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. plural indefinite of plante

Verb

planter

  1. present tense of plante

French

Etymology

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
      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

Further reading

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

planter

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of plantō

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

planter m, f

  1. indefinite plural of plante

Verb

planter

  1. present tense of plante

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Noun

planter m, f

  1. indefinite feminine plural of plante
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