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
• 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/ [plãn̪.t̪a]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -anta
• 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. 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

• 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, 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, 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

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
participle (a6)1	plantandi	plantaður
	present	past
first singular	planti	plantaði
second singular	plantar	plantaði
third singular	plantar	plantaði
plural	planta	plantaðu
	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

Learned borrowing from Latin planta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplanta/ [ˈplan̪.t̪ɐ]
• 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

• 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. plant

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)	ég planta	við plöntum	present (nútíð)	ég planti	við plöntum
	þú plantar	þið plantið		þú plantir	þið plantið
	hann, hún, það plantar	þeir, þær, þau planta		hann, hún, það planti	þeir, þær, þau planti
past (þátíð)	ég plantaði	við plöntuðum	past (þátíð)	ég plantaði	við plöntuðum
	þú plantaðir	þið plöntuðuð		þú plantaðir	þið plöntuðuð
	hann, hún, það plantaði	þeir, þær, þau plöntuðu		hann, hún, það plantaði	þeir, þær, þau plöntuðu
imperative (boðháttur)	planta (þú)	plantið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	plantaðu	plantiði *
* 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 ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég plantast	við plöntumst	present (nútíð)	ég plantist	við plöntumst
	þú plantast	þið plantist		þú plantist	þið plantist
	hann, hún, það plantast	þeir, þær, þau plantast		hann, hún, það plantist	þeir, þær, þau plantist
past (þátíð)	ég plantaðist	við plöntuðumst	past (þátíð)	ég plantaðist	við plöntuðumst
	þú plantaðist	þið plöntuðust		þú plantaðist	þið plöntuðust
	hann, hún, það plantaðist	þeir, þær, þau plöntuðust		hann, hún, það plantaðist	þeir, þær, þau plöntuðust
imperative (boðháttur)	plantast (þú)	plantist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	plantastu	plantisti *
* 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

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): /ˈplan.ta/, [ˈpɫ̪än̪t̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈplan.ta/, [ˈplän̪t̪ä]

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^[1], 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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈplɐ̃.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃tɐ
• Hyphenation: plan‧ta

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin planta. Doublet of clã.

Noun

planta f (plural plantas)

1. (biology, botany) plant (eukaryotic and multicellular living being, generally autotrophic and photosynthetic, with differentiated tissues and a cell wall of a cellulose nature, which lacks locomotor capacity)

   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

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/ [ˈplãn̪.t̪a]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• 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

• planta baja
• 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. a plant

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)

See also

• halaman

References

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

Anagrams

• paltan, tanlap