plume

Etymology 1
From Late, , from , and , ,  (modern 🇨🇬), and directly from its   (compare 🇨🇬), from , ultimately from.

The English word is a.

Noun

 * 1)  A feather of a bird, especially a large or showy one used as a decoration.
 * 2)  A cluster of feathers worn as an ornament, especially on a helmet; a hackle.
 * 3)  A token of honour or prowess; that on which one prides oneself; a prize or reward.
 * 4) The  of a feather, especially when on a quill pen or the fletching of an arrow.
 * 5) A cloud formed by a dispersed substance fanning out or spreading.
 * 6) An upward spray of mist or water.
 * 7)  An arc of glowing material (chiefly gases) erupting from the surface of a star.
 * 8)  A large and flexible panicle of an inflorescence resembling a feather, such as is seen in certain large ornamental grasses.
 * 9)  A body part resembling a feather.
 * 10) The furry tail of certain dog breeds (such as the Samoyed) that curls over their backs or stands erect.
 * 11) More fully gill plume: a feathery gill of some crustaceans and molluscs.
 * 1) A cloud formed by a dispersed substance fanning out or spreading.
 * 2) An upward spray of mist or water.
 * 3)  An arc of glowing material (chiefly gases) erupting from the surface of a star.
 * 4)  A large and flexible panicle of an inflorescence resembling a feather, such as is seen in certain large ornamental grasses.
 * 5)  A body part resembling a feather.
 * 6) The furry tail of certain dog breeds (such as the Samoyed) that curls over their backs or stands erect.
 * 7) More fully gill plume: a feathery gill of some crustaceans and molluscs.
 * 1)  An arc of glowing material (chiefly gases) erupting from the surface of a star.
 * 2)  A large and flexible panicle of an inflorescence resembling a feather, such as is seen in certain large ornamental grasses.
 * 3)  A body part resembling a feather.
 * 4) The furry tail of certain dog breeds (such as the Samoyed) that curls over their backs or stands erect.
 * 5) More fully gill plume: a feathery gill of some crustaceans and molluscs.
 * 1) More fully gill plume: a feathery gill of some crustaceans and molluscs.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Friulian: plume
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ფრთა
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Italian:
 * Kalmyk: өдн
 * Latin: plūma
 * Macedonian: пе́ро, пе́рдув
 * Maori: puhi, raukura
 * Persian: شاه پر
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: пе̑рје
 * Roman:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Volapük:


 * Bulgarian: егрета
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:, , Hutfeder
 * Italian:, ,
 * Romanian: mănunchi de pene, pămătuf (de pene)
 * Russian: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Volapük: plümäd, lehätaplümäd


 * German:


 * Finnish:, , ,
 * French: ,
 * German: Abluftfahne, Abwasserfahne, -fahne,, , Schadstofffahne, , -wolke
 * Italian: ,
 * Maori: puhanga


 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Italian:, , ,


 * French:
 * Italian: brillamento
 * Maori: puhanga


 * French:


 * Finnish: pluumi
 * French:
 * German: Plume
 * Portuguese:


 * Finnish:, pörröhäntä
 * French:


 * French:

Etymology 2
Sense 1 (“to adorn, cover, or furnish with feathers or plumes”) is derived from, or its , the    of  (and compare 🇨🇬), from  (see etymology 1) +.

Senses 2–4 (“to arrange and preen the feathers of; to congratulate (oneself) proudly; to strip of feathers”) are from Late, from and , from  (see etymology 1).

Sense 5 (“to fan out or spread in a cloud”) is derived from.

Verb

 * 1)  To adorn, cover, or furnish with feathers or plumes, or as if with feathers or plumes.
 * 2)  Chiefly of a bird: to arrange and preen the feathers of, specifically in preparation for flight; hence, to prepare for (something).
 * 3)  To congratulate (oneself) proudly, especially concerning something unimportant or when taking credit for another person's effort; to self-congratulate.
 * 4)  To strip (a bird) of feathers; to pluck.
 * 5)  To peel, to strip completely; to pillage; also, to deprive of power.
 * 6)  Of a hawk: to pluck the feathers from prey.
 * 7)  Of a dispersed substance such as dust or smoke: to fan out or spread in a cloud.
 * 1)  To congratulate (oneself) proudly, especially concerning something unimportant or when taking credit for another person's effort; to self-congratulate.
 * 2)  To strip (a bird) of feathers; to pluck.
 * 3)  To peel, to strip completely; to pillage; also, to deprive of power.
 * 4)  Of a hawk: to pluck the feathers from prey.
 * 5)  Of a dispersed substance such as dust or smoke: to fan out or spread in a cloud.
 * 1)  To strip (a bird) of feathers; to pluck.
 * 2)  To peel, to strip completely; to pillage; also, to deprive of power.
 * 3)  Of a hawk: to pluck the feathers from prey.
 * 4)  Of a dispersed substance such as dust or smoke: to fan out or spread in a cloud.
 * 1)  To strip (a bird) of feathers; to pluck.
 * 2)  To peel, to strip completely; to pillage; also, to deprive of power.
 * 3)  Of a hawk: to pluck the feathers from prey.
 * 4)  Of a dispersed substance such as dust or smoke: to fan out or spread in a cloud.
 * 1)  To peel, to strip completely; to pillage; also, to deprive of power.
 * 2)  Of a hawk: to pluck the feathers from prey.
 * 3)  Of a dispersed substance such as dust or smoke: to fan out or spread in a cloud.
 * 1)  Of a dispersed substance such as dust or smoke: to fan out or spread in a cloud.

Translations

 * Portuguese: emplumar


 * Finnish:
 * Russian: чи́стить пёрышки


 * Finnish:
 * Portuguese: emplumar-se
 * Russian:


 * Finnish:

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) feather
 * 2) quill
 * 3) nib, the writing end of a fountain pen or a dip pen
 * 4)  writer, penman

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * , feather

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) plum

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) feather;