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plume
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?plu?m/, (obsolete) /?plju?m/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?plum/
- Rhymes: -u?m
Etymology 1
From Late Middle English plum, plume (“feather; plumage”), from Anglo-Norman plum, plume and Middle French, Old French plume, plome (“plumage; down used for stuffing pillows, etc.; pen, quill”) (modern French plume (“feather; pen, quill; pen nib; (figurative) writer”)), and directly from its etymon Latin pl?ma (“feather; plumage; down”) (compare Late Latin pl?ma (“pen, quill”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (“to fly; to flow; to run; to flap with hands; to splash”). The English word is a doublet of pluma.
Noun
plume (plural plumes)
- (archaic, literary and poetic) A feather of a bird, especially a large or showy one used as a decoration.
- (archaic, literary and poetic) A cluster of feathers worn as an ornament, especially on a helmet; a hackle.
- (figuratively) A token of honour or prowess; that on which one prides oneself; a prize or reward.
- Synonym: feather in one's cap
- The vane (“flattened, web-like part”) of a feather, especially when on a quill pen or the fletching of an arrow.
- Short for plume moth (“a small, slender moth of the family Pterophoridae”).
- Things resembling a feather.
- A cloud formed by a dispersed substance fanning out or spreading.
- An upward spray of mist or water.
- (astronomy) An arc of glowing material (chiefly gases) erupting from the surface of a star.
- (botany) A large and flexible panicle of an inflorescence resembling a feather, such as is seen in certain large ornamental grasses.
- (geology) Short for mantle plume (“an upwelling of abnormally hot molten material from the Earth's mantle which spreads sideways when it reaches the lithosphere”).
- (zoology) A body part resembling a feather.
- The furry tail of certain dog breeds (such as the Samoyed) that curls over their backs or stands erect.
- More fully gill plume: a feathery gill of some crustaceans and molluscs.
- A cloud formed by a dispersed substance fanning out or spreading.
Derived terms
Related terms
- plumage
- plumaged
Translations
Etymology 2
Sense 1 (“to adorn, cover, or furnish with feathers or plumes”) is derived from Anglo-Norman plumer (“to cover with or provide with feathers”), or its etymon Latin pl?m?re, the present active infinitive of pl?m? (“to grow feathers, to fledge; to cover with feathers, to feather; to embroider with a feathery pattern”) (and compare Late Latin pl?m? (“to attach feathers to arrows; of a hawk: to pluck the feathers from prey; (figurative) to celebrate, praise”)), from pl?ma (“feather; plumage; down”) (see etymology 1) + -? (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs).
Senses 2–4 (“to arrange and preen the feathers of; to congratulate (oneself) proudly; to strip of feathers”) are from Late Middle English plumen (“to remove the feathers from a bird; of a hawk: to pluck the feathers or the head from prey”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman and Middle French plumer (“to remove the feathers from a bird; to pull out (hairs, especially from a moustache); to rob”), from pl?ma (see etymology 1).
Sense 5 (“to fan out or spread in a cloud”) is derived from plume (noun).
Verb
plume (third-person singular simple present plumes, present participle pluming, simple past and past participle plumed)
- (transitive, also figuratively) To adorn, cover, or furnish with feathers or plumes, or as if with feathers or plumes.
- Synonyms: feather, fledge
- (transitive, reflexive) Chiefly of a bird: to arrange and preen the feathers of, specifically in preparation for flight; hence (figuratively), to prepare for (something).
- (transitive, reflexive, by extension) To congratulate (oneself) proudly, especially concerning something unimportant or when taking credit for another person's effort; to self-congratulate.
- pride and plume himself in his Deformities
- (transitive, archaic) To strip (a bird) of feathers; to pluck.
- Synonym: unplume
- the king cared not to plume his nobility
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)
- (by extension) To peel, to strip completely; to pillage; also, to deprive of power.
- (falconry, obsolete) Of a hawk: to pluck the feathers from prey.
- (intransitive) Of a dispersed substance such as dust or smoke: to fan out or spread in a cloud.
Conjugation
Derived terms
- plumed (adjective)
- unplume
- unplumed (adjective)
Translations
References
Further reading
- mantle plume on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- plume (feather) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- plume (fluid dynamics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Etymology
From Old French plume, from Latin pl?ma.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plym/
Noun
plume f (plural plumes)
- feather
- quill
- nib, the writing end of a fountain pen or a dip pen
- (dated) writer, penman
Derived terms
Descendants
- English: plume
- Rade: plim
Verb
plume
- inflection of plumer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- plume on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
- “plume” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Friulian
Etymology
From Latin pl?ma.
Noun
plume f (plural plumis)
- plume, feather
- Synonym: pene
Old English
Alternative forms
- pl?me
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *pl?m?, from Latin pr?num.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?plu?.me/
Noun
pl?me f
- plum
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
- Middle English: plomme, ploume, plum, plumbe, plumme, plowme, ploumme, plome
- English: plum (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: ploom, ploum
- ? Irish: pluma
Old French
Etymology
From Latin pl?ma.
Noun
plume f (oblique plural plumes, nominative singular plume, nominative plural plumes)
- feather; plume
Descendants
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mold
English
Alternative forms
- mould (British spelling, Canadian spelling, Australian spelling)
Pronunciation
- enPR: m?ld, m?ld
- (UK) IPA(key): /m??ld/, /m??ld/
- (US) IPA(key): /mo?ld/
- Rhymes: -??ld
Etymology 1
Via Middle English and Old French, from Latin modulus, from Latin modus. Doublet of module and model.
Noun
mold (countable and uncountable, plural molds) (American spelling)
- A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance.
- A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped.
- Something that is made in or shaped on a mold.
- The shape or pattern of a mold.
- General shape or form.
- 1711, Alexander Pope, "The Temple of Fame", in The Works of Alexander Pope: New Ed. Including Several Hundred Unpublished Letters, and Other New Materials, Collected in Part by John Wilson Croker. With Introd. and Notes by Whitwell Elwin, Volume 1, J.Murray, p.206
- Crowned with an architrave of antique mould.
- This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking. […] Indeed, all his features were in large mold, like the man himself, as though he had come from a day when skin garments made the proper garb of men.
- 1711, Alexander Pope, "The Temple of Fame", in The Works of Alexander Pope: New Ed. Including Several Hundred Unpublished Letters, and Other New Materials, Collected in Part by John Wilson Croker. With Introd. and Notes by Whitwell Elwin, Volume 1, J.Murray, p.206
- Distinctive character or type.
- A fixed or restrictive pattern or form.
- (architecture) A group of moldings.
- (anatomy) A fontanelle.
Derived terms
- break the mold
- (archaeology): post mold
- (paleontology): fossil mold
Translations
Verb
mold (third-person singular simple present molds, present participle molding, simple past and past participle molded) (American spelling)
- (transitive) To shape in or on a mold; to form into a particular shape; to give shape to.
- 1978, Job 10:8-9, Old Testament, New International Version:
- Your hands shaped me and made me?… Remember that you molded me like clay.
- 1978, Job 10:8-9, Old Testament, New International Version:
- (transitive) To guide or determine the growth or development of; influence
- 1963. Haile Selassie (translated)
- It is you who must mold the minds of your students that they may be wise, farsighted, intelligent, profound in their thinking, devoted to their country and government and fruitful in their work. It is you who must sense as the example.
- 1963. Haile Selassie (translated)
- (transitive) To fit closely by following the contours of.
- (transitive) To make a mold of or from (molten metal, for example) before casting.
- (transitive) To ornament with moldings.
- (intransitive) To be shaped in or as if in a mold.
- These shoes gradually molded to my feet.
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English mowlde, noun use and alteration of mowled, past participle of moulen, mawlen (“to grow moldy”), from Old Norse mygla (compare dialectal Danish mugle), from Proto-Germanic *mugl?n?, diminutive and denominative of *mukiz 'soft substance' (compare Old Norse myki, mykr (“cow dung”)), from Proto-Indo-European *mewk- (“slick, soft”). More at muck and meek.
Noun
mold (countable and uncountable, plural molds) (American spelling)
- A natural substance in the form of a woolly or furry growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material lies for a long time exposed to (usually warm and moist) air.
Derived terms
- moldy, mouldy
- moulder
Translations
See also
- mildew
Verb
mold (third-person singular simple present molds, present participle molding, simple past and past participle molded) (American spelling)
- (transitive) To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon.
- (intransitive) To become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in part, with a mold.
Etymology 3
From Old English molde, from Proto-Germanic *muld? ‘dirt, soil’ (compare Old Frisian molde, Middle Dutch moude, Dutch moude, obsolete German Molte, Norwegian Bokmål mold), from Proto-Indo-European *ml?-t? (compare Old Irish moll ‘bran’, Lithuanian mìltai ‘flour’), from *mel- (compare English meal). More at meal.
Noun
mold (countable and uncountable, plural molds)
- Loose friable soil, rich in humus and fit for planting.
- (Britain, dialectal, chiefly plural) Earth, ground.
Alternative forms
- mool
Derived terms
- leaf mold
- vegetable mold
Translations
Verb
mold (third-person singular simple present molds, present participle molding, simple past and past participle molded) (American spelling)
- To cover with mold or soil.
Anagrams
- LMDO
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse mold, from Proto-Germanic *muld? ‘dirt, soil’, from Proto-Indo-European *ml?-t?, from *mel-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [m?lt]
Noun
mold f (genitive singular moldar, uncountable)
- (agriculture) earth, humus soil, humus layer
- tá myndaði Harrin Guð mannin av mold jarðar
- And the Lord God formed man of the soil of the ground (Genesis 2,7)
- tá myndaði Harrin Guð mannin av mold jarðar
Declension
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse mold, from Proto-Germanic *muld? (“dirt, soil”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?lt/
- Rhymes: -?lt
Noun
mold f (genitive singular moldar, nominative plural moldir)
- dirt, mould, humus, ground, earth
Declension
Middle English
Noun
mold
- Alternative form of molle (“mole”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse mold (“earth, dirt, soil”), from Proto-Germanic *muld? (“mould, soil, dirt”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh?- (“to grind, crush”), from *mel- (“to rub”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /m?l?/
Noun
mold f or m (definite singular molda or molden, uncountable)
- humus, earth, soil, topsoil
Alternative forms
- muld
References
- “mold” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “mold” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse mold, from Proto-Germanic *muld?.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /m?l?/
Noun
mold f (definite singular molda, uncountable)
- humus, earth, soil, topsoil
References
- “mold” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *muld? (“dirt, soil”). Cognate with Old English molde (English mold), Old High German molta, Gothic ???????????????????? (mulda).
Pronunciation
- (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /mõld/
Noun
mold f (genitive moldar, plural moldir)
- earth, dirt, soil
- V?luspá, verse 2
- V?luspá, verse 2
Declension
Descendants
References
- mold in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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