different between plantation vs smallholders

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French plantation, from Latin plant?ti? (“planting, transplanting”), from plant?tus (“planted”), the perfect passive participle of plant?re, + action noun suffix -ti?.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /plæn?te???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

plantation (countable and uncountable, plural plantations)

1. A large farm; estate or area of land designated for agricultural growth. Often includes housing for the owner and workers.
2. An area where trees are planted for commercial purposes.
3. The importation of large numbers of workers and soldiers to displace the local population, such as in medieval Ireland and in the Americas; colonization.
4. A colony established thus.

Related terms

• plant
• (importation of people to displace local persons): planter

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin plantatio, plantationem.

Pronunciation

Noun

plantation f (plural plantations)

1. planting
2. plantation

Related terms

• planter

Interlingua

Etymology

From the Interlingua-English Dictionary.

From English plantation, from Middle French plantation, from Latin plant?ti? (“planting, transplanting”), from plant?tus (“planted”), the perfect passive participle of plant?re, + action noun suffix -ti?.

Noun

plantation (plural plantationes)

1. Large farm; estate or area of land designated for agricultural growth. Often includes housing for the owner and workers.

Related terms

• planta
• plantar

English

Noun

smallholders

1. plural of smallholder