plantain

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English

common plantain (Plantago major)

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman plainteine et al., Old French plaintain, from Latin plantāginem (“plantain”), accusative of plantāgō, from planta (“sole”), a nasalized form of Proto-Indo-European *plat (“flat; to spread”), because of the broad, flat shape of the plantain leaves.

Noun

plantain (plural plantains)

  1. A plant of the genus Plantago, with a rosette of sessile leaves about 10 cm long with a narrow part instead of a petiole, and with a spike inflorescence with the flower spacing varying widely among the species. See also psyllium.
    • 1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society 2007, p. 225:
      The roots of Plantain and Pellitory of Spain beaten to powder and put into hollow teeth, takes away the pains of them.
    • 2003, Michael Hofmann, translating Ernst Jünger, Storm of Steel, Penguin 2004, p. 41:
      The paths too are overgrown, but easily identified by the presence on them of round-leaved plantains.
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Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Spanish plantano, obsolete variant of plátano, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Kari'na platana (“banana”).

plantain (Musa) fruit slices frying

Noun

plantain (plural plantains)

  1. A plant in the genus Musa, the genus that includes banana, but with lower sugar content than banana.
  2. The fruit of the plant, usually cooked before eating and used like potatoes.
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French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old French plantain, from Latin plantāgō, plantāginem.

Noun

plantain m (plural plantains)

  1. plantain, any plant of genus Plantago

Etymology 2

From banane plantain

Noun

plantain m (plural plantains)

  1. plantain (fruit of the genus Musa)

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin plantāgō, plantāginem.

Noun

plantain oblique singular, m (oblique plural plantainz, nominative singular plantainz, nominative plural plantain)

  1. plantain, any plant of genus Plantago

Descendants

  • English: plantain
  • French: plantain
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