piuma

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin plūma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpju.ma/
• Rhymes: -uma
• Hyphenation: più‧ma

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Noun

piuma f (plural piume)

1. feather, plume
   • 1851, Giuseppe Verdi, “La donna è mobile”, in Rigoletto:

     La donna è mobile qual piuma al vento, muta d'accento e di pensiero.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (in the plural) down
3. plumage

Derived terms

• gommapiuma (“foam rubber”)
• piumaggio (“plumage”)
• piumato (“feathered, plumed”)
• piumetta (“plumule”)
• piumoso (“feathery; plumose”)
• spiumare (“to pluck (feathers); to fleece, rip off”)
• superpiuma (“super featherweight”)