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Pluma


Plu′ma

(plū′mȧ)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Plumæ
(plū′mē)
.
[L.]
(Zool.)
A feather.

Definition 2024


pluma

pluma

English

Noun

pluma (plural plumae)

  1. (zoology) A feather.


Asturian

Etymology

Probably a semi-learned term taken from Latin plūma (feather). Cf. Spanish pluma, however.

Noun

pluma f (plural plumes)

  1. feather (element of bird wings)

French

Verb

pluma

  1. third-person singular past historic of plumer

Interlingua

Etymology

From Latin plūma

Noun

pluma

  1. pen

Irish

Etymology

From Old English plūme, from Proto-Germanic *prūmōn.

Noun

pluma m (genitive singular pluma, nominative plural plumaí)

  1. plum

Declension

Derived terms

  • crann plumaí (plum-tree)
  • dátphluma (date-plum, persimmon)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
pluma phluma bpluma
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References


Latin

Etymology

Uncertain, see Proto-Indo-European *plew-

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpluː.ma/, [ˈpɫuː.ma]

Noun

plūma f (genitive plūmae); first declension

  1. feather, plume
  2. (by extension) metal scale of armor
  3. beard-down

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative plūma plūmae
genitive plūmae plūmārum
dative plūmae plūmīs
accusative plūmam plūmās
ablative plūmā plūmīs
vocative plūma plūmae

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Descendants


Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin plūma (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)

  1. plume (large and showy feather)
  2. (geology) upwelling of molten material from the Earth's mantle (mantle plume)

Related terms


Spanish

Etymology

From Latin plūma (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; cf. also Spanish chumacera, borrowed from a related Portuguese term). [1] Cognate to English plume.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈplu.ma/

Noun

pluma f (plural plumas)

  1. feather
  2. pen (for writing)
  3. (figuratively) writer, penman

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  1. https://www.scribd.com/document/158436269/Diccionario-Critico-Etimologico-castellano-MI-RI-Corominas-Joan-pdf