Standard Lemma guide

implant

noun · verb · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈɪmplɑːnt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • ĭmʹplănt'
  • /ˈɪmˌplænt/
  • rhymes with -ɑːnt
  • rhymes with -ænt
  • /ɪmˈplɑːnt/
  • ĭmplăntʹ
  • /ɪmˈplænt/
  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 M P L AE1 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Anything surgically implanted in the body, such as a tissue graft or prosthesis, particularly breast implants.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A representative of a travel company, working within the office of a large client and exclusively dealing with that client.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: lifestyle, tourism, transport, travel

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To fix firmly or set securely or deeply.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To insert (something) surgically into the body.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

Of an embryo, to become attached to and embedded in the womb.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

a prosthesis placed permanently in tissue

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: prosthesis, prosthetic device

Narrower terms: artificial heart, artificial joint, breast implant, dental implant, heart valve, lens implant, interocular lens implant, IOL, penile implant, shunt

7

verb

Meaning 7

put firmly in the mind

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Plant a thought in the students' minds

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: plant

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: communicate, pass on, pass, pass along, put across

8

verb

Meaning 8

become attached to and embedded in the uterus

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The egg fertilized in vitro implanted in the uterus of the birth mother with no further complications

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: attach

9

verb

Meaning 9

fix or set securely or deeply

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He planted a knee in the back of his opponent
  • The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: engraft, embed, imbed, plant

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: insert, infix, enter, introduce

Narrower terms: pot, nest, bury, sink

History

Etymology

From Middle French implanter, from Latin implantō. By surface analysis, im- + plant.

Across languages

Translations

78 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: implantaat — anything surgically implanted in the body
  • Bulgarian: имплантат (implantat) — anything surgically implanted in the body
  • Catalan: implant — anything surgically implanted in the body
  • Chinese Mandarin: 植入 (zhírù) — anything surgically implanted in the body
  • Chinese Mandarin: 植入管 (zhírùguǎn) — anything surgically implanted in the body
  • Chinese Mandarin: 移植物 (yízhíwù) — anything surgically implanted in the body
  • Chinese Mandarin: 深植 (shēnzhí) — anything surgically implanted in the body
  • Czech: implantát — anything surgically implanted in the body
  • Danish: implantat — anything surgically implanted in the body
  • Dutch: implantaat — anything surgically implanted in the body
  • Finnish: istute — anything surgically implanted in the body
  • Finnish: implantti — anything surgically implanted in the body
  • French: implant — anything surgically implanted in the body
  • Galician: implante — anything surgically implanted in the body
  • Georgian: იმპლანტატი (imṗlanṭaṭi) — anything surgically implanted in the body
  • German: Implantat — anything surgically implanted in the body
  • Greek: εμφύτευμα (emfýtevma) — anything surgically implanted in the body
  • Hungarian: implantátum — anything surgically implanted in the body
  • Japanese: インプラント (inpuranto) — anything surgically implanted in the body
  • Japanese: 移植片 (ishokuhen) — anything surgically implanted in the body
  • Norwegian Bokmål: implantat — anything surgically implanted in the body
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: implantat — anything surgically implanted in the body
  • Polish: implant — anything surgically implanted in the body
  • Polish: wszczep — anything surgically implanted in the body
  • Portuguese: implante — anything surgically implanted in the body
  • Romanian: implantat — anything surgically implanted in the body
  • Romanian: implant — anything surgically implanted in the body
  • Romanian: implanturi — anything surgically implanted in the body
  • Russian: импланта́т (implantát) — anything surgically implanted in the body
  • Spanish: implante — anything surgically implanted in the body
  • Swedish: implantat — anything surgically implanted in the body
  • Turkish: implant — anything surgically implanted in the body
  • Ukrainian: імпланта́т (implantát) — anything surgically implanted in the body
  • Bulgarian: внедрявам (vnedrjavam) — fix firmly or set securely and deeply
  • Catalan: implantar — fix firmly or set securely and deeply
  • Finnish: istuttaa — fix firmly or set securely and deeply
  • Finnish: juurruttaa — fix firmly or set securely and deeply
  • Finnish: kiinnittää — fix firmly or set securely and deeply
  • French: implanter — fix firmly or set securely and deeply
  • Ancient Greek: ἐμφύω (emphúō) — fix firmly or set securely and deeply
  • Italian: infiggere — fix firmly or set securely and deeply
  • Māori: kuhi — fix firmly or set securely and deeply
  • Portuguese: fincar — fix firmly or set securely and deeply
  • Portuguese: implantar — fix firmly or set securely and deeply
  • Romanian: înfige — fix firmly or set securely and deeply
  • Russian: внедря́ть (vnedrjátʹ) — fix firmly or set securely and deeply
  • Russian: внедри́ть (vnedrítʹ) — fix firmly or set securely and deeply
  • Russian: привива́ть (privivátʹ) — fix firmly or set securely and deeply
  • Russian: приви́ть (privítʹ) — fix firmly or set securely and deeply
  • Russian: вселя́ть (vseljátʹ) — fix firmly or set securely and deeply
  • Russian: всели́ть (vselítʹ) — fix firmly or set securely and deeply
  • Sicilian: nchiantari — fix firmly or set securely and deeply
  • Spanish: hincar — fix firmly or set securely and deeply
  • Spanish: implantar — fix firmly or set securely and deeply
  • Afrikaans: inplant — insert (something) surgically into the body
  • Bulgarian: имплантирам (implantiram) — insert (something) surgically into the body
  • Bulgarian: присаждам (prisaždam) — insert (something) surgically into the body
  • Catalan: implantar — insert (something) surgically into the body
  • Czech: implantovat — insert (something) surgically into the body
  • Finnish: istuttaa — insert (something) surgically into the body
  • French: implant — insert (something) surgically into the body
  • Georgian: იმპლანტირებას უწევს (imṗlanṭirebas uc̣evs) — insert (something) surgically into the body
  • Georgian: იმპლანტირება (imṗlanṭireba) — insert (something) surgically into the body
  • German: einpflanzen — insert (something) surgically into the body
  • German: implantieren — insert (something) surgically into the body
  • Greek: εμφυτεύω (emfytévo) — insert (something) surgically into the body
  • Polish: wszczepić — insert (something) surgically into the body
  • Polish: wszczepiać — insert (something) surgically into the body
  • Portuguese: implantar — insert (something) surgically into the body
  • Romanian: implanta — insert (something) surgically into the body
  • Russian: импланти́ровать (implantírovatʹ) — insert (something) surgically into the body
  • Russian: вживля́ть (vživljátʹ) — insert (something) surgically into the body
  • Russian: вживи́ть (vživítʹ) — insert (something) surgically into the body
  • Sicilian: nchiantari — insert (something) surgically into the body
  • Catalan: implantar — of an embryo, to become embedded in the womb
  • Finnish: kiinnittyä — of an embryo, to become embedded in the womb
  • French: implanter — of an embryo, to become embedded in the womb
  • Spanish: implantar — of an embryo, to become embedded in the womb