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pluma
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pl?ma. Doublet of plume.
Noun
pluma (plural plumae)
- (zoology, archaic) A feather.
Related terms
- filopluma
Anagrams
- ampul
Aragonese
Etymology
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Noun
pluma f (plural plumas)
- feather
References
- Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) , “pluma”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, ?ISBN
Asturian
Etymology
Probably a semi-learned term taken from Latin pl?ma (“feather”). Cf. Spanish pluma, however.
Noun
pluma f (plural plumes)
- feather (element of bird wings)
French
Pronunciation
Verb
pluma
- third-person singular past historic of plumer
Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pl?ma (“feather”) (Latin pl- normally becomes ch- in inherited Galician); cf. the semi-learned Old Portuguese pruma. See also chumazo, which was popularly inherited and underwent the usual sound changes.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?plum?]
Noun
pluma f (plural plumas)
- feather (element of bird wings)
- pen (writing tool)
- plume (large and showy feather)
Interlingua
Etymology
From Latin pl?ma
Noun
pluma
- pen
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?l??m??/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Middle English ploume, plomme (“plum”). Doublet of prúna.
Noun
pluma m (genitive singular pluma, nominative plural plumaí)
- plum
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From English plumb, from Old French *plombe, from Latin plumba, plural of plumbum.
Noun
pluma m (genitive singular pluma, nominative plural plumaí)
- plumb (of plumb-line), plummet
Declension
Mutation
Further reading
- "pluma" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “pluma” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “pluma” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *plouksm?, from Proto-Indo-European *plewk-. Cognate with Lithuanian plùnksna (“feather”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?plu?.ma/, [?p??u?mä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?plu.ma/, [?plu?m?]
Noun
pl?ma f (genitive pl?mae); first declension
- feather, plume
- (by extension) metal scale of armor
- beard-down
Declension
First-declension noun.
Derived terms
Descendants
Papiamentu
Etymology
From Portuguese pluma and Spanish pluma.
Noun
pluma
- feather
- plume
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pl?ma (“feather”) (Latin pl- normally becomes ch- in inherited Portuguese); cf. the semi-learned Old Portuguese pruma. See also chumaço, which was popularly inherited and underwent the usual sound changes.
Noun
pluma f (plural plumas)
- plume (large and showy feather)
- (geology) upwelling of molten material from the Earth's mantle (mantle plume)
Related terms
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin pl?ma (“feather”), taken as an early semi-learned term (Latin pl- normally becomes ll- in inherited Spanish), or it may have maintained a conservative pronunciation as it would have been in use by mainly the upper class. A popular evolution of the word may have once existed in pre-literary Spanish, as evidenced by the Old Spanish derivative llumazo (compare Portuguese chumaço; see also Spanish chumacera, borrowed from a related Portuguese term). Cognate to English plume.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pluma/, [?plu.ma]
Noun
pluma f (plural plumas)
- feather
- pen, fountain pen
- Synonym: pluma estilográfica
- (Mexico, US) ballpoint pen
- Synonym: bolígrafo
- quill, quill pen
- (figuratively) writer, penman
- (Spain, slang) effeminacy
Derived terms
Further reading
- “pluma” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
References
Tagalog
Etymology
From Spanish pluma.
Noun
pluma
- pen (any writing instrument that uses ink)
Related terms
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plumb
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: pl?m, IPA(key): /pl?m/
- Rhymes: -?m
- Homophone: plum
Etymology 1
From Middle English plumbe, plumme, from Old French *plombe, from Latin plumba, plural of plumbum.
Adjective
plumb (comparative more plumb, superlative most plumb)
- Truly vertical, as indicated by a plumb line.
- (cricket) Describing an LBW where the batsman is hit on the pads directly in front of his wicket and should be given out.
Synonyms
- (truly vertical): perpendicular
Translations
Adverb
plumb (not comparable)
- In a vertical direction; perpendicularly.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost
- Plumb down he drops.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost
- (informal) Squarely, directly; completely.
- It hit him plumb in the middle of his face.
- Years ago the well plumb dried out, not a drop of water in there since.
Translations
Noun
plumb (plural plumbs)
- A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction.
- (nautical) A weight on the end of a long line, used by sailors to determine the depth of water.
- The perpendicular direction or position.
Synonyms
- (construction): plummet, plumb bob (UK), plumb line (US)
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
plumb (third-person singular simple present plumbs, present participle plumbing, simple past and past participle plumbed)
- To determine the depth, generally of a liquid; to sound.
- To attach to a water supply and drain.
- (transitive, figuratively) To think about or explore in depth, to get to the bottom of, especially to plumb the depths of.
- To use a plumb bob as a measuring or aligning tool.
- To accurately align vertically or horizontally.
- (dated) To seal something with lead.
- (intransitive) To work as a plumber.
- (rare) To fall or sink like a plummet.
- (US, colloquial, figuratively, obsolete) To trace a road or track; to follow it to its end.
- (nautical) To position vertically above or below.
Translations
Etymology 2
Noun
plumb (plural plumbs)
- Obsolete form of plum (“the fruit”).
- 1767, Select Essays on Husbandry
- Without attending to sub-divisions, all the pears are of one species, as well as all the apples, plumbs, peaches, cherries, lemons, citrons, oranges […]
- 1767, Select Essays on Husbandry
Albanian
Alternative forms
- plum (Gheg)
Etymology
Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin plumbum (“lead”).
Noun
plumb m (definite singular plumbi)
- lead (metal)
- bullet
Declension
References
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin plumbum (“lead”).
Noun
plumb n (uncountable)
- lead (metal)
- lead (chemical element)
Declension
Derived terms
- plumburiu
- plumbui
- plumbos
Related terms
- plumbar
Noun
plumb m (plural plumbi)
- bullet, projectile
Declension
Synonyms
- glon?
Noun
plumb n (plural plumburi)
- (dated, chiefly Moldavia) pencil
Declension
Synonyms
- creion
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