pluma

Borrowed from Latin plūma. Doublet of plume.

pluma (plural plumae)

1. (zoology, archaic) A feather.

• “pluma”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• ampul

From Latin plūma.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpluma/
• Syllabification: plu‧ma
• Rhymes: -uma

pluma f (plural plumas)

1. feather

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “pluma”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Probably a semi-learned term taken from Latin plūma (“feather”). Compare Spanish pluma, however.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpluma/ [ˈplu.ma]
• Rhymes: -uma
• Syllabification: plu‧ma

pluma f (plural plumes)

1. feather (element of bird wings)
2. pen; plume

• “pluma”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “pluma”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

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pluma

1. third-person singular past historic of plumer

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈpluma/ [ˈplu.mɐ]
• Rhymes: -uma
• Hyphenation: plu‧ma

pluma f (plural plumas)

1. feather (element of bird wings)
2. pen (writing tool)
3. plume (large and showy feather)

• “pluma”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “pluma”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

From Spanish pluma, Portuguese pluma, French plume, English plume and Italian piùma, all from Latin plūma (“feather”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈplu.ma/

pluma (plural plumas)

1. pen
2. feather

• IPA^(key): /ˈpˠlˠʊmˠə/

Borrowed from Middle English plomme, ploume (“plum”). Doublet of prúna.

pluma m (genitive singular pluma, nominative plural plumaí)

1. plum

From English plumb, from Old French *plombe, from Latin plumba, plural of plumbum.

pluma m (genitive singular pluma, nominative plural plumaí)

1. plumb (of plumb-line), plummet

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “pluma”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “pluma”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “pluma”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

Inherited from Proto-Italic *plouksmā, from Proto-Indo-European *plewk-smeh₂, from *plewk- (“to fly”), from *plew-. Cognate with Lithuanian plùnksna (“feather”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpɫuː.ma]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpluː.ma]

plūma f (genitive plūmae); first declension

1. feather, plume

   Synonym: penna f

2. (by extension) metal scale of armor
3. beard-down
   • 23 BCE – 13 BCE, Horatius, Carmina 4.10.2

First-declension noun.

From Portuguese pluma and Spanish pluma.

pluma

1. feather
2. plume

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.

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• Hyphenation: plu‧ma

pluma f (plural plumas)

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

• “pluma”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “pluma”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

From Latin plūma (“feather”), taken as an early semi-learned term (Latin pl- normally becomes ll- in inherited Spanish), or it may have maintained a conservative pronunciation as it would have been in use by mainly the upper class. A popular evolution of the word may have once existed in pre-literary Spanish, as evidenced by the Old Spanish derivative llumazo (compare Portuguese chumaço; see also Spanish chumacera, borrowed from a related Portuguese term).^[1] Cognate to English plume.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpluma/ [ˈplu.ma]

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• Rhymes: -uma
• Syllabification: plu‧ma

pluma f (plural plumas)

1. feather
2. quill, quill pen
3. pen, fountain pen

   Synonym: pluma estilográfica

4. nib

   Synonyms: plumín, plumilla

5. (Mexico, US) ballpoint pen

   Synonym: bolígrafo

6. (figurative) writer, penman

   Synonym: escritor

7. (Spain, slang) effeminacy

   Synonyms: afeminación, afeminamiento, ramalazo

• “pluma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Borrowed from Spanish pluma.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpluma/ [ˈpluː.mɐ]
• Rhymes: -uma
• Syllabification: plu‧ma

pluma (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜎᜓᜋ)

1. pen (any writing instrument that uses ink)