pllànte

Norman

Alternative forms

• pliante (Jersey)
• pllaunte (continental Normandy)
• pyãt (Sark)

Etymology

From Old French plante, from Latin planta.

Noun

pllànte f (plural pllàntes)

1. (Guernsey) plant
   • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎^[1], pages 535-536:

     De la St. Michel à Noué un pllante ne sait pas chu que nou li fait.

     From Michaelmas to Christmas a plant does not know what you do to it.