pluma

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin plūma. Doublet of plume.

Noun

pluma (plural plumae)

1. (zoology, archaic) A feather.

Related terms

• filopluma

References

• “pluma”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• ampul

Aragonese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpluma/
• Rhymes: -uma
• Syllabification: plu‧ma

Noun

pluma f (plural plumas)

1. feather

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “pluma”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Asturian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpluma/,
• Rhymes: -uma
• Hyphenation: plu‧ma

Noun

pluma f (plural plumes)

1. feather (element of bird wings)
2. pen; plume

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

pluma

1. third-person singular past historic of plumer

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin plūma (“feather”) (Latin pl- normally becomes ch- in inherited Galician); compare the semi-learned Old Galician-Portuguese pruma. See also chumazo, which was popularly inherited and underwent the usual sound changes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpluma/
• Rhymes: -uma
• Hyphenation: plu‧ma

Noun

pluma f (plural plumas)

1. feather (element of bird wings)
2. pen (writing tool)
3. plume (large and showy feather)

Interlingua

Etymology

From Latin plūma.

Noun

pluma

1. pen
2. feather

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpˠlˠʊmˠə/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle English ploume, plomme (“plum”). Doublet of prúna.

Noun

pluma m (genitive singular pluma, nominative plural plumaí)

1. plum

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From English plumb, from Old French *plombe, from Latin plumba, plural of plumbum.

Noun

pluma m (genitive singular pluma, nominative plural plumaí)

1. plumb (of plumb-line), plummet

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pluma”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “pluma” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “pluma” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *plouksmā, from Proto-Indo-European *plewk-. Cognate with Lithuanian plùnksna (“feather”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpluː.ma/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈplu.ma/,

Noun

plūma f (genitive plūmae); first declension

1. feather, plume
2. (by extension) metal scale of armor
3. beard-down
   • 23 BCE – 13 BCE, Horace, Odes 4.10.2

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

Descendants

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese pluma and Spanish pluma.

Noun

pluma

1. feather
2. plume

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin plūma (“feather”) (Latin pl- normally becomes ch- in inherited Portuguese); compare the semi-learned Old Galician-Portuguese pruma. See also chumaço, which was popularly inherited and underwent the usual sound changes.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: plu‧ma

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; see also Spanish chumacera, borrowed from a related Portuguese term). Cognate to English plume.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpluma/

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -uma
• Syllabification: plu‧ma

Noun

pluma f (plural plumas)

1. feather
2. quill, quill pen
3. pen, fountain pen

   Synonym: pluma estilográfica

4. (Mexico, US) ballpoint pen

   Synonym: bolígrafo

5. (figurative) writer, penman

   Synonym: escritor

6. (Spain, slang) effeminacy

   Synonyms: afeminación, afeminamiento, ramalazo

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• “pluma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pluma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpluma/,
• Hyphenation: plu‧ma

Noun

pluma (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜎᜓᜋ)

1. pen (any writing instrument that uses ink)

See also