plantage
See also: Plantage
English
Etymology
Noun
plantage (countable and uncountable, plural plantages)
- (nonce word, obsolete) Plants in general, or anything that is planted.
- Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida
- As true as steel, as plantage to the moon.
- Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: plan‧ta‧ge
- Rhymes: -aːʒə
Noun
plantage f (plural plantages, diminutive plantagetje n)
- plantation
- A small group of plants and trees; a small planted area.
- (obsolete) The act of planting.
Derived terms
- bananenplantage
- katoenplantage
- koffieplantage
- plantagehouder
- plantageslaaf
- suikerplantage
- theeplantage
- wietplantage
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plɑ̃.taʒ/
Noun
plantage m (plural plantages)
Further reading
- “plantage” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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