plantation

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /plænˈteɪʃən/ UK /plɑːnˈteɪʃən/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
a large estate on which crops are grown, often using resident labor

The sugar plantation stretched for miles along the coast.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a large estate on which... estate farm ranch grove holding hacienda

Word family

Related forms plant planter planting transplant

Etymology

From Latin plantatio ('a planting'), from plantare ('to plant'), from planta ('sprout, cutting'). The sense of a large cultivated estate developed in the early colonial period.

plantatio Latin plantare Latin planta Latin

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# plantation

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /plænˈteɪʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /plɑːnˈteɪʃən/

## Meanings
1. a large estate on which crops are grown, often using resident labor

## Examples
- The sugar plantation stretched for miles along the coast.

## Synonyms
- estate
- farm
- ranch
- grove
- holding
- hacienda

## Related Forms
- plant
- planter
- planting
- transplant

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: plantatio
- Root: plantare
- Root: planta

## Etymology
From Latin plantatio ('a planting'), from plantare ('to plant'), from planta ('sprout, cutting'). The sense of a large cultivated estate developed in the early colonial period.

## AI Etymology
Plantation is from Latin plantatio ('a planting'), from plantare ('to plant'), from planta ('sprout, cutting'). The sense of a large cultivated estate developed in the early colonial period. Important recorded forms include plantatio (Latin), plantare (Latin), and planta (Latin). The modern sense follows that older lexical line closely. In current use it covers a large estate on which crops are grown, often using resident labor. The wider family includes related words such as plant, planter, planting, and transplant.

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- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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