implume

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin implūmis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [imˈplu.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [imˈplu.me]

Adjective

implume m or f (masculine and feminine plural implumes)

1. featherless

Related terms

• ploma

Further reading

• “implume”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Italian

Adjective

implume m or f by sense (plural implumi)

1. unfledged, featherless

   Antonym: piumato

Related terms

• piuma

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *plew-

Proto-Indo-European *plewk-der.

Proto-Indo-European *plewk-smeh₂

Proto-Italic *plouksmā

Latin plūma

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *n̥-

Latin in-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.?

Proto-Italic *-is

Latin -is

Latin in- -is

Latin implumisbor.

Spanish implume

Borrowed from Latin implumis.

Adjective

implume m or f (masculine and feminine plural implumes)

1. featherless

   Antonym: plumado

Related terms

• pluma

Further reading

• “implume”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025