prumo

Signification (Anglais)

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)

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Concepts

fil à plomb

sonde

Traductions

Lot

plummet

schietlood

Senkblei

plumb

plomada

plumb bob

plumb-bob

scandaglio

filo a piombo

perpendicolo

piombino

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dieplood

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈpɾũ.mu/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à espagnol: 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.