planter

English

Etymology

plant +‎ -er

Noun

planter (plural planters)

  1. One who plants something.
    • 2002, Jill Christman, Darkroom: A Family Exposure (page 100)
      She didn't use any magic truth serums, nor did she suggest hypnotherapy, but barring this, she personified the greatest enemy of the False Memory Syndrome Foundation — an evil planter of false memories.
  2. A box or pot for plants, usually large and standing on the floor.
  3. (historical) Any of the early English settlers, given the lands of the dispossessed Irish populace during the reign of Elizabeth I.
  4. A machine used for planting seeds.
  5. The owner of a plantation.

Translations

Anagrams

Cebuano

Etymology

Back-formation from planteran.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: plan‧ter

Noun

planter

  1. a frameup; a false incrimination of an innocent person

Danish

Noun

planter c

  1. indefinite plural of plante

Verb

planter

  1. present of plante

French

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin plantāre, present active infinitive of plantō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /plɑ̃.te/
  • planter(file)

Verb

planter

  1. (transitive) to plant
  2. (transitive) to drive in (a nail, stake etc.)
  3. (transitive) to pitch (a tent)
  4. (transitive, intransitive, computing) to crash
  5. (reflexive, informal, se planter) to fall off
  6. (reflexive, informal, se planter) to fail, to not succeed
  7. (reflexive, informal, se planter, a vehicle and etc) to break down
  8. (transitive, slang) to stab with a knife
    • 1981, Jean-Marc Ligny, Furia!, ISBN 2-207-30346-2
      Il se dit qu'il ne ressortira plus jamais de cette cour des miracles, que dans dix minutes un petit nerveux va déboucher d'une venelle avec un couteau et le planter aussi sec.

Conjugation
Conjugation of planter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle plantant
/plɑ̃.tɑ̃/
past participle planté
/plɑ̃.te/
infinitive
simple planter
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple plantant
/plɑ̃.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present plante
/plɑ̃t/		 plantes
/plɑ̃t/		 plante
/plɑ̃t/		 plantons
/plɑ̃.tɔ̃/		 plantez
/plɑ̃.te/		 plantent
/plɑ̃t/
imperfect plantais
/plɑ̃.tɛ/		 plantais
/plɑ̃.tɛ/		 plantait
/plɑ̃.tɛ/		 plantions
/plɑ̃.tjɔ̃/		 plantiez
/plɑ̃.tje/		 plantaient
/plɑ̃.tɛ/
past historic2 plantai
/plɑ̃.te/		 plantas
/plɑ̃.ta/		 planta
/plɑ̃.ta/		 plantâmes
/plɑ̃.tam/		 plantâtes
/plɑ̃.tat/		 plantèrent
/plɑ̃.tɛʁ/
future planterai
/plɑ̃.tʁe/		 planteras
/plɑ̃.tʁa/		 plantera
/plɑ̃.tʁa/		 planterons
/plɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/		 planterez
/plɑ̃.tʁe/		 planteront
/plɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/
conditional planterais
/plɑ̃.tʁɛ/		 planterais
/plɑ̃.tʁɛ/		 planterait
/plɑ̃.tʁɛ/		 planterions
/plɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 planteriez
/plɑ̃.tə.ʁje/		 planteraient
/plɑ̃.tʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present plante
/plɑ̃t/		 plantes
/plɑ̃t/		 plante
/plɑ̃t/		 plantions
/plɑ̃.tjɔ̃/		 plantiez
/plɑ̃.tje/		 plantent
/plɑ̃t/
imperfect2 plantasse
/plɑ̃.tas/		 plantasses
/plɑ̃.tas/		 plantât
/plɑ̃.ta/		 plantassions
/plɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/		 plantassiez
/plɑ̃.ta.sje/		 plantassent
/plɑ̃.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — plante
/plɑ̃t/		 — plantons
/plɑ̃.tɔ̃/		 plantez
/plɑ̃.te/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

planter

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of plantō

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French planteur.

Pronunciation
  • IPA: [plɑ̃tɛː]

Noun

planter

  1. a planter; one that plants something
    Synonym: agrikilter

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

planter m or f

  1. indefinite plural of plante

Verb

planter

  1. present of plante

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Noun

planter m or f

  1. indefinite feminine plural of plante
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