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planter

/ˈplæntə/PLAN-tur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈplæntɚ/PLAN-tur

Meaningone who plants

Common meaning: a grower

Other meanings: a plant pot

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Journey through time

  1. Latinplanta‘a plant’source
  2. Middle Englishplantesource
  3. Englishplant‘a living organism such as a tree or flower’
  4. Englishformed in English from plantplanter‘a grower’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from plant + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), PLANT, p.448 · scan

Source words

  • planta Latin · source word “a plant”

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