Flaum
German (Berlin)
/flaʊ̯m/
noun
Definitions
- fluff; down thin hair, such as on an adolescent boy’s upper lip
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German phlūme inherited from Old High German phlūma derived from Latin plūma (feather, plume, down, plumage).
Origin
Latin
plūma
Gloss
feather, plume, down, plumage
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
下
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- pluma English
- phlegma Latin
- plumeus Latin
- plumiger Latin
- plumo Latin
- plūma Latin
- plūmācium Latin
- Feder German
- Flaumfeder German
- piuma Italian
- flegme French
- pluma Spanish, Castilian
- *plew- Proto-Indo-European
- *plewk- Proto-Indo-European
- *plews- Proto-Indo-European
- pluma Portuguese
- flewme Middle English
- fleume Old French
- plumage Old French
- plume Old French
- plumo Esperanto
- implume Catalan, Valencian
- ploma Catalan, Valencian
- pluma Galician
- plu Welsh
- pluf Welsh
- plume Middle Dutch
- *phluma Old High German
- pfluma Old High German
- phlūma Old High German
- clúm Old Irish
- phlūme Middle High German
- Flom Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- flemme Middle French
- *plow(k)smā Proto-Italic
- pluma Asturian
- plume Friulian
- pluv Cornish
- ciùmma Ligurian
- pluma Interlingua
- phlegma LL
- pluff Middle Breton