pluma

Meaning

1. (feminine) plume (large and showy feather)
2. (feminine) upwelling of molten material from the Earth's mantle (mantle plume)

Concepts

feather

🪶

plume

pinion

plumage

quill

flight feather

quill feather

crest

remex

pen

🖊️

Synonyms

pena

grama

gramado

crista

plumagem

Translations

plume

🪶

piuma

🪶

Feder

🪶

veder

pluma

🪶

veer

🪶

pluim

ploma

🪶

tüy

penna

🪽

πούπουλο

pluma

🪶

φτερό

plūma

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈplũ.mɐ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin: plūma

In summary

Borrowed from Latin plūma (“feather”) (Latin pl- normally becomes ch- in inherited Portuguese); compare the semi-learned Old Galician-Portuguese pruma. See also chumaço, which was popularly inherited and underwent the usual sound changes.