plumo

Esperanto

Etymology

From French plume, from Latin plūma (feather, plume). Compare Italian piuma, Portuguese and Spanish pluma, English plume, Catalan ploma, German Flaum, Yiddish פֿלוים (floym), as well as Irish clúmh, Welsh pluf.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈplumo/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -umo
  • Hyphenation: plu‧mo

Noun

plumo (accusative singular plumon, plural plumoj, accusative plural plumojn)

  1. feather
  2. pen

Derived terms

See also

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto plumo, from English plume, French plume, Italian piuma, Spanish pluma, from Latin plūma.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈplu.mo/, /ˈplu.mɔ/

Noun

plumo (plural plumi)

  1. feather, plume
  2. quill (made of feather)
  3. quill (made of metal), pen

Derived terms

  • desplumizar (to pluck (take feathers from))
  • desplumizo
  • fontenoplumo (fountain pen)
  • gansoplumo (quill)
  • pavonoplumo (peacock feather)
  • pektoroplumo (breast-feather)
  • plumala
  • plumaro (plumage)
  • plumatra (featherlike, pinnate, plumate, plumose)
  • plumiero (penholder)
  • plumifar (to feather)
  • plumifo
  • plumizar (to feather)
  • plumizo
  • plumofasko (bunch of feathers, feather duster)
  • plumofloko (fluff)
  • plumolito (feather bed)
  • plumopinto (tip of a pen)
  • plumostroko (penstroke)
  • plumotufo (plume)
  • plumovildo (feathered game)
  • plumoza
  • plumuyo
  • struchoplumo (ostrich feather)

Latin

Etymology

From plūma +‎ .

Pronunciation

Verb

plūmō (present infinitive plūmāre, perfect active plūmāvī, supine plūmātum); first conjugation

  1. to feather; to cover with feathers
  2. to embroider
  3. to cover with scales
  4. to grow feathers; become fledged

Conjugation

References

  • plumo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • plumo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.