pluim

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (masculine) a plume, feather
2. (masculine) A compliment, praise, a feather on one's cap
3. (figuratively, masculine) a plume-shaped object or part of another organ, e.g. on a butterfly's wings
4. (masculine) down

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular) inflection of pluimen:
2. (form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular) inflection of pluimen:
3. (form-of, imperative) inflection of pluimen:

Sinonieme

veer

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veder

lof

vederbos

pen

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/plœy̯m/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle Dutch: plume

In summary

From Middle Dutch plume, from Latin plūma (“feather, down”).