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Webster 1913 Edition
Planter
Plant′er
,Noun.
1.
One who, or that which, plants or sows;
as, a
planter
of corn; a machine planter
.2.
One who owns or cultivates a plantation;
as, a sugar
. planter
; a coffee planter
3.
A colonist in a new or uncultivated territory;
as, the first
. planters
in VirginiaWebster 1828 Edition
Planter
PLANT'ER
,Noun.
1.
One that settles in a new or uncultivated territory; as the first planters in Virginia.2.
One who owns a plantation; used in the West Indies and southern states of America.3.
One that introduces and establishes. The apostles were the first planters of christianity.
Definition 2024
planter
planter
English
Noun
planter (plural planters)
- 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.
- 2002, Jill Christman, Darkroom: A Family Exposure (page 100)
- A box or pot for plants, usually large and standing on the floor.
- (historical) Any of the early English settlers, given the lands of the dispossessed Irish populace during the reign of Elizabeth I.
- A machine used for planting seeds.
- The owner of a plantation.
Translations
box or pot
machine
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person operating a planter
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owner of a plantation
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Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Latin plantāre, present active infinitive of plantō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plɑ̃te/
Verb
planter
- (transitive) to plant
- (transitive) to drive in (a nail, stake etc.)
- (transitive) to pitch (a tent)
- (intransitive, computing) to crash
- (reflexive, informal, se planter) to fall off
- (reflexive, informal, se planter) to fail, to not succeed
- (reflexive, informal, se planter, a vehicle and etc) to break down
- (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.
- 1981, Jean-Marc Ligny, Furia!, ISBN 2-207-30346-2
Conjugation
Conjugation of planter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | planter | avoir planté | |||||
| gerund | en plantant | en ayant planté | |||||
| present participle | plantant /plɑ̃.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | planté /plɑ̃.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| 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/ |
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| past historic1 | plantai /plɑ̃.te/ |
plantas /plɑ̃.ta/ |
planta /plɑ̃.ta/ |
plantâmes /plɑ̃.tam/ |
plantâtes /plɑ̃.tat/ |
plantèrent /plɑ̃.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | planterai /plɑ̃.tʁe/ |
planteras /plɑ̃.tʁa/ |
plantera /plɑ̃.tʁa/ |
planterons /plɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
planterez /plɑ̃.tʁe/ |
planteront /plɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | planterais /plɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
planterais /plɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
planterait /plɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
planterions /plɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
planteriez /plɑ̃.tə.ʁje/ |
planteraient /plɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | plante /plɑ̃t/ |
plantes /plɑ̃t/ |
plante /plɑ̃t/ |
plantions /plɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
plantiez /plɑ̃.tje/ |
plantent /plɑ̃t/ |
| imperfect1 |
plantasse /plɑ̃.tas/ |
plantasses /plɑ̃.tas/ |
plantât /plɑ̃.ta/ |
plantassions /plɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
plantassiez /plɑ̃.ta.sje/ |
plantassent /plɑ̃.tas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | plante /plɑ̃t/ |
— | plantons /plɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
plantez /plɑ̃.te/ |
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