planta

See also: plantá, plantà, plànta, plantă, and plântă

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin planta (“sole of the foot”). Doublet of clan and plant.

Noun

planta (plural plantae)

1. (anatomy) The sole of the foot

Related terms

• plantar

See also

• planta genista

Anagrams

• Patlan, platan

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin planta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplanta/ [ˈplãn̪.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -anta
• Syllabification: plan‧ta

Noun

planta f (plural plantes)

1. (botany) plant (an organism of the kingdom Plantae)
2. sole of the foot
3. sole of a shoe
4. storey; floor
5. plant (industry)

Related terms

• plantar

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /planta/ [plãn̪.t̪a]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -anta, -a
• Hyphenation: plan‧ta

Noun

planta inan

1. aspect

Declension

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈplan.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈplan.ta]
• Rhymes: -anta
• Hyphenation: plan‧ta

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan planta, from Latin planta, from Proto-Italic *plāntā, from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂, from *pleh₂- (“flat”).

Noun

planta f (plural plantes)

1. (botany) plant (an organism of the kingdom Plantae)
2. sole (of a shoe or foot- see planta del peu)
3. physical aspect or impression of a person
4. level, storey or floor of a building
5. bottom part or foundation of a building

Derived terms

• planta del peu (“sole of the foot”)
• plantejar (“to suggest”)
• planter (“nursery”)

Related terms

• plançó
• plantació
• plantar
• plantilla

Etymology 2

Verb

planta

1. inflection of plantar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

References

• “planta”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “planta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “planta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “planta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish planta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplanta/ [ˈpl̪an̪.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -anta
• Hyphenation: plan‧ta

Noun

planta (Badlit spelling ᜉ᜔ᜎᜈ᜔ᜆ)

1. plant (factory)

Faroese

Etymology

From Latin planta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈplan̥ta]
• Rhymes: -an̥ta
• Homophone: plantað

Noun

planta f (genitive singular plantu, plural plantur)

1. plant

Declension

f1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	planta	plantan	plantur	planturnar
accusative	plantu	plantuna	plantur	planturnar
dative	plantu	plantuni	plantum	plantunum
genitive	plantu	plantunnar	planta	plantanna

Derived terms

• plantunavn
• planturíki
• plantuskipan
• plantuslag
• plantuætt

Verb

planta (third person singular past indicative plantaði, third person plural past indicative plantaðu, supine plantað)

1. to plant

Conjugation

Conjugation of planta (group v-30)

infinitive	planta
supine	plantað
	present	past
first singular	planti	plantaði
second singular	plantar	plantaði
third singular	plantar	plantaði
plural	planta	plantaðu
participle (a6)1	plantandi	plantaður
	imperative
singular	planta!
plural	plantið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plɑ̃.ta/

• Audio:

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Verb

planta

1. third-person singular past historic of planter

Anagrams

• lapant, planât

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese planta, from Latin planta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplanta/ [ˈplan̪.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -anta
• Hyphenation: plan‧ta

Noun

planta f (plural plantas)

1. (botany) plant (an organism of the kingdom Plantae)
2. sole (of the foot)
3. storey; floor

   Synonym: andar

Derived terms

• plantar
• plantío

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “planta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “planta”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “planta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “planta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “planta”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʰlan̥ta/
• Rhymes: -an̥ta

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin planta.

Noun

planta f (genitive singular plöntu, nominative plural plöntur)

1. (botany) plant (an organism of the kingdom Plantae)

Declension

Declension of planta (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	planta	plantan	plöntur	plönturnar
accusative	plöntu	plöntuna	plöntur	plönturnar
dative	plöntu	plöntunni	plöntum	plöntunum
genitive	plöntu	plöntunnar	plantna	plantnanna

Etymology 2

Verb

planta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative plantaði, supine plantað)

1. to plant [with dative or (formerly) accusative]

Conjugation

planta – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að planta
supine sagnbót		plantað
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		plantandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	planta	plantaði		planti	plantaði
	þú	plantar	plantaðir		plantir	plantaðir
	hann, hún, það	plantar	plantaði		planti	plantaði
plural	við	plöntum	plöntuðum		plöntum	plöntuðum
	þið	plantið	plöntuðuð		plantið	plöntuðuð
	þeir, þær, þau	planta	plöntuðu		planti	plöntuðu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	planta (þú), plantaðu
plural	þið	plantið (þið), plantiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

plantast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að plantast
supine sagnbót		plantast
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		plantandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	plantast	plantaðist		plantist	plantaðist
	þú	plantast	plantaðist		plantist	plantaðist
	hann, hún, það	plantast	plantaðist		plantist	plantaðist
plural	við	plöntumst	plöntuðumst		plöntumst	plöntuðumst
	þið	plantist	plöntuðust		plantist	plöntuðust
	þeir, þær, þau	plantast	plöntuðust		plantist	plöntuðust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	plantast (þú), plantastu
plural	þið	plantist (þið), plantisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

plantaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	plantaður	plöntuð	plantað	plantaðir	plantaðar	plöntuð
accusative (þolfall)	plantaðan	plantaða	plantað	plantaða	plantaðar	plöntuð
dative (þágufall)	plöntuðum	plantaðri	plöntuðu	plöntuðum	plöntuðum	plöntuðum
genitive (eignarfall)	plantaðs	plantaðrar	plantaðs	plantaðra	plantaðra	plantaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	plantaði	plantaða	plantaða	plöntuðu	plöntuðu	plöntuðu
accusative (þolfall)	plantaða	plöntuðu	plantaða	plöntuðu	plöntuðu	plöntuðu
dative (þágufall)	plantaða	plöntuðu	plantaða	plöntuðu	plöntuðu	plöntuðu
genitive (eignarfall)	plantaða	plöntuðu	plantaða	plöntuðu	plöntuðu	plöntuðu

Derived terms

• plantari

Ladino

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish planta (“plant”), from Latin planta, from Proto-Italic *plāntā, from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂, from *pleh₂- (“flat”).

Noun

planta f (Hebrew spelling פלאנטה)

1. (botany) plant (an organism of the kingdom Plantae) [16th c.]
   • 2006, Matilda Koén-Sarano, Por el plazer de kontar‎^[1], Nur Afakot, page 284:

     Sovre una pedana kon una mezika i siyas i una planta vedre estava el entervistador, ke estava entervistado los ke ivan a apareser en el programa.

     Over a footrest with a small round table, chairs, and a green plant was the interviewer, who was interviewing those who were to appear on the programme.

2. (anatomy) sole (plantar) [16th c.]
   • 1553, “Deuteronomio, II”, in Yom Tob Atías, Abraham Usque, transl., Biblia de Ferrara‎^[2], page 131:

     No vos combatays con ellos, que no daré à vos de ſu tierra haſta piſadura de planta de pie, que heredad à Eſau di à monte de Sehir.

     Contend not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

planta (Hebrew spelling פלאנטה)

1. third-person singular present indicative of plantar

Latin

Etymology

Either:

• from Proto-Italic *plāntā, from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat”).
• from Proto-Italic *plānktā, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂nk/gteh₂, from *pleh₂k-, *pleh₂g- (“to strike, fast”) (similar to *peh₂ǵ- (“to attach, fix, fasten”), whence the similarly meaning prōpāgō (“to propagate, extend, release”)). Cognate with plangō (“to strike, beat, flap”), Ancient Greek πλήσσω (plḗssō, “to strike, smite”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpɫan.ta]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈplän̪.t̪ä]

Noun

planta f (genitive plantae); first declension

1. any vegetable production that serves to propagate the species; a sprout, shoot, twig, sprig, sucker, graft, scion, slip, cutting
2. a young tree, a shrub that may be transplanted; a set
3. sole of the foot

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	planta	plantae
genitive	plantae	plantārum
dative	plantae	plantīs
accusative	plantam	plantās
ablative	plantā	plantīs
vocative	planta	plantae

Derived terms

• plantāgō
• plantō

Descendants

• → English: plant (through Old English and French)
• Catalan: planta
• → Dutch: plant (borrowing)
• French: plante
• Friulian: plante
• Galician: planta (borrowing)
• → German: Pflanze (borrowing, through Old High German)
• Italian: pianta
• Norman: pllaunte (France), pliante (Jersey), pllànte (Guernsey), pyãt (Sark)
• Occitan: planta
• → Old Welsh: plant (see there for further descendants)
• Portuguese: planta (borrowing), chanta (possibly)
• Romanian: plantă (borrowing), plântă
• Romansch: planta, plaunta
• Sicilian: chianta
• Spanish: planta (borrowing), llanta (obsolete)
• → Proto-West Germanic: *plantu

See also

• plantare
• plantarium
• plantatio
• plantiger

Further reading

• “planta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• planta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• planta in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[3], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• planten (of noun)
• plantet (of verb)

Noun

planta m or f

1. definite feminine singular of plante

Verb

planta

1. inflection of plante:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²plɑntɑ/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse planta, from Middle Low German [Term?], from Latin plantare. Akin to English plant.

Alternative forms

• plante

Verb

planta (present tense plantar, past tense planta, past participle planta, passive infinitive plantast, present participle plantande, imperative planta/plant)

1. to plant

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• planten

Noun

planta m or f

1. definite feminine singular of plante

References

• “planta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Alternative forms

• planto (Mistralian)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Occitan planta, from Latin planta.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

planta f (plural plantas)

1. (botany) plant (an organism of the kingdom Plantae)

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Derived from Latin planta, from Proto-Italic *plāntā, from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂, from *pleh₂- (“flat”). Cognate with Old Spanish planta.

Noun

planta f

1. (botany) plant (an organism of the kingdom Plantae)

Descendants

• Galician: planta
• Portuguese: planta

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “planta”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “planta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Old Spanish

Etymology

Derived from Latin planta, from Proto-Italic *plāntā, from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂, from *pleh₂- (“flat”). Cognate with Old Galician-Portuguese planta.

Noun

planta f (plural plantas)

1. (botany) plant (an organism of the kingdom Plantae)

   Hyponyms: arbol, arroz, avena, fava, gengibrante, lenteja, lino, malva, nabo, ortaliza, trigo, vid

Descendants

• Ladino: planta, פלאנטה
• Spanish: planta

References

• Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946) “planta”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 396

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplɐ̃.tɐ/

• Audio (Northern Portugal):

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• Rhymes: -ɐ̃tɐ
• Hyphenation: plan‧ta

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese planta, from Latin planta. Doublet of clã.

Noun

planta f (plural plantas)

1. (botany) plant (an organism of the kingdom Plantae)

   Synonym: vegetal

2. (architecture) floor plan (horizontal projection drawing of buildings, population clusters, etc.)

   Synonyms: diagrama, mapa, plano, projeto

3. topographic map
4. (informal) presentation

Related terms

nouns

• plantação f

verbs

• plantar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

planta

1. inflection of plantar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “planta”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “planta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romanian

Alternative forms

• планта (planta) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from French planter, from Latin planto. See also împlânta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /planˈta/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: plan‧ta

Verb

a planta (third-person singular present plantează, past participle plantat) 1st conjugation

1. to plant

Conjugation

    conjugation of planta (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a planta
gerund			plantând
past participle			plantat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	plantez	plantezi	plantează	plantăm	plantați	plantează
	imperfect	plantam	plantai	planta	plantam	plantați	plantau
	simple perfect	plantai	plantași	plantă	plantarăm	plantarăți	plantară
	pluperfect	plantasem	plantaseși	plantase	plantaserăm	plantaserăți	plantaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să plantez	să plantezi	să planteze	să plantăm	să plantați	să planteze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		plantează			plantați
	negative		nu planta			nu plantați

Related terms

• implanta
• plantă

Romansch

Alternative forms

• plànta (Sutsilvan)
• plaunta (Puter)
• plonta (Sursilvan)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin planta.

Noun

planta f (plural plantas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Vallader, botany) plant (an organism of the kingdom Plantae)
2. (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran) tree

   Synonyms: (Vallader) bos-ch, (Puter, Vallader) bös-ch

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplanta/ [ˈplãn̪.t̪a]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -anta
• Syllabification: plan‧ta

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish planta (“plant”), from Latin planta, from Proto-Italic *plāntā, from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂, from *pleh₂- (“flat”). Compare the now obsolete inherited form llanta.

Noun

planta f (plural plantas)

1. (botany) plant (an organism of the kingdom Plantae)
2. plant (factory)

   Synonym: fábrica

3. (architecture) floor, level (of a high building)

   Synonyms: piso, nivel

   Vivo en la primera planta

   I live on the first floor.

4. (anatomy) sole
5. (footwear) sole (bottom of a shoe or boot)

   Synonym: suela

Derived terms

• planta baja
• planta calavera
• planta camaleón
• planta desaladora, planta desalinizadora
• planta espada
• planta medicinal
• planta nuclear
• planta obediente
• plantilla

Related terms

• desplantar
• implantar
• plantación
• plantador
• plantar
• plantear
• replantar
• suplantar
• trasplantar

Etymology 2

Verb

planta

1. inflection of plantar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “planta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin planta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplanˌta/, [ˈpl̪an̪ːˌt̪a]

Noun

planta c

1. (botany) plant (an organism of the kingdom Plantae)

Declension

Declension of planta

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	planta	plantas
	definite	plantan	plantans
plural	indefinite	plantor	plantors
	definite	plantorna	plantornas

References

• planta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• planat

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish planta.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈplanta/ [ˈplan̪.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -anta
• Syllabification: plan‧ta

Noun

planta (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜎᜈ᜔ᜆ)

1. plant (factory)

Related terms

• planta elektrika

See also

• halaman

References

• “planta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• paltan, tanlap