French Conversation · Level 13
89 words
French word
plantation
Pronunciation
IPA/plɑ̃tasjɔ̃/
Meaning
- feminine nounplantation
Example
Ils travaillent dans la plantation de café.
They work on the coffee plantation.
More examples
Nous avons visité une plantation de café pendant le voyage.
We visited a coffee plantation while on the trip.
Core concept
An extensive crop-growing site where young plants become a planned harvest, while plantation can also name the planting process.
Common phrases
plantation de café
coffee plantation
plantation de thé
tea plantation
Similar words
ferme: A farm run to raise crops or livestock and sell the resulting products.
jardin: A relatively small area for growing flowers or vegetables at home or in public spaces.
champ: A broad cultivated field for growing crops such as grain or vegetables.
verger: An orchard with regularly planted fruit trees grown for fruit production.
Definition in French
Terrain où l'on plante et cultive à grande échelle une même espèce végétale ; le mot peut aussi désigner l'action de planter.
Word origin
The noun developed from Old French plantation and Latin plantatio, a formation based on plantare, 'to plant'.
Usage tips
- In French, plantation can refer to the act of planting in phrases such as travaux de plantation, not only to cultivated land.