piuma

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin plūma.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpju.ma/
Rhymes: -uma
Hyphenation: più‧ma
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Noun

piuma f (plural piume)

feather, plume
- 1851, Giuseppe Verdi (lyrics and music), “La donna è mobile”, in Rigoletto:
  La donna è mobile qual piuma al vento, muta d'accento e di pensiero.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
(in the plural) down
plumage

Derived terms

Derived terms

gommapiuma (“foam rubber”)
piumaggio (“plumage”)
piumato (“feathered, plumed”)
piumetta (“plumule”)
piumoso (“feathery; plumose”)
spiumare (“to pluck (feathers); to fleece, rip off”)
superpiuma (“super featherweight”)

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