different between plumage vs indument

English

Etymology

From Old French plumage (14c.), itself from plume (“feather”) (from Latin pl?ma (“feather, down”), from a Proto-Indo-European base *plews- (“to pluck, a feather, fleece”) + -age.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: plo?om'?j, IPA^(key): /?plu?m?d?/
• (obsolete) enPR: plyo?om'?j, IPA^(key): /?plju?m?d?/
• Rhymes: -u?m?d?

Noun

plumage (countable and uncountable, plural plumages)

1. (ornithology, collective noun) Layer or collection of feathers covering a bird’s body; feathers used ornamentally; feathering.
   • 1969, Monty Python, "Monty Python’s Flying Circus" (Dead Parrot sketch)

     [Owner]: No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'! Remarkable bird, the Norwegian Blue, idn'it, ay? Beautiful plumage!

     [Mr. Praline]: The plumage don't enter into it. It's stone dead.

   Synonym: (obsolete) pennage

2. Finery or elaborate dress.

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Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ply.ma?/

Noun

plumage m (plural plumages)

1. (ornithology, collective noun) plumage (a bird's feathers, collectively speaking)

   Synonyms: (falconry) pennage, plumée

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Further reading

• “plumage” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

Latin indumentum (“a covering”). See indue, and compare induement.

Noun

indument (countable and uncountable, plural induments)

1. (obsolete) garment, robe, clothing
2. (zoology) plumage; feathers
3. (botany) indumentum

Related terms

• indumentum

Anagrams

• dentinum, muntined, unminted

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.dy.m??/

Adverb

indument

1. Post-1990 spelling of indûment.

Further reading

• “indument” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).