plumer

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English

Etymology

From plume +‎ -er.

Noun

plumer (plural plumers)

  1. (historical) A person who sells feathers.
    Synonym: feathermonger

French

Etymology

From plume (“feather”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ply.me/
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Verb

plumer

  1. to pluck the feathers off
    Alouette, gentille alouette. Alouette, je te plumerai. Je te plumerai le bec, je te plumerai le bec.
    Lark, pretty lark. Lark, I will pluck you. I will pluck your beak, I will pluck your beak.
  2. (informal) to swindle or cheat out of
  3. (informal) to desquamate; to have the skin peel off

Conjugation

Conjugation of plumer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple plumer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple plumant
/ply.mɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle plumé
/ply.me/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present plume
/plym/ 		plumes
/plym/ 		plume
/plym/ 		plumons
/ply.mɔ̃/ 		plumez
/ply.me/ 		plument
/plym/
imperfect plumais
/ply.mɛ/ 		plumais
/ply.mɛ/ 		plumait
/ply.mɛ/ 		plumions
/ply.mjɔ̃/ 		plumiez
/ply.mje/ 		plumaient
/ply.mɛ/
past historic2 plumai
/ply.me/ 		plumas
/ply.ma/ 		pluma
/ply.ma/ 		plumâmes
/ply.mam/ 		plumâtes
/ply.mat/ 		plumèrent
/ply.mɛʁ/
future plumerai
/plym.ʁe/ 		plumeras
/plym.ʁa/ 		plumera
/plym.ʁa/ 		plumerons
/plym.ʁɔ̃/ 		plumerez
/plym.ʁe/ 		plumeront
/plym.ʁɔ̃/
conditional plumerais
/plym.ʁɛ/ 		plumerais
/plym.ʁɛ/ 		plumerait
/plym.ʁɛ/ 		plumerions
/ply.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		plumeriez
/ply.mə.ʁje/ 		plumeraient
/plym.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present plume
/plym/ 		plumes
/plym/ 		plume
/plym/ 		plumions
/ply.mjɔ̃/ 		plumiez
/ply.mje/ 		plument
/plym/
imperfect2 plumasse
/ply.mas/ 		plumasses
/ply.mas/ 		plumât
/ply.ma/ 		plumassions
/ply.ma.sjɔ̃/ 		plumassiez
/ply.ma.sje/ 		plumassent
/ply.mas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — plume
/plym/ 		— plumons
/ply.mɔ̃/ 		plumez
/ply.me/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Latin

Verb

plūmer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of plūmō
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