en planta
plant
Definition & meaning
Planta is primarily a Swedish noun with two main meanings:
- A plant, especially a young or small one—for example, a seedling or a plant grown in a pot.
- The sole of the foot, the underside of the foot that touches the ground.
It can also be used as a verb meaning to plant, though plantera is more common in everyday Swedish.
Grammar & Word origin
As a noun, planta is a common-gender word: en planta. Its plural is plantor, with definite forms plantan and plantorna.
As a verb, it is conjugated plantar, plantade, plantat.
The noun has historical connections to Latin planta, which referred both to a young shoot and to the sole of the foot. The two Swedish meanings are therefore part of the word’s older history rather than separate modern word formations.
Synonyms & antonyms
For the meaning “plant,” växt is a broad synonym for a plant of any kind. Småplanta specifies a small or young plant, while skott refers more narrowly to a new shoot or sprout.
For the meaning “sole of the foot,” fotsula is a close synonym.
There are no standard direct antonyms for these meanings.
Common phrases & collocations
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Examples
Jag köper en ny planta till mitt fönster.noun
I am buying a new plant for my window.
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