prumo

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

plummet (lead on a line used to check if something is perfectly vertical)

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of prumar

prumar

to plumb (to lower a plumb bob to sound the depth of water)

Lees meer

Vertalings

Lot

Senkblei

plummet

schietlood

plumb bob

plumb

plomada

plumb-bob

fil à plomb

sonde

scandaglio

filo a piombo

perpendicolo

piombino

🦭

dieplood

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈpɾũ.mu/

Etimologie (Engels)

Verwante met Spaans: plomo

In summary

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin plumbum. Doublet of chumbo, which was inherited and underwent the regular sound change. Compare also Spanish plomo.