name · noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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US:/plænˈteɪʃən/
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rhymes with -eɪʃən
CMU ARPABET:P L AE2 N T EY1 SH AH0 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
name
Meaning 1
A city in Broward County, Florida, named after the Everglades Plantation Co.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
2
name
Meaning 2
A census-designated place in Sarasota County, Florida.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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3
noun
Meaning 3
A large farm; estate or area of land designated for agricultural growth. Often includes housing for the owner and workers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
An area where trees are planted, either for commercial purposes, or to adorn an estate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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5
noun
Meaning 5
The importation of large numbers of workers and soldiers to displace the local population, such as in medieval Ireland and in the Americas; colonization.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, historical, uncountable
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6
noun
Meaning 6
A colony established thus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, historical, uncountable
Examples
Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (former official name of Rhode Island, United States)
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Synonyms: none provided
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7
noun
Meaning 7
garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: grove, woodlet, orchard
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: garden
Narrower terms: apple orchard, lemon grove, orange grove, peach orchard
8
noun
Meaning 8
a newly established colony (especially in the colonization of North America)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the practice of sending convicted criminals to serve on the Plantations was common in the 17th century
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: colony, settlement
9
noun
Meaning 9
an estate where cash crops are grown on a large scale (especially in tropical areas)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Borrowed from Middle French plantation, from Latin plantātiō (“planting, transplanting”), from plantātus (“planted”), the perfect passive participle of plantāre, + action noun suffix -tiō.
Across languages
Translations
89 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
plantacion
— large farm
Arabic:
مَزْرَعَة
(mazraʕa)
— large farm
Armenian:
պլանտացիա
(plantacʻia)
— large farm
Armenian:
տնկադաշտ
(tnkadašt)
— large farm
Azerbaijani:
plantasiya
— large farm
Belarusian:
планта́цыя
(plantácyja)
— large farm
Belarusian:
плянта́цыя
(pljantácyja)
— large farm
Bulgarian:
планта́ция
(plantácija)
— large farm
Burmese:
စိုက်ခင်း
(cuikhkang:)
— large farm
Catalan:
plantació
— large farm
Chinese Mandarin:
種植園 /种植园
(zhòngzhíyuán)
— large farm
Czech:
plantáž
— large farm
Danish:
plantage
— large farm
Dutch:
aanplanting
— large farm
Dutch:
plantage
— large farm
Esperanto:
plantaro
— large farm
Esperanto:
plantejo
— large farm
Estonian:
istandus
— large farm
Faroese:
viðarlund
— large farm
Fijian:
vuci
— large farm
Finnish:
suurtila
— large farm
French:
plantation
— large farm
Georgian:
პლანტაცია
(ṗlanṭacia)
— large farm
German:
Plantage
— large farm
Greek:
φυτεία
(fyteía)
— large farm
Hindi:
बाग़ान
(bāġān)
— large farm
Hindi:
वृक्षारोपण
(vŕkṣāropaṇ)
— large farm
Hungarian:
ültetvény
— large farm
Icelandic:
plantekra
— large farm
Ido:
plantacerio
— large farm
Indonesian:
perkebunan
— large farm
Interlingua:
plantation
— large farm
Italian:
piantagione
— large farm
Japanese:
プランテーション
(purantēshon)
— large farm
Japanese:
農園
(nōen)
— large farm
Japanese:
栽培所
(saibaijo)
— large farm
Kazakh:
плантация
(plantasiä)
— large farm
Khmer:
ចំការ
(cɑmkaa)
— large farm
Korean:
재배지
(jaebaeji)
— large farm
Korean:
플랜테이션
(peullaenteisyeon)
— large farm
Kyrgyz:
плантация
(plantatsiya)
— large farm
Lao:
ໄຮ່
(hai)
— large farm
Latin:
plantātiō
— large farm
Latvian:
plantācija
— large farm
Lingala:
elanga
— large farm
Lithuanian:
plantacija
— large farm
Macedonian:
планта́жа
(plantáža)
— large farm
Malay:
perladangan
— large farm
Norwegian Bokmål:
plantasje
— large farm
Polish:
plantacja
— large farm
Portuguese:
plantação
— large farm
Portuguese:
fazenda
— large farm
Rarotongan:
paʻi
— large farm
Rarotongan:
repo
— large farm
Romanian:
plantație
— large farm
Romanian:
plantare
— large farm
Russian:
планта́ция
(plantácija)
— large farm
Samoan:
fusi
— large farm
Serbo-Croatian:
планта́жа
— large farm
Serbo-Croatian:
plantáža
— large farm
Slovak:
plantáž
— large farm
Slovene:
plantaža
— large farm
Spanish:
plantación
— large farm
Spanish:
plantío
— large farm
Sranan Tongo:
pranasi
— large farm
Swahili:
shamba
— large farm
Swedish:
plantage
— large farm
Tahitian:
paʻi
— large farm
Thai:
ไร่
(râi)
— large farm
Turkish:
plantasyon
— large farm
Ukrainian:
планта́ція
(plantácija)
— large farm
Uzbek:
plantatsiya
— large farm
Vietnamese:
đồn điền
— large farm
Bulgarian:
насажде́ние
(nasaždénie)
— area where trees are grown for commercial purposes
Chinese Mandarin:
植被
(zhíbèi)
— area where trees are grown for commercial purposes
Finnish:
viljelymetsä
— area where trees are grown for commercial purposes
Finnish:
puuviljelmä
— area where trees are grown for commercial purposes
Finnish:
puuplantaasi
— area where trees are grown for commercial purposes
Hebrew:
מַטָּע
(matá)
— area where trees are grown for commercial purposes
Hungarian:
ültetvény
— area where trees are grown for commercial purposes
Indonesian:
perkebunan
— area where trees are grown for commercial purposes
Latin:
viridārium
— area where trees are grown for commercial purposes
Malay:
ladang
— area where trees are grown for commercial purposes
Malay:
estet
— area where trees are grown for commercial purposes
Māori:
urupuia
— area where trees are grown for commercial purposes
Russian:
насажде́ние
(nasaždénije)
— area where trees are grown for commercial purposes
Finnish:
kolonisaatio
— importation of large numbers of workers and soldiers to displace the local population
