Plant

Table of contents

1 Etymology 2 Noun 3 Verb 4 Related words 5 Dutch 6 Etymology 7 Noun 8 Verb

Etymology

Noun

1. A living organism in the Kingdom Plantae, an eukaryote that includes chloroplasts in its cells. Examples: tree, fern, flower

   Translations

   • Breton: plant (collective noun)
   • Chinese: 植物
   • Dutch: plant m
   • Esperanto: planto
   • Finnish: kasvi
   • French: plante f
   • German: Pflanze f
   • Guarani: ka'a
   • Icelandic: jurt f, planta f
   • Indonesian: tumbuh-tumbuhan
   • Interlingua: planta
   • Italian: pianta f
   • Japanese: 植物 (しょくぶつ, shokubutsu)
   • Korean: 식물 [植物] (sik-mul)
   • Polish: roślina f
   • Portuguese: planta f
   • Romanian: plantă
   • Russian: растение n
   • Tupinambá: ka'a

2. An industrial or institutional building or facility

   Translations

   • Breton: labouradeg f, greanti m
   • Chinese: 工廠
   • Dutch: fabriek
   • German: Fabrik f, Werk n, Anlage f
   • Indonesian: pabrik
   • Interlingua: installation; fabrica; machineria
   • Italian: impianto m
   • Japanese: 工場 (こうじょう, kōjō)
   • Korean: 공장 [工場] (gongjang)
   • Polish: fabryka f, zakład m
   • Portuguese: instalação; usina, fábrica; aparelhagem
   • Romanian: fabrică f, uzină f
   • Russian: завод m, фабрика f

3. An industrial installation, site

   Translations

   • Chinese: 組裝
   • Dutch: site m, bedrijf n', centrale f''

1. To place a plant in soil or other substrate in order that it may live and grow

   Translations

   • Breton: plantañ
   • Chinese: 種, 種稙
   • Dutch: planten, poten
   • Finnish: istuttaa
   • French: planter
   • German: pflanzen
   • Guarani: ñoty
   • Indonesian: tanam
   • Interlingua: plantar
   • Italian: piantare
   • Japanese: 植える (うえる, ueru)
   • Korean: 심다 (simda)
   • Polish: sadzić (imperf), zasadzić (perf)
   • Portuguese: plantar
   • Romanian: a planta
   • Tupinambá: tym

2. To place an object (or sometimes a person), often with the implication of intending deceit

   Translations

   • Interlingua: plantar
   • Italian: piantare
   • Korean: 이식하다 [移植-] (isikhada)
   • Portuguese: plantar

Noun

1. A living organism in the Kingdom Plantae, an eukaryote that includes chloroplasts in its cells. Examples: boom, varen, bloem

   Translations

   • English: plant