Значение

значений: 3
  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.

    Wegerich

    подоро́жникpodoróžnik

    подоро́жникpodoróžnyk

  2. A plant in the genus Musa, the genus that includes banana, but with lower sugar content than banana.

  3. The fruit of the plant, usually cooked before eating and used like potatoes.

    Kochbanane, Gemüsebanane, Mehlbanane

    планта́нplantán

    starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics

Примеры

предложений: 5
  1. She went to the grocer's to buy some plantain.

    deSie ging zum Lebensmittelladen, um Kochbananen zu kaufen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Tom needs to go to the grocery to buy plantains.

  3. Although plantains are related to bananas, the two fruits are quite different.

  4. The girl likes plantains.

  5. People are now using large plantain leaves to store food — a move that has sparked mixed reactions among consumers and restaurateurs.

Переводы

языков: 9
Українська
По значениям 1
small plant:
Русский
По значениям 2
small plant:
fruit:
Deutsch
По значениям 2
small plant:
fruit:

Происхождение

Inherited from Middle English planteyne, planteyn, from Anglo-Norman plainteine et al., Ol

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.

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

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Формы

мн. число: plantains
Ед. числоplantain
Мн. числоplantains

правильный

Синонимы

синонимов: 4
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Однокоренные

связанных слов: 14

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