HOW TO PRONOUNCE
plantain
/ˈplæn.tɪn/
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PLAN-tin: finish with the short i of “pin.”
The first syllable takes the main stress. PLAN-tayn and plan-TAYN are also recorded, so listen for both the final vowel and the placement of stress.
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“The cook served fried plantain beside the rice.”
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Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗What does plantain mean?
noun
- 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.
- A plant in the genus Musa, the genus that includes banana, but with lower sugar content than banana.
- The fruit of the plant, usually cooked before eating and used like potatoes.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈplæn.tɪn/
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There were women grinding dried plantain in crude stone mortars, while others were fashioning cakes from the powdered flour.
The lignites of Iceland are made up of tulip, plantain, and nut-trees, even the vine sometimes occurring.
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This animal had a large allowance of rice, therefore about three-quarters of a pound were placed within each tube of plantain stem.
The ground contains seeds of strong growing plants, such as dock, plantain, etc., which should be taken out as fast as they appear.
Occasionally a few straggling plantain trees, a clump of sickly-looking bamboos, a cluster of tall shadowless palms, marks the site of a deserted village.