) The tibial plafond.

Translations

decorated ceiling

• Finnish: koristeellinen sisäkatto
• French: please add this translation if you can
• German: Plafond (de) m
• Polish: plafon (pl) m
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painting or decoration itself

• Finnish: kattokoriste, kattomaalaus
• French: please add this translation if you can
• German: Deckenbemalung f, Deckenverzierung f
• Polish: plafon (pl) m
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: please add this translation if you can

Dutch

Alternative forms

• plafon (superseded)

Etymology

Borrowed from French plafond.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plaːˈfɔn/

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• Hyphenation: pla‧fond
• Rhymes: -ɔn

Noun

plafond n (plural plafonds, diminutive plafondje n or plafonnetje n)

1. ceiling [from 17th c.]
2. maximum, upper limit [from 20th c.]

Synonyms

• zoldering

Derived terms

• bamboeplafond
• plafondplaat
• plafondtegel
• prijsplafond
• rietplafond

Descendants

• Afrikaans: plafon
• → Indonesian: plafon
• → Papiamentu: plafòn, blafòn
• → Sranan Tongo: plafon

French

Etymology

From plat +‎ fond.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pla.fɔ̃/

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Noun

plafond m (plural plafonds)

1. ceiling
2. (figurative) maximum
3. (finance) credit limit, withdrawal limit, ceiling (maximum permitted level in a financial transaction)

Derived terms

• avoir une araignée au plafond
• bas de plafond
• crever le plafond
• grimper au plafond
• plafond de verre
• plafonnage
• plafonner
• plafonnier

Descendants

• → Catalan: plafó
• → Danish: plafond
• → Dutch: plafond, plafon (superseded)
  • Afrikaans: plafon
  • → Indonesian: plafon
  • → Papiamentu: plafòn, blafòn
  • → Sranan Tongo: plafon
• → English: plafond
• → Galician: plafón
• → German: Plafond
• → Polish: plafon
• → Portuguese: plafom, plafond
• → Spanish: plafón

Further reading

• “plafond”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French plafond.

Noun

plafond m (invariable)

1. ceiling
2. (economics) upper limit (typically of a credit or debit card)

Related terms

• plafonatura

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French plafond.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /plaˈfõ/, /plaˈfõ.d͡ʒi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /plaˈfõ/, /plaˈfõ.d͡ʒi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /plaˈfõ/, /plaˈfõ.de/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /plaˈfõ/, /plaˈfõ.dɨ/

Noun

plafond m (plural plafonds)

1. alternative form of plafom

Romanian

Noun

plafond n (plural plafonduri)

1. obsolete form of plafon

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	plafond	plafondul		plafonduri	plafondurile
genitive-dative	plafond	plafondului		plafonduri	plafondurilor
vocative	plafondule			plafondurilor

References

• plafond in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN