pluim
Dutch (Brabantic)
/plœy̯m/
noun
Definitions
- A plume, feather
- (with indefinite article, often the diminutive: een pluim(pje)) A compliment, praise, a feather on one's cap
- (figuratively) A plume-shaped object or part of another organ, e.g. on a butterfly's wings
- (rather the diminutive plural: pluimpjes) down
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch plume 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
- plumeus Latin
- plumiger Latin
- plumo Latin
- plūma Latin
- plūmācium Latin
- piuma Italian
- bal Dutch, Flemish
- pluimbal Dutch, Flemish
- pluimstrijken Dutch, Flemish
- pluimstrijker Dutch, Flemish
- pluimvee Dutch, Flemish
- strijken Dutch, Flemish
- vee Dutch, Flemish
- weer Dutch, Flemish
- weerpluim Dutch, Flemish
- pluma Spanish, Castilian
- *plew- Proto-Indo-European
- *plewk- Proto-Indo-European
- *plews- Proto-Indo-European
- pluma Portuguese
- plumage Old French
- plume Old French
- plumo Esperanto
- implume Catalan, Valencian
- ploma Catalan, Valencian
- pluma Galician
- plu Welsh
- pluf Welsh
- plume Middle Dutch
- pluumstriken Middle Dutch
- pfluma Old High German
- phlūma Old High German
- clúm Old Irish
- pluimbal Afrikaans
- *plow(k)smā Proto-Italic
- pluma Asturian
- plume Friulian
- pluv Cornish
- ciùmma Ligurian
- pluma Interlingua
- pluff Middle Breton