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plantain en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈplæn.tɪn/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈplɑːn.teɪn/ (UK)
• /ˈplæn.teɪn/ (UK)
• /plænˈteɪn/ (US)
• /ˈplɑːntɪn/ (Caribbean)
• [ˈplaː(n)ʔn̩] (Caribbean)
• /ˈplæn.teɪn/ (US)
• /ˈplæn.tɪn/ (UK)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English planteyne, planteyn, from Anglo-Norman plainteine et al., Old French plaintain, from Latin plantāgō, from planta (“sole of the foot”), a nasalized form of Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (“flat; to spread”), because of the broad, flat shape of the plantain leaves.

Meanings

1. Any plant of the genus Plantago, with a rosette of sessile leaves about 10 cm (4") long with a narrow part instead of a petiole, and with a spike inflorescence with the flower spacing varying widely among the species. See also psyllium.
   • The roots of Plantain and Pellitory of Spain beaten to powder and put into hollow teeth, takes away the pains of them. 1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society, published 2007, page 225:
   • The paths too are overgrown, but easily identified by the presence on them of round-leaved plantains. 2003, Ernst Jünger, translated by Michael Hofmann, Storm of Steel, Penguin, published 2004, page 41:

Forms

Deriveds

bracted plantain · plantain signal grass · rattlesnake plantain · dwarf plantain · American plantain · plantain moth · blond plantain · woolly plantain · narrow-leaved plantain · narrowleaf plantain · Robin's plantain · Indian plantain · hoary plantain · buckshorn plantain · greater plantain · hartshorn plantain · California plantain · evergreen plantain · English plantain · blackseed plantain · depressed plantain · redseed plantain · plantain goldenweed · seaside plantain · hare's foot plantain · Heller's plantain · poor Robin's plantain · Wright's plantain · heart-leaf plantain · common plantain · doronic plantain · Virginia plantain · mud plantain · sea plantain · pale plantain · buckhorn plantain · water plantain · Rugel's plantain · ribwort plantain · African plantain · sand plantain · Asian plantain · buck's horn plantain · plantain water · plantain lily · broadleaf plantain · plantain-leaf leopard's-bane

Synonyms

waybread · fleawort

Translations (86)

sv groblad (small plant) · pt tanchagem (small plant) · es llantén (small plant) · sh трпу́тац (small plant) · alt јол-таман (small plant) · ro pătlagină (small plant) · es plantaje (small plant) · lzz მჯაღულეჯი (small plant) · lt gyslotis (small plant) · tr sinir otu (small plant) · hy ջղախոտ (small plant) · sl trpȏtec (small plant) · sh bȍkvica (small plant) · sv kämpar (small plant) · ru подоро́жник (small plant) · fr plantain (small plant) · pt transagem (small plant) · de Wegerich (small plant) · es quisa (small plant) · grc θρυαλλίς (small plant) · el πεντάνευρο (small plant) · cmn 車前 /车前 (small plant) · oc plantatge (small plant) · pt plantago (small plant) · nn kjempe (small plant) · fi ratamo (small plant) · tr damarlı ot (small plant) · es arta (small plant) · ga cruach Phádraig (small plant) · sa कदल (small plant) · hu útifű (small plant) · mi pakopako (small plant) · mi kaupārerarera (small plant) · nb groblad (small plant) · tr damar otu (small plant) · sk skorocel (small plant) · pl babka (small plant) · vec piantaxene (small plant) · alt тамыр-ӧлӧҥ (small plant) · bg живо́вляк (small plant) · fur plantagn (small plant) · sh trpútac (small plant) · ang weġbrǣde (small plant) · az bağayarpağı (small plant) · tr bağa yaprağı (small plant) · pt tansagem (small plant) · ar ذَنَب الْفَأْر (small plant) · ar لِسَان الْخَرُوف (small plant) · la plantāgō (small plant) · ar لِسَان الْحَمَل (small plant) · be трыпутнік (small plant) · da vejbred (small plant) · mk тегавец (small plant) · alt тамырлу-јалбырак (small plant) · nb kjempe (small plant) · cy llyriad (small plant) · vec piantazen (small plant) · ota برباق (small plant) · lzz ბალარძაღი (small plant) · eu plantain (small plant) · enm planteyne (small plant) · nn groblad (small plant) · ko 질경이 (small plant) · tr sinirli ot (small plant) · tr sinirli yaprak (small plant) · cmn 芣苢 (small plant) · hy եզան լեզու (small plant) · ka მრავალძარღვა (small plant) · enm weybrede (small plant) · gl chantaxe (small plant) · nl weegbree (small plant) · cs jitrocel (small plant) · es plantaina (small plant) · ja 車前草 (small plant) · ca plantatge (small plant) · ga naprún Phádraig (small plant) · alt јол-јалбырак (small plant) · it piantaggine (small plant) · el αρνόγλωσσο (small plant) · sv strandpryl (small plant) · sh бо̏квица (small plant) · xmf ჯარღვალია (small plant) · mi pārerarera (small plant) · uk подоро́жник (small plant) · ga cuach Phádraig (small plant) · cmn 車前草 /车前草 (small plant)

plantain en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈplæn.tɪn/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈplɑːn.teɪn/ (UK)
• /ˈplæn.teɪn/ (UK)
• /plænˈteɪn/ (US)
• /ˈplɑːntɪn/ (Caribbean)
• [ˈplaː(n)ʔn̩] (Caribbean)
• /ˈplæn.teɪn/ (US)
• /ˈplæn.tɪn/ (UK)

Etymology

From Spanish plantano (obsolete variant of plátano), from Latin platanus, from Ancient Greek πλάτανος (plátanos).

Meanings

1. A plant in the genus Musa, the genus that includes banana, but with lower sugar content than banana.
2. The fruit of the plant, usually cooked before eating and used like potatoes.
   • She uses broccoli rabe instead of aka takana (spicy mustard greens), shops in the Caribbean markets of her Washington Heights neighborhood for batatas rather than Japanese satsumaimo (yellow sweet potatoes), and has learned to love the local mofongo, the Dominican version of mashed plantains with lots of garlic. 2007 December 26, Julia Moskin, “A Celebration of the New Year Ushers in a Bit of Japan”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022:
   • We were sitting at the tables in the port, eating an unhurried breakfast of delicious mojarra fish from the swamp and slices of fried green plantain, when my mother resumed the offensive in her personal war. 2002, Edith Grossman, transl., chapter 1, in Living to Tell the Tale, translation of Vivir para contarla by Gabriel García Márquez:

Forms

Deriveds

French plantain · plantain eater · wild plantain · plantain-eater · plantain cutter · bastard plantain · plantain squirrel · banana plantain · cooking plantain · true plantain · bocadillo plantain · plantain tree

Translations (59)

cmn 大蕉 (fruit) · yo ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ (fruit) · cs plantain (fruit) · fr banane à cuire (fruit) · mr राजेळी केळ (fruit) · as কাঁচকল (fruit) · cmn 粉蕉 (fruit) · fr plantain (fruit) · de Kochbanane (fruit) · acn ngoq (fruit) · fi keittobanaani (fruit) · dag ayaba (fruit) · yo ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ àgbagbà (fruit) · nb melbanan (fruit) · de Pisangfeige (fruit) · ga plantán (fruit) · de Mehlbanane (fruit) · fr banane plantain (fruit) · es plátano macho (fruit) · pt banana-da-terra (fruit) · ln likémba (fruit) · es plátano (fruit) · srn bana (fruit) · pl muza (fruit) · ru планта́н (fruit) · nup yàbàkó (fruit) · bin ọghẹdẹ (fruit) · nb spisebanan (fruit) · ca plàtan de cuinar (fruit) · ha agade (fruit) · pt banana-comprida (fruit) · pl pizang (fruit) · nl bakbanaan (fruit) · ht bannann (fruit) · dag aboboi (fruit) · sv mjölbanan (fruit) · sv kokbanan (fruit) · ja バショウ属 (fruit) · fi ruokabanaani (fruit) · pl figa rajska (fruit) · th กล้าย (fruit) · sv pisang (fruit) · kn ಬಾಳೆಕಾಯಿ (fruit) · sv matbanan (fruit) · nb kokebanan (fruit) · pl figa błogosławiona (fruit) · pl banan zwyczajny (fruit) · cs zeleninový banán (fruit) · pt banana-pão (fruit) · fr banane farine (fruit) · pl banan rajski (fruit) · fr banane cochon (fruit) · dag bɔrade (fruit) · my ငှက်ပျော (fruit) · fi jauhobanaani (fruit) · pl banan właściwy (fruit) · de Gemüsebanane (fruit) · nl banaan (fruit) · nb plantain (fruit)