plantation

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French plantation, from Latin plantātiō (“planting, transplanting”), from plantātus (“planted”), the perfect passive participle of plantāre, + action noun suffix -tiō. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /plænˈteɪʃən/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən === Noun === plantation (countable and uncountable, plural plantations) A large farm; estate or area of land designated for agricultural growth. Often includes housing for the owner and workers. An area where trees are planted, either for commercial purposes, or to adorn an estate. (historical) The importation of large numbers of workers and soldiers to displace the local population, such as in medieval Ireland and in the Americas; colonization. (historical) A colony established thus. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:plantation. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== plant (importation of people to displace local persons): planter ==== Translations ==== === References === “plantation”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “plantation”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin plantātiōnem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /plɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ === Noun === plantation f (plural plantations) planting plantation ==== Related terms ==== planter ==== Descendants ==== → Romanian: plantație → Turkish: plantasyon === Further reading === “plantation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Interlingua == === Etymology === From the Interlingua-English Dictionary. From English plantation, from Middle French plantation, from Latin plantātiō (“planting, transplanting”), from plantātus (“planted”), the perfect passive participle of plantāre, + action noun suffix -tiō. === Noun === plantation (plural plantationes) Large farm; estate or area of land designated for agricultural growth. Often includes housing for the owner and workers. ==== Related terms ==== planta plantar