Translation
feather; pen, biro (Mexico)
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Word origin
From Latin pluma ('a small soft feather, down'). Because early pens were made from bird quills, the same word came to mean 'pen'. English 'plume' and 'plumage' share the root.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- pluma
- English cognates
- plume, plumage
Grammar
Examples
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A white feather fell slowly from the sky.
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My grandfather used to sign letters with an old fountain pen.
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Look how soft this bird feather is!
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The pillow is filled with goose feathers.
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She wrote the poem with a pen and blue ink.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 24, lesson 12: pluma, combustible, texto and 6 more words.