planta

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

planta (plural plantae)

1. (anatomy) The sole of the foot

Related terms

• plantar

Anagrams

• Patlan, platan

Asturian

Asturian Wikipedia has an article on:

planta

Wikipedia ^ast

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin planta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplanta/,
• Rhymes: -anta
• Hyphenation: plan‧ta

Noun

planta f (plural plantes)

1. plant
2. sole of the foot
3. sole of a shoe
4. storey, floor
5. plant (industry)

Related terms

• plantar

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /planta/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -anta
• Hyphenation: plan‧ta

Noun

planta inan

1. aspect

Declension

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Catalan

Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:

planta

Wikipedia ^ca

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)
• 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. plant
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

Related terms

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, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “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, 2024

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish planta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplanta/,
• Rhymes: -anta
• Hyphenation: plan‧ta

Noun

planta (Badlit spelling ᜉ᜔ᜎᜈ᜔ᜆ)

1. plant (factory)

Faroese

Etymology

From Latin planta.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

planta f (genitive singular plantu, plural plantur)

1. plant

Declension

Verb

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

1. to plant

Conjugation

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

Borrowed from Latin planta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplanta/
• Rhymes: -anta
• Hyphenation: plan‧ta

Noun

planta f (plural plantas)

1. plant
2. sole (of the foot)
3. storey, floor

   Synonym: andar

Derived terms

• plantar
• plantío

References

• “planta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “planta” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “planta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “planta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “planta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Latin planta.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

planta f (genitive singular plöntu, nominative plural plöntur)

1. plant

Declension

Verb

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

1. (transitive, with dative, earlier with accusative) to plant

Conjugation

Derived terms

• plantari

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-, whence the similarly meaning prōpāgō). Cognate with plangō, Ancient Greek πλήσσω (plḗssō).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈplan.ta/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈplan.ta/,

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.

Derived terms

• plantāgō
• plantō

Descendants

See also

• plantare
• plantarium
• plantatio
• plantiger

References

• “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, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “planta”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 470

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

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

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 , 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

From Old Occitan planta, from Latin planta.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

planta f (plural plantas)

1. plant (organism capable of photosynthesis)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃tɐ
• Hyphenation: plan‧ta

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin planta. Doublet of chanta, which may be an inherited doublet, and clã.

Noun

planta f (plural plantas)

1. (botany) a plant
2. (architecture) floor plan

   Synonyms: diagrama, mapa, plano, projeto

3. the sole (of the foot)

   planta do pé ― sole of the foot

Related terms

• plantação
• 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

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 conj.

1. to plant

Conjugation

Related terms

• implanta
• plantă

Romansch

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Latin planta.

Noun

planta f (plural plantas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Vallader) plant
2. (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran) tree

Synonyms

• (tree): (Puter, Vallader) bös-ch, (Vallader) bos-ch

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplanta/

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -anta
• Syllabification: plan‧ta

Etymology 1

Borrowed 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 (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

Related terms

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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin planta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplanˌta/,

Noun

planta c

1. a plant

Declension

References

• planta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• planat

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish planta.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈplanta/,
• Rhymes: -anta
• Syllabification: plan‧ta

Noun

planta (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜎᜈ᜔ᜆ)

1. plant (factory)

See also

• halaman

References

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