plantage

See also: Plantage

English

Etymology

plant + -age

Noun

plantage (countable and uncountable, plural plantages)

  1. (nonce word, obsolete) Plants in general, or anything that is planted.
    • Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida
      As true as steel, as plantage to the moon.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for plantage in
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)


Dutch

Alternative forms

  • plantagie (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from French plantage. Equivalent to planten + -age.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌplɑnˈtaː.ʒə/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: plan‧ta‧ge
  • Rhymes: -aːʒə

Noun

plantage f (plural plantages, diminutive plantagetje n)

  1. plantation
  2. A small group of plants and trees; a small planted area.
  3. (obsolete) The act of planting.

Derived terms

  • bananenplantage
  • katoenplantage
  • koffieplantage
  • plantagehouder
  • plantageslaaf
  • suikerplantage
  • theeplantage
  • wietplantage

French

Etymology

planter + -age

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /plɑ̃.taʒ/

Noun

plantage m (plural plantages)

  1. the action of planting
  2. (computing) crash

Further reading

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