different between plumbage vs plumbago

English

Noun

plumbage (countable and uncountable, plural plumbages)

1. leadwork

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin plumb?g? (“type of lead ore”), from plumbum (“lead”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pl?m?be????/
• (US) IPA^(key): /pl?m?be??o?/

Noun

plumbago (countable and uncountable, plural plumbagos or plumbagoes)

1. (botany) A plant of the genus Plumbago; leadwort. [from 17th c.]
2. (mineralogy, now chiefly historical) Graphite. [from 18th c.]

Synonyms

• graphite
• black lead

Translations

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Plumbago”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “plumbago”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin plumb?g?. See also plombagine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plœ?.ba.?o/

Noun

plumbago m (plural plumbagos)

1. (botany) plumbago

Synonyms

• dentelaire

Latin

Etymology

plumbum (“lead”) +? -?g?

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /plum?ba?.?o?/, [p???m?bä??o?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /plum?ba.?o/, [plum?b????]

Noun

plumb?g? f (genitive plumb?ginis); third declension

1. graphite
2. the color of graphite
3. leadwort

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Related terms

Descendants

• English: plumbago
• French: plombagine, plumbago
• Italian: piombaggine
• Spanish: plumbagina, plumbagíneo

References

• plumbago in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• plumbago in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette