feathers

🇬🇧 en fr 🇫🇷

feather noun /ˈfɛð.ə/ , /ˈfɛð.ɚ/ , [ˈfɛð.ə] , [ˈfɛð.ɚ] , [ˈfɛð.ɹ̩] , /~/
branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds	plume
long hair on the lower legs of a dog or horse	fanon

feather verb /ˈfɛð.ə/ , /ˈfɛð.ɚ/ , [ˈfɛð.ə] , [ˈfɛð.ɚ] , [ˈfɛð.ɹ̩] , /~/
	empenner, emplumer
aeronautics: to streamline an aircraft's propeller blades when shut down	mettre en drapeau

feathered adjective
covered with feathers	emplumé, à plumes

feathers
	fanon

feathering
	fanon

ruffle someone's feathers: froisser
fine feathers make fine birds: c'est la plume qui fait l'oiseau, la belle plume fait le bel oiseau

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