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plafond

[ pluh-fon; French pla-fawn ]

noun

, Architecture.
, plural pla·fonds [pl, uh, -, fonz, pl, a, -, fawn].
  1. a ceiling, whether flat or arched, especially one of decorative character.


plafond

/ plafɔ̃; pləˈfɒn /

noun

  1. a ceiling, esp one having ornamentation
  2. a card game, a precursor of contract bridge
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of plafond1

1655–65; < French; Middle French platfond ceiling, literally, flat bottom, i.e., underside. See plate 1, fund
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Word History and Origins

Origin of plafond1

C17: from French, literally: ceiling, maximum, from plat flat + fond bottom, from Latin fundus bottom
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Example Sentences

Other productions felt more haphazard in their attempts to craft an overall narrative, including “The Windows,” the puppet show, which was designed by the company Les Anges au Plafond.

Naked female figures fill every plafond, and fauns and satyrs, with the most licentious passions in their faces, support the festoons and hold together the intricate ornament of the frescoes.

Plafond, pla-fond′, n. the ceiling of a room, any soffit.

He was an honest, kindly-natured man, this pear-headed potentate, who reigned, “comme la corniche règne autour d’un plafond.”

Within the thickness of this wall, staircases descend to a lower gallery over the plafond of the proanos of the colonnade lighted from above.

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