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

From Latin plūma.

Pronunciation

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

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/ [ˈplu.ma]
• Rhymes: -uma
• Syllabification: plu‧ma

Noun

pluma f (plural plumes)

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

Derived terms

• esplumar

Further reading

• “pluma”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “pluma”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost)):

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• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

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• Audio (France (Somain)):

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Verb

pluma

1. third-person singular past historic of plumer

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing 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/ [ˈplu.mɐ]
• 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)

Further reading

• “pluma”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “pluma” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

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

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

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

Declension of pluma (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative pluma plumaí vocative a phluma a phlumaí genitive pluma plumaí dative pluma plumaí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an pluma na plumaí genitive an phluma na bplumaí dative leis an bpluma don phluma leis na plumaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of pluma

radical	lenition	eclipsis
pluma	phluma	bpluma

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “pluma”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “pluma”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “pluma”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *plouksmā, from Proto-Indo-European *plewk-smeh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *plewk-. Cognate with Lithuanian plùnksna (“feather”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpɫuː.ma]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpluː.ma]

Noun

plūma f (genitive plūmae); first declension

1. feather, plume

   Synonym: penna f

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

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	plūma	plūmae
genitive	plūmae	plūmārum
dative	plūmae	plūmīs
accusative	plūmam	plūmās
ablative	plūmā	plūmīs
vocative	plūma	plūmae

Derived terms

• dēplūmis
• implūmis
• plūmācium
• plūmārius
• plūmātus
• plūmēscō
• plūmeus
• plūmiger
• plūmipēs
• plūmō
• plūmōsus
• plūmula
• replūmis

Descendants

• Italo-Dalmatian:
  • Italian: piuma
  • Sicilian: chiuma
  • Venetan: piuma
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Friulian: plume
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Northern:
    • Franco-Provençal: ploma
    • Old French: plume f (see there for further descendants)
  • Southern:
    • Catalan: ploma
    • Occitan: pluma
• Borrowings:
  • → Asturian: pluma
  • → Hebrew: פלומה
  • → Old Irish: clúm
    • Irish: clúmh
    • Manx: clooie
    • Scottish Gaelic: clòimh
  • → Proto-Brythonic: *plʉβ̃ (see there for further descendants)
  • → Proto-West Germanic: *plūmu (see there for further descendants)
  • → Portuguese: pluma
  • → Spanish: pluma

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

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈplũ.mɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈplũ.mɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈplu.ma/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈplu.mɐ/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• 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

• plumaço
• plumagem
• plumão