[ˈplāːns]
CilmeBorrowed from German Plan, which is itself a borrowing from French plan, from Latin planta (“sole of foot”), which is ultimately from the same stem as the adjective plāns (“thin”) below. This borrowing is first mentioned in 19th-century dictionaries.
- declension-1plan, map, blueprint, layout (a detailed drawing or scheme of an object, a building, a territory)
“skolas plāns” — plan, blueprint of the school
“dzīvokļa plāns” — plan, blueprint of the apartment
“parka, stadiona plāns” — plan of the park, of the stadium
- declension-1plan, map (a drawing indicating the path of a movement, its direction, order, etc.)
“evakuācijas plāns” — evaculation plan
“ekspedīcijas pārvietošanās plāns” — expedition travel plan
“karaspēka virzības plāns” — troop advancement plan, map
- declension-1plan (a future event worked out in detail; the corresponding text or document)
“ražošanas plāns” — production plan
“ekonomiskās un sociālās attīstības kompleksais plāns” — a combined plan for economical and social development
“izstrādāt, nospraust, apstiprināt plānu” — to develop, to outline, to approve a plan
- declension-1plan (intention, idea, thoughts about the future realization of some course of action)
“nākotnes plāni” — plans (for) the future
“man galvā jaucas dažādi plāni: kā dzīvot tālāk, ko darīt...” — in my head various plans are mixed: how to live further, what to do...
- declension-1plan (concise sequential formulation of the structure of a text)
“disertācijas plāns” — dissertation plan
“sacerējuma, romāana plāns” — essay, novel plan
“nolasīt lekcijas plānu” — to read the lecture plan
- declension-1plane (view from a certain standpoint, as a certain sphere of expression)
“nemanāmi cieši abās lugās kopā savijusies sociālais un individuālais plāns” — in both plays the social and individual planes are closely, seamlessly intertwined
- declension-1plane (location of an object or a part of it, depending on the viewer's vantage point)
“skatuves iekārtojumā izšķir trīs plānus: priekšējo, vidējo un dziļo plānu” — in the organization of a stage one distinguishes three planes: the front (= foreground), the middle (= midground) and the deep (= background) plane.
- declension-1plane (the frame at which a scene is filmed)
“dažreiz uzņemtā aina, epizode, atsevišķs plāns jāiemontē pavisam citā filma vietā, nekā scenārija bijis paredzēts” — sometimes the captured scene, episode, a different plan must be fitted at a completely different point in the movie than had been intended in the screenplay
- declension-1, locative, usuallyplane (level of importance)
“rakstnieks šo tēlu atstājis trēšajā plānā” — the writer left this image in the third plane
“kopš pašām pirmajām darba dienām skolotājas personīga dzīve attālinājās kaut kur otrajā plānā” — since the very first days of work, a schoolteacher's personal life is moved back somewhere into the second plane (= background)
“ja vairāk pirmajā plānā izvirzītos autora iecerētā doma, lugas pamatideja izrādē izskanētu vēl spēcīgāk, emocionālāk, pārliecinošāk” — if the author's intended thought had been put forward more in the first plane (= foreground), then the play's main idea would have sounded stronger, more emotional, more persuasive
- declension-1, dialectalbarn floor, threshing floor (syn. klons)
“rijas plāns” — barn floor
“virtuves plāns” — kitchen (earthen, clay) floor
“kambarītim nebija grīdas, tāpat kā istabai; bet plāns te izskatījas gludāks, tīrāks, sausāks, jo vistas netika iekšā” — the basement had no (log) floor, like the room; but the (clay, earth) floor there looked smoother, cleaner, drier, because there were no chickens inside
- thin (having a small cross section)
“plāns dēlis” — thin board, plank
“plāna siena” — thin wall
“plāns stikls, ledus” — thin glass, ice
- thin (with a small cross section; not thick, not dense, light, translucid)
“plāns audums” — thin fabric
“plāna šalle, blūze” — thin scarf, blouse
- usuallythin (such that its component parts are far from each other; syn. rets)
“plāni mati” — thin hair
“plānas uzacis” — thin eyebrows
“tur pie galdiņa sēdēja sirmgalvis ar pliku galvvidu un plāniem, baltiem matiem” — there at the little table an old man sat, with a bald top of head and thin, white hair
- thin (not very nutritious, lean, rather liquid in consistency)
“plāna putra” — thin porridge
“plāna, ūdeņaina mērcīte” — thin, watery little sauce
“plāna sēņu zupa” — thin mushroom soup
- thin (not dense, not opaque)
“plāna dūmaka” — thin haze
“migla kļuva plānāka” — the mist became thinnner
“plāns dūmu stabiņš” — thin column of smoke
- thin, weak
“plāns deguns” — thin nose
“plāna plauksta” — thin hand, palm (of hand)
“viņa sievas vaigi kļuvuši plānāki” — his wife's cheeks (had) become thinner
- colloquialthin, poor
“zivju tīklos pavisam maz; tomēr, neraugoties uz plānu lomu, komandai garastāvoklis ļoti labs” — there were very few fish in the nets; however, despite the thin, poor catch, the team's mood (was) very good
- rareincomplete, weak
“šādā elektriskajā gaismā putna miegs ir plāns” — under this electric light the bird's sleep is weak
“tikai smaids palika plānāks” — only the smile became thinner, weaker
Formasplãns(canonical, masculine) · plāns(nominative, singular) · plāni(nominative, plural) · plāna(genitive, singular) · plānu(genitive, plural) · plānam(dative, singular) · plāniem(dative, plural) · plānu(accusative, singular) · plānus(accusative, plural) · plānu(instrumental, singular) · plāniem(instrumental, plural) · plānā(locative, singular) · plānos(locative, plural) · plān(singular, vocative) · plāni(plural, vocative) · plâns(canonical) · plānais(definite) · plānāks(comparative) · visplānākais(superlative) · plāni(adverb)