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plume noun {f}

  /plym/
  • Plumage
  • Amas de plumes
feather, plume
  • (En particulier) Plume dont on se servait pour écrire
feather, quill, pen, plume, nib
  • (Par analogie) Mine, bout d’un stylo, lame de métal pointue et fendue, en forme de bec de plume qu’on emploie pour écrire
nib

plumer verb

  /ply.me/
  • Arracher les plumes d’un oiseau
pluck
  • (Canotage) Action consistant à ramener la pelle en arrière après le coup d'aviron en effleurant la surface de l'eau
take to the cleaner's

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plume noun

  /ˈpljuːm/ , /ˈplum/ , /ˈpluːm/
  • (archaic, literary, and, poetic) A feather of a bird, especially a large or showy one used as a decoration.
plume
  • A cloud formed by a dispersed substance fanning out or spreading.
  • An upward spray of mist or water.
nuage, panache
  • (astronomy) An arc of glowing material (chiefly gases) erupting from the surface of a star.
  • (geology) Short for mantle plume (“an upwelling of abnormally hot molten material from the Earth's mantle which spreads sideways when it reaches the lithosphere”).
  • More fully gill plume: a feathery gill of some crustaceans and molluscs.
  • The furry tail of certain dog breeds (such as the Samoyed) that curls over their backs or stands erect.
panache
  • (archaic, literary, and, poetic) A cluster of feathers worn as an ornament, especially on a helmet; a hackle.
panache, plumet
  • (botany) A large and flexible panicle of an inflorescence resembling a feather, such as is seen in certain large ornamental grasses.
plumet
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