# planta
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA or enPR then please add some!

### Noun

planta (plural plantae)
* (anatomy) The sole of the foot

#### Related terms

* plantar

### See also

* planta genista

### Anagrams

* Patlan, platan

## Asturian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin planta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈplanta/ [ˈplãn̪.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -anta
* Hyphenation: plan‧ta

### Noun

planta f (plural plantes)
* (botany) plant (an organism of the kingdom Plantae)
* sole of the foot
* sole of a shoe
* storey; floor
* plant (industry)

#### Related terms

* plantar

## Basque
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /planta/ [plãn̪.t̪a]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -anta, -a
* Hyphenation: plan‧ta

### Noun

planta inan
* aspect

#### Declension

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈplan.tə]
* IPA: (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)
* (botany) plant (an organism of the kingdom Plantae)
* sole (of a shoe or foot- see planta del peu)
* physical aspect or impression of a person
* level, storey or floor of a building
* 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
* inflection of plantar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** 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: /ˈplanta/ [ˈpl̪an̪.t̪ɐ]
* Rhymes: -anta
* Hyphenation: plan‧ta

### Noun

planta (Badlit spelling ᜉ᜔ᜎᜈ᜔ᜆ)
* plant (factory)

## Faroese
### Etymology

From Latin planta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈplan̥ta]
* Rhymes: -an̥ta
* Homophone: plantað

### Noun

planta f (genitive singular plantu, plural plantur)
* plant

#### Declension
### Verb

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

#### Conjugation

$^1$Only the past participle being declined.

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /plɑ̃.ta/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

planta
* third-person singular past historic of planter

### Anagrams

* lapant, planât

## Galician
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese planta, from Latin planta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈplanta/ [ˈplan̪.t̪ɐ]
* Rhymes: -anta
* Hyphenation: plan‧ta

### Noun

planta f (plural plantas)
* (botany) plant (an organism of the kingdom Plantae)
* sole (of the foot)
* 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: /ˈpʰlan̥ta/
* Rhymes: -an̥ta

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin planta.

#### Noun

planta f (genitive singular plöntu, nominative plural plöntur)
* (botany) plant (an organism of the kingdom Plantae)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2
#### Verb

planta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative plantaði, supine plantað)
* to plant [with dative or (formerly) accusative]

##### Derived terms

* plantari

## Ladino
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish planta (“plant”), from Latin planta, from Proto-Italic *plāntā, from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂, from *pleh₂- (“flat”).

#### Noun

planta f (Hebrew spelling פלאנטה)
* (botany) plant (an organism of the kingdom Plantae) [16th c.]
** 2006, Matilda Koén-Sarano, Por el plazer de kontar‎, Nur Afakot, page 284:Sovre una pedana kon una mezika i siyas i una planta vedre estava el entervistador, ke estava entervistado los ke ivan a apareser en el programa.Over a footrest with a small round table, chairs, and a green plant was the interviewer, who was interviewing those who were to appear on the programme.
* (anatomy) sole (plantar) [16th c.]
** 1553, “Deuteronomio, II”, in Yom Tob Atías, Abraham Usque, transl., Biblia de Ferrara‎, page 131:No vos combatays con ellos, que no daré à vos de ſu tierra haſta piſadura de planta de pie, que heredad à Eſau di à monte de Sehir.Contend not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

planta (Hebrew spelling פלאנטה)
* third-person singular present indicative of plantar

#### References

* ↑ “planta”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.

## 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: /ˈplan.ta/, [ˈpɫ̪än̪t̪ä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈplan.ta/, [ˈplän̪t̪ä]

### Noun

planta f (genitive plantae); first declension
* any vegetable production that serves to propagate the species; a sprout, shoot, twig, sprig, sucker, graft, scion, slip, cutting
* a young tree, a shrub that may be transplanted; a set
* sole of the foot

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### 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

### References

* ↑ 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

### 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, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* planten (of noun)
* plantet (of verb)

### Noun

planta m or f
* definite feminine singular of plante

### Verb

planta
* inflection of plante:
** simple past
** past participle

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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)
* to plant

### Etymology 2
#### Alternative forms

* planten

#### Noun

planta m or f
* definite feminine singular of plante

### References

* “planta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Occitan
### Alternative forms

* planto (Mistralian)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Occitan planta, from Latin planta.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

planta f (plural plantas)
* (botany) plant (an organism of the kingdom Plantae)

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

Derived from Latin planta, from Proto-Italic *plāntā, from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂, from *pleh₂- (“flat”). Cognate with Old Spanish planta.

### Noun

planta f
* (botany) plant (an organism of the kingdom Plantae)

#### Descendants

* Galician: planta
* Portuguese: planta

### References

* 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
* 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

## Old Spanish
### Etymology

Derived from Latin planta, from Proto-Italic *plāntā, from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂, from *pleh₂- (“flat”). Cognate with Old Galician-Portuguese planta.

### Noun

planta f (plural plantas)
* (botany) plant (an organism of the kingdom Plantae)
    Hyponyms: arbol, arroz, avena, fava, gengibrante, lenteja, lino, malva, nabo, ortaliza, trigo, vid

#### Descendants

* Ladino: planta, פלאנטה
* Spanish: planta

### References

* Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946) “planta”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 396

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈplɐ̃.tɐ/
* Rhymes: -ɐ̃tɐ
* Hyphenation: plan‧ta

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese planta, from Latin planta. Doublet of clã.

#### Noun

planta f (plural plantas)
* (botany) plant (an organism of the kingdom Plantae)
    Synonym: vegetal
* (architecture) floor plan (horizontal projection drawing of buildings, population clusters, etc.)
    Synonyms: diagrama, mapa, plano, projeto
* topographic map
* (informal) presentation

##### Related terms

* plantação f
* plantar

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

planta
* inflection of plantar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** 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: /planˈta/
* Rhymes: -a
* Hyphenation: plan‧ta

### Verb

a planta (third-person singular present plantează, past participle plantat) 1st conjugation
* to plant

#### Related terms

* implanta
* plantă

## Romansch
### Alternative forms

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

### Etymology

Inherited from Latin planta.

### Noun

planta f (plural plantas)
* (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Vallader, botany) plant (an organism of the kingdom Plantae)
* (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran) tree
    Synonyms: (Vallader) bos-ch, (Puter, Vallader) bös-ch

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈplanta/ [ˈplãn̪.t̪a]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -anta
* Syllabification: plan‧ta

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish planta (“plant”), 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)
* (botany) plant (an organism of the kingdom Plantae)
* plant (factory)
    Synonym: fábrica
* (architecture) floor, level (of a high building)
    Synonyms: piso, nivel
    Vivo en la primera plantaI live on the first floor.
* (anatomy) sole
* (footwear) sole (bottom of a shoe or boot)
    Synonym: suela

##### Derived terms

* planta baja
* planta calavera
* 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
* inflection of plantar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** 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: /ˈplanˌta/, [ˈpl̪an̪ːˌt̪a]

### Noun

planta c
* (botany) plant (an organism of the kingdom Plantae)

#### Declension
### References

* planta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* planat

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish planta.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈplanta/ [ˈplan̪.t̪ɐ]
* Rhymes: -anta
* Syllabification: plan‧ta

### Noun

planta (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜎᜈ᜔ᜆ)
* plant (factory)

#### See also

* halaman

### References

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

### Anagrams

* paltan, tanlap