different between planter vs flowerbed

English

Etymology

plant +? -er

Noun

planter (plural planters)

1. One who plants something.
   • 2002, Jill Christman, Darkroom: A Family Exposure (page 100)

     She didn't use any magic truth serums, nor did she suggest hypnotherapy, but barring this, she personified the greatest enemy of the False Memory Syndrome Foundation — an evil planter of false memories.

2. A box or pot for plants, usually large and standing on the floor.
3. (historical) Any of the early English settlers, given the lands of the dispossessed Irish populace during the reign of Elizabeth I.
4. A machine used for planting seeds.
5. The owner of a plantation.

Translations

Anagrams

• pantler, replant

Cebuano

Etymology

Back-formation from planteran.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: plan?ter

Noun

planter

1. a frameup; a false incrimination of an innocent person

Danish

Noun

planter c

1. indefinite plural of plante

Verb

planter

1. present of plante

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch planter. Equivalent to planten +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pl?n.t?r/
• Hyphenation: plan?ter

Noun

planter m (plural planters)

1. A planter, one who plants (usually plants or perhaps fungi).
2. A farmer, a tiller; in particular the owner or operator of a plantation, a planter.
3. A founder of a colony, a settler, a coloniser.

French

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin plant?re, present active infinitive of plant?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pl??.te/

Verb

planter

1. (transitive) to plant
2. (transitive) to drive in (a nail, stake etc.)
3. (transitive) to pitch (a tent)
4. (transitive, informal) to flake, leave someone behind, by not showing up (for a meeting, date)
5. (transitive, intransitive, computing) to crash
6. (reflexive, informal, se planter) to fall off
7. (reflexive, informal, se planter) to fail, to not succeed
8. (reflexive, informal, se planter, a vehicle and etc) to break down
9. (transitive, slang) to stab with a knife
   • 1981, Jean-Marc Ligny, Furia!, ?ISBN

     Il se dit qu'il ne ressortira plus jamais de cette cour des miracles, que dans dix minutes un petit nerveux va déboucher d'une venelle avec un couteau et le planter aussi sec.

Conjugation

Derived terms

• planter le décor
• se planter

Related terms

• plante
• plantation

Further reading

• “planter” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• parlent

Latin

Verb

planter

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of plant?

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French planteur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pl??t??]

Noun

planter

1. a planter; one that plants something

   Synonym: agrikilter

Related terms

• plantasion
• plant
• plante

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

planter m or f

1. indefinite plural of plante

Verb

planter

1. present of plante

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• plantar

Noun

planter m or f

1. indefinite feminine plural of plante

English

Alternative forms

• flower bed

Etymology

From flower +? bed.

Pronunciation

Noun

flowerbed (plural flowerbeds)

1. A part of a garden or park where flowers are grown.

Translations