planta

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

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

planta (plural plantae)

1. (anatomy) The sole of the foot

Related terms

• plantar

See also

• planta genista

Anagrams

• Patlan, platan

Asturian

Asturian Wikipedia has an article on:

planta

Wikipedia ^ast

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

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Catalan

Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:

planta

Wikipedia ^ca

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈplan.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈplan.ta]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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• 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], April 2007
• “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
• plantuolja
• 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 (France (Toulouse)):

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• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Verb

planta

1. third-person singular past historic of planter

Anagrams

• lapant, planât

Galician

Galician Wikipedia has an article on:

planta

Wikipedia ^gl

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

Icelandic Wikipedia has an article on:

planta

Wikipedia ^is

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