plant in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for plant in the English»French Dictionary

I.plant [Brit plɑːnt, Am plænt] N

1. plant BOT:

plant (gen)

plante f

plant (seedling)

plant m

tobacco/flowering plant

plante de tabac/à fleurs

tobacco/flowering plant attr disease, reproduction

des plantes

tobacco/flowering plant biologist, geneticist

spécialisé dans l'étude des plantes

2. plant:

plant (factory)

usine f

plant (power station)

centrale f

steel plant

aciérie f

3. plant U:

plant (buildings, machinery, fixtures)

installations fpl industrielles et commerciales

plant (fixed machinery)

installations fpl

plant (movable machinery)

matériel m

4. plant:

plant (person)

taupe f inf

plant (piece of evidence)

faux indice m

II.plant [Brit plɑːnt, Am plænt] VB trans

1. plant (put to grow):

plant seed, bulb, tree

planter

plant crop

semer

to plant a field with wheat

semer un champ de blé

to plant one's garden with trees

planter des arbres dans son jardin

2. plant (illicitly put in place):

plant bomb, explosive, tape recorder, spy

placer

to plant drugs/a weapon on sb

placer de la drogue/une arme sur qn pour l'incriminer

to plant a story

faire paraître un article (pour influencer l'opinion)

to plant a question

poser une question (dont on a tacitement convenu auparavant)

3. plant:

to plant a kiss/foot etc on sth

planter un baiser/pied etc sur qc

to plant a knife/a spade in sth

planter un couteau/une bêche dans qc

4. plant (start, engender):

plant idea

donner

plant doubt

jeter

to plant doubt in sb's mind

jeter le doute dans l'esprit de qn

to plant an idea in sb's mind

mettre une idée dans la tête de qn

III.plant [Brit plɑːnt, Am plænt] VB refl

to plant oneself between/in front of

se planter entre/devant

chemical plant N

chemical plant

usine f chimique

hothouse plant N lit, fig

hothouse plant

plante f de serre

power plant Am

power plant → power station

See also power station

power station N

power station

centrale f (électrique)

rock plant N

rock plant

plante f de rocaille

manufacturing plant N

manufacturing plant

usine f

assembly plant N

assembly plant

usine f de montage

rubber plant N

rubber plant

caoutchouc m

pilot plant N

pilot plant

usine-pilote f

pot plant N

pot plant

plante f d'appartement

plant in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for plant in the English»French Dictionary

I.plant [plɑ:nt, Am plænt] N

1. plant BIOL:

plant

plante f

indoor plant

plante f d'intérieur

2. plant (factory):

plant

usine f

3. plant no pl (machinery for companies):

plant

équipement m

4. plant (informer):

plant

taupe f

5. plant sing (object placed to mislead):

plant

objet destiné à faire prendre quelqu'un

II.plant [plɑ:nt, Am plænt] VB trans a. fig

plant

planter

plant a bomb

poser

plant spy

infiltrer

plant colony, idea

implanter

to plant drugs on sb

placer de la drogue pour faire prendre qn

to plant oneself somewhere inf

se planter quelque part

to plant doubts about sth

semer des doutes sur qc

power plant N

See also power station

power station N

power station

centrale f électrique

coal-fired/nuclear power station

centrale thermique/nucléaire

pot plant N

pot plant

plante f d'appartement

rubber plant N

rubber plant

caoutchouc m

reprocessing plant N ECOL, TECH

reprocessing plant

usine f de retraitement

rock plant N BOT

rock plant

plante f alpestre

desalination plant N

desalination plant

dispositif m de dessalement

irrigation plant N

irrigation plant

dispositif m d'irrigation

Translations for plant in the French»English Dictionary

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plante

plant

fraisier

strawberry plant

plant Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

animal/plant kingdom

règne m animal/végétal

keep the plant by a window

placer la plante près d'une fenêtre

this plant has reached full growth

cette plante est arrivée à maturité

to revert to type plant

retourner à l'état sauvage

to plant oneself somewhere inf

se planter quelque part

to plant doubts about sth

semer des doutes sur qc

to plant oneself firmly in front of sb/sth

se camper devant qn/qc

the industrial plant in a region

l'équipement industriel de la région

to plant a place with plants/trees

peupler un lieu de plantes/d'arbres

to plant a garden with sth

planter un jardin de/en qc

plant Glossary of Refrigeration Technology courtesy of GEA Bock GmbH

Translations for plant in the French»English Dictionary

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installation frigorifique

refrigerating plant

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

There, plant staff separate non-combustible items and divert them to their proper destination.

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Occasionally, paleontologists find and identify phytoliths associated with extinct plant-eating animals (i.e. herbivores).

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In 2000 the government signed the first contract for a private power and desalination plant.

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The added capacity of the plant will allow increased production of the firm's meningitis vaccine.

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After realizing what it means, he locks himself in a deodorant plant to remove his odor.

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The coal cars are unloaded using a rotary car dumper at the power plant.

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This plant with the input of 30,000 t of wheat straw can produce 5.4 million litres of ethanol a year.

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Naturally the cyborgs have developed their own varieties of the plant which are especially intoxicating.

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Most parts of the plant bear a short, sparse indumentum of simple and stellate hairs.

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The plant tolerates a wide range of conditions, including frost, drought and atmospheric pollution.

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