penna

Meaning

1. (declension-1, feminine) wing (of natural or supernatural creatures)
2. (declension-1, feminine, figuratively) wing (of natural or supernatural creatures)
3. (declension-1, feminine) feather, especially a flight-feather; pinion
4. (declension-1, feminine) quill pen

Concepts

feather

🪶

wing

🪽

fin

plume

hair

feathers

pen

🖊️

Synonyms

pluma

🪶

pinna

plūma

ala

🪽

calamus

āla

Translations

Feder

🪶

plume

🪶

pluma

🪶

piuma

🪶

pena

πούπουλο

φτερό

ploma

🪶

pluma

tüy

veder

veer

🪶

ala

🪽

ala

🪽

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈpɛn.na]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *petnā, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ~ pth₂én- (“feather, wing”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”), with pinna apparently representing a dialectal variant with pre-nasal raising. See also pēnis (“tail, penis”), which penna may have been conflated semantically with.