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Etymology 1 [edit]
From Latin planta, later influenced by French plante.
plant (plural plants or plantæ)
- An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis. Typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a tree.
- The garden had a couple of trees, and a cluster of colourful plants around the border.
- (botany) An organism of the kingdom Plantae; now specifically, a living organism of the Embryophyta (land plants) or of the Chlorophyta (green algae), a eukaryote that includes double-membraned chloroplasts in its cells containing chlorophyll a and b, or any organism closely related to such an organism.
- (ecology) Now specifically, a multicellular eukaryote that includes chloroplasts in its cells, which have a cell wall.
- (proscribed as biologically inaccurate) Any creature that grows on soil or similar surfaces, including plants and fungi.
- A factory or other industrial or institutional building or facility.
- An object placed surreptitiously in order to cause suspicion to fall upon a person.
- That gun's not mine! It's a plant! I've never seen it before!
- Anyone assigned to behave as a member of the public during a covert operation (as in a police investigation).
- A person, placed amongst an audience, whose role is to cause confusion, laughter etc.
- (snooker) A play in which the cue ball knocks one (usually red) ball onto another, in order to pot the second; a set.
- 2008, Phil Yates, The Times, April 28 2008:
- O’Sullivan risked a plant that went badly astray, splitting the reds.
- A large piece of machinery, such as used in earthmoving or construction.
Usage notes [edit]
The scientific definition of what organisms should be considered plants changed dramatically during the 20th century. Bacteria, algae, and fungi are no longer considered plants by those who study them. Many textbooks do not reflect the most current thinking on classification.
Derived terms [edit]
terms derived from plant (noun)
Translations [edit]
organism capable of photosynthesis
- Abkhaz: аҵиаа (ab) (atsiaa)
- Acholi: yat, yadi pl
- Afrikaans: Plant (af), Plante (af) pl
- Albanian: bimë (sq) f
- Amharic: ተክል (am) (täkələ)
- Arabic: نبات (ar) (nabaat) m
- Aragonese: mata (an), matas (an) pl
- Armenian: բույս (hy) (buys)
- Assamese: গছ-গছনি (as)
- Asturian: planta (ast) f
- Azeri: bitki (az), bitkilər (az) pl
- Baluchi: نهال, جر (jarr)
- Banjarese: tumbuhan
- Bashkir: үҫемлек (üθemlek)
- Basque: landare (eu), landareak (eu) pl
- Belarusian: расьліна (be) (ras'lina), расьліны (be) (ras'liny) pl
- Bengali: গাছ (bn) (gach)
- Bikol Central: pananom
- Bishnupriya Manipuri: চারা
- Breton: plantenn (br), plant (br) pl
- Bulgarian: растение (bg) (rastenie) n, растения (bg) (rasteniya) pl
- Burmese: အပင် (my)
- Burushaski: tom
- Capiznon: tanum
- Catalan: planta (ca) f
- Cebuano: tanum
- Chamorro: tinanom (ch)
- Chechen: орамат (oramat)
- Chichewa: chomera, zomera pl
- Chidigo: muhi, mihi pl
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 植物 (cmn) (zhíwù)
- Min Nan: 植物 (nan) (si̍t-bu̍t)
- Chuvash: ӳсентăран
- Crimean Tatar: bitki
- Czech: rostlina (cs) f
- Danish: plante (da) c
- Dhivehi: ގަސް (dv) (gas)
- Dutch: plant (nl) m
- Dzongkha: ཤིང་། (dz)
- Erzya: касыкс (kasiks)
- Esperanto: planto (eo)
- Estonian: taim (et), taimed (et) pl
- Evenki: (from Russian) растение (rasténije)
- Ewe: please add this translation if you can
- Extremaduran: please add this translation if you can
- Faroese: plantur (fo) pl, planta (fo)
- Finnish: kasvi (fi)
- French: plante (fr) f
- Galician: planta (gl) f, vexetal (gl) m
- Gawwada: kaarko
- Georgian: მცენარე (ka) (mc’enare)
- German: Pflanze (de) f
- Greek: φυτό (el) (fytó) n
- Ancient: φυτά (el) (fytá)
- Greenlandic: naasoq (kl)
- Guaraní: ka'a (gn)
- Guernésiais: pllante f
- Gujarati: છોડ (gu) (choḍa)
- Gusii: ekemeria, ebimeria pl
- Harari: ነባት (näbatə)
- Hausa: shuka (ha)
- Hawaiian: mea kanu
- Hebrew: צמח (he) m
- Hiligaynon: tanum
- Hindi: पौधा (hi) (paudhā)
- Hmong: nroj tshuag
- Hungarian: növény (hu)
- Hupdë: yúm
- Icelandic: jurt (is) f, planta (is) f
- Ido: planto (io)
- Igbo: osisi
- Ilocano: mula
- Imbabura Highland Quichua: yura
- Indonesian: tumbuh-tumbuhan
- Interlingua: planta (ia)
- Interlingue: please add this translation if you can
- Inuktitut: ᐱᕈᖅᑐᖅ (iu) (piruqtuq)
- Inupiak: nautchiaq (ik), nautchiiruq (ik)
- Iraqw: hatlit
- Irish: lus (ga) m, lusanna (ga) pl
- Italian: pianta (it) f
- Japanese: 植物 (ja) (しょくぶつ, shokubutsu), 草木 (ja) (くさき, kusaki)
- Javanese: tanduran (jv)
- Kabyle: ⵉⵎⵖⵉ (imɣi)
- Kalasha: muṭ
- Kalmyk: урһмл (urghml)
- Kamba: mumea, mimea pl, muti, miti pl
- Kannada: please add this translation if you can
- Karachay-Balkar: ёсюмлюк (ösümlük), ёсюмлюкле (ösümlükle) pl
- Karaim: биткэи (bitkei)
- Karakalpak: өсимлик (o'simlik), өсимликлер (o'simlikler) pl
- Kashubian: roscëna (csb), roscënë (csb) pl
- Kazakh: өсімдік (kk) (Ösimdik), وسىمدىك (kk) (ösimdik), өсімдіктер (kk) (ösimdikter) pl, وسىمدىكتەر (kk) (ösimdikter) pl
- Khmer: ដើម (km)
- Kikuyu: mũmera, mĩmera pl, muti, miti pl
- Kinaray-a: tanum
- Kinyarwanda: ikimera (rw), ibimera (rw) pl
- Kipsigis: minutiet, minutik pl
- Kirundi: please add this translation if you can
- Korean: 식물 (ko) (sikmul) (植物 (ko))
- Koronadal Blaan: fale, dad fale pl
- Kumyk: оьсюмлюк (ösümlük), оьсюмлюклер (ösümlükler) pl
- Kurdish: nebat (ku) nebat (ku)
- Sorani: درهخت (ku) (drakht), ڕووهک (ku) (Roowak)
- Kyrgyz: өсүмдүк (ky) (ösümdük), ۅسۉمدۉك (ky) (ösümdük), өсүмдүктөр (ky) (ösümdüktör) pl, ۅسۉمدۉكتۅر (ky) (ösümdüktör) pl
- Lak: ххяххия
- Lao: ຕົ້ນພືດ (lo)
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- Latgalian: auguojs
- Latin: planta (la) f
- Latvian: augs (lv)
- Lezgi: набатат (nabatat)
- Lithuanian: augalas (lt) m
- Lojban: spati (jbo)
- Lozi: simela, limela pl
- Luganda: ekimera, ebimera pl
- Luo: yien, yiende pl
- Luxembourgish: Planz (lb) f
- Maasai: icheni
- Macedonian: растение (mk) (rasténie) n
- Maguindanao: pamulan, mga pamulan pl
- Malay: tumbuhan (ms), tumbuh-tumbuhan (ms) pl
- Jawi: تومبوهن (ms)
- Manx: lus (gv) f, losserey (gv) f
- Maori: otaota (mi), tipu (mi)
- Mapudungun: anümka
- Mara Chin: chicheipa, chicheipazy pl
- Marathi: रोपे (mr) (rope)
- Mari:
- Western Mari: кушкыш
- Mauritian Creole: plant
- Meru: mumera, imera pl, muti, miti pl
- Minangkabau: tanaman, tumbuah
- Mirandese: planta f, begetal
- Moksha: касыкс (kasiks)
- Mongolian: ургамал (mn) (urgamal)
- Navajo: chʼil
- Nepali: बिरूवा (ne) (birūwā)
- Ngaju: taluh belum
- Nogai: оьсимлик (ösimlik), оьсимликлер (ösimlikler) pl
- Norwegian: plante (no) f
- Occitan: planta (oc) f
- Oriya: ଉଦ୍ଭିଦ (or) (udbhida)
- Oromo: biqila (om)
- Pashto: نبات (ps), نباتات (ps) pl
- Persian: بوته (fa) (bute), گياه (fa)
- Polish: roślina (pl) f, roślina (pl), rośliny (pl) f pl
- Portuguese: planta (pt) f, vegetal (pt) m
- Punjabi: ਪੌਦਾ (pa) (paudā), ਪੌਦੇ (pa) (paude) pl
- Romani: drab, draba pl
- Romanian: plantă (ro) f, plante (ro) f pl
- Romansch: planta (rm), plantas (rm) pl
- Russia Buryat: ургамал
- Russian: расте́ние (ru) (rasténije) n
- Rusyn: ростлина (rostlina) f, ростлины (rostliny) f pl, рошлїна (rošlina) f (Panonian Rusyn), рошлїни (rošlini) f pl (Panonian Rusyn)
- Saramaccan: uwíi
- Sardinian: pranta (sc) f
- Serbo-Croatian: raslina (sh) f, biljka (sh) f
- Seychellois Creole: laplant
- Shina: tom
- Shona: mbesa (sn)
- Sicilian: chianta (scn) f, cianta (scn) f
- Sindhi: please add this translation if you can
- Sinhalese: පැළය (si) (pæḷaya)
- Slovak: rastlina (sk) f, rastliny (sk) pl
- Slovene: rastlina (sl) f
- Somali: dhir (so)
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: rostlina, rostliny pl
- Upper Sorbian: rostlina (hsb), rostliny (hsb) pl
- Sotho: semela (st), dimela (st) pl
- South Azerbaijani: بیتکی (bitki), بیتکیلر (bitkilər) pl
- Southern Hindko: پودا, پودے pl
- Spanish: planta (es) f, mata (es) f
- Sranan Tongo: prani, pranies pl
- Sundanese: pepelakan (su), tutuwuhan (su)
- Surigaonon: tanom
- Swahili: mmea (sw), mimea (sw) pl
- Swedish: planta (sv) c, växt (sv)
- Tagabawa: pamula, mga pamula pl
- Tagalog: halaman (tl)
- Tajik: ниҳол (tg) (nihol), ниҳолҳо (tg) (niholho) pl, نحال (tg) (نحال), نحالها (tg) (نحالها) pl
- Tamil: செடி (ta) (sedi)
- Tatar: үсемлек (tt) (üsemlek), үсемлекләр (tt) (üsemleklär) pl
- Telugu: మొక్క (te) (mokka)
- Thai: พืช (th) (pêut)
- Tibetan: རྩི་ཤིང་། (bo)
- Tigrinya: ተኽሊ (ti) (tähəli), ኣትክልቲ (ti) pl
- Tonga: vwakume
- Tumbuka: chakumera, vyakumera pl
- Tupinambá: ka'a
- Turkish: bitki (tr), bitkiler (tr) pl
- Turkmen: ösümlik (tk), ösümlikler (tk) pl
- Tuvan: үнүш (ünüš), үнүштер (ünüšter) pl
- Twi: dua (tw), ndua (tw) pl
- Uab Meto: hau, hauhonês, hau’amoni
- Udmurt: будос (budos)
- Ukrainian: рослина (uk) (roslina) f, рослини (uk) (roslini) pl
- Urdu: نبات (ur), نباتات (ur) pl
- Urum: ӧсӱмлӱк (ösümlük)
- Uyghur: ئۆسۈملۈك (ug) (ösümlük), ئۆسۈملۈكلەر (ug) (ösümlükler) pl
- Uzbek: o‘simlik (uz), ўсимлик (uz) (o‘simlik)
- Venetian: pianta, piante pl
- Vietnamese: thực vật (vi), cây (vi)
- Walloon: please add this translation if you can
- Welsh: planhigyn (cy), planhigion (cy) pl
- Western Panjabi: پودا (pnb), پودے (pnb) pl
- Wichí Lhamtés Nocten: wichí
- Wolof: please add this translation if you can
- Xhosa: isityalo (xh), izityalo (xh) pl
- Yakut: үүнээйи, үүнээйилэр pl
- Yaqui: juya
- Yoruba: ohun ọ̀gbìn (yo)
- Zarma: turize, turizey pl
- Zazaki: (Southern Zazaki) nebat
- Zulu: isitshalo (zu) 7/8
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a small or herbaceous organism, rather than a tree
- Amharic: please add this translation if you can
- Arabic: please add this translation if you can
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
- Danish: plante (da) c
- French: please add this translation if you can
- German: please add this translation if you can
- Greek: φυτό (el) (fytó) n
- Hindi: please add this translation if you can
- Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
- Italian: please add this translation if you can
- Japanese: 草 (ja) (くさ, kusa), 草花 (ja) (くさばな, kusabana)
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- Latin: herba (la) f
- Malay: please add this translation if you can
- Polish: please add this translation if you can
- Portuguese: planta (pt) f, erva (pt) f, platinha (pt) f
- Romanian: please add this translation if you can
- Russian: расте́ние (ru) (rasténije) n
- Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can
- Spanish: please add this translation if you can
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- Urdu: please add this translation if you can
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organism of the kingdom Plantae
ecology: multicellular eukaryote that includes chloroplasts in its cells
factory or industrial facility
- Armenian: գործարան (hy) (gorçaran)
- Breton: labouradeg (br) f, greanti (br) m
- Cebuano: planta
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 工廠 (cmn), 工厂 (cmn) (gōngchǎng)
- Min Nan: 工廠 (nan) (kang-chhiúⁿ)
- Czech: továrna (cs), fabrika (cs)
- Danish: virksomhed (da) c, anlæg (da) n, fabrik (da) c
- Dutch: fabriek (nl) f
- Finnish: tehdas (fi), laitos (fi)
- French: fabrique (fr) f, usine (fr) f, manufacture (fr) f
- German: Fabrik (de) f, Werk (de) n, Anlage (de) f
- Hebrew: מפעל (he) (mif'al) f
- Hungarian: gyár (hu), üzem (hu)
- Indonesian: pabrik (id)
- Interlingua: installation (ia), fabrica (ia), machineria (ia)
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- Italian: impianto (it) m, fabbrica (it) f
- Japanese: 工場 (ja) (こうじょう, kōjō)
- Korean: 공장 (ko) (gongjang) (工場 (ko))
- Lithuanian: gamykla (lt) f, fabrikas (lt) m
- Lojban: fanri (jbo), molki (jbo)
- Luxembourgish: Fabréck (lb) f, Fabrik (lb) f
- Macedonian: погон (mk) (pógon) m
- Polish: fabryka (pl) f, zakład (pl) m
- Portuguese: fábrica (pt) f, usina (pt) f
- Romanian: fabrică (ro) f, uzină (ro) f
- Russian: завод (ru) (zavód) m, фабрика (ru) (fábrika) f
- Slovak: továreň (sk), fabrika (sk)
- Spanish: maquinaria (es) f, fábrica (es) f, planta (es) f
- Swedish: fabrik (sv) c
- Thai: โรงงาน (th) (rohng ngaan)
- Turkish: fabrika (tr), tesis (tr)
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object placed to incriminate
person behaving as a member of the public during a covert operation
person hidden in audience
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See also [edit]
Etymology 2 [edit]
From Middle English planten, from Old English plantian (“to plant”), from Latin plantare, later influenced by Old French planter. Compare also Dutch planten (“to plant”), German pflanzen (“to plant”), Swedish planta (“to plant”), Icelandic planta (“to plant”).
plant (third-person singular simple present plants, present participle planting, simple past and past participle planted)
- (transitive) To place (a seed or plant) in soil or other substrate in order that it may live and grow.
- (transitive) To place (an object, or sometimes a person), often with the implication of intending deceit.
- That gun's not mine! It was planted there by the real murderer!
- (transitive) To place or set something firmly or with conviction.
- Plant your feet firmly and give the rope a good tug.
- 2011 January 15, Sam Sheringham, “Chelsea 2 - 0 Blackburn Rovers”, BBC:
- First Anelka curled a shot wide from just outside the box, then Lampard planted a header over the bar from Bosingwa's cross.
- To place in the ground.
- 2007, Richard Laymon, Savage, page 118:
- Sarah, she kissed each of her grandparents on the forehead. They were planted in a graveyard behind the church.
Derived terms [edit]
Related terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
place in soil or other substrate in order that it may live and grow
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- Kurdish:
- Sorani: شینکردن (ku) (sheen kirdin), چانکردن (ku) (chAn kirdin), ڕواندن (ku) (Rwandin)
- Latin: serō (la) (a tree), cōnserō (la) (a field)
- Lojban: sombo (jbo)
- Macedonian: сади (mk) (sádi), засадува (mk) (zasáduva), посадува (mk) (posáduva), насадува (mk) (nasáduva)
- Malay: tanam (ms)
- Manx: saih (gv)
- Maori: whakatō (mi)
- Occitan: plantar (oc)
- Persian: کاشتن (fa)
- Polish: sadzić (pl) impf., zasadzić (pl) pf.
- Portuguese: plantar (pt)
- Quechua: tarpuy (qu)
- Romanian: a planta (ro)
- Russian: сажать (ru) (sažát’) impf., посадить (ru) (posadít’) pf.
- Sicilian: chiantari (scn), ghiantari (scn)
- Spanish: plantar (es), sembrar (es)
- Swedish: plantera (sv)
- Tagalog: halaman (tl)
- Tamil: நடு (ta) (nadu)
- Telugu: నాటు (te) (naaTu)
- Thai: ปลูก (th) (bplòok)
- Tok Pisin: planim (tpi)
- Tupinambá: tym
- Turkish: ekmek (tr)
- Vietnamese: trồng (vi)
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to place (an object, or sometimes a person), often with the implication of intending deceit
to place or set something firmly or with conviction
Danish [edit]
plant
- imperative of plante
Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle Dutch plante, from Latin planta.[1]
plant f (plural planten, diminutive plantje)
- plant (organism)
- cabbage, vegetable (person with severe brain damage)
Derived terms [edit]
plant
- first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of planten
- imperative of planten
- second- and third-person singular present indicative of plannen
- plural imperative of plannen
References [edit]
- ^ M. Philippa - Etymologisch Woordenboek van het Nederlands, Amsterdam University Press 2009
German [edit]
plant
- Third-person singular present of planen.
- Second-person plural present of planen.
- Imperative plural of planen.
Haitian Creole [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From French plante (“plant”).
plant
- plant (organism)
Old Welsh [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin planta.
plant
- children
Descendants [edit]
Swedish [edit]
Adjective [edit]
plant
- absolute indefinite neuter form of plan.
Etymology [edit]
From Old Welsh plant, from Latin planta.
Pronunciation [edit]
plant m (singulative plentyn)
- children
Mutation [edit]