prumo

Senso (Inglese)

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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Concetti

scandaglio

filo a piombo

perpendicolo

piombino

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Traduzioni

Lot

schietlood

plummet

Senkblei

plumb bob

plomada

plumb

plumb-bob

fil à plomb

sonde

dieplood

sonda

plomada

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈpɾũ.mu/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Affine spagnolo: 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.