plumage
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French plumage (14c.), itself from plume (“feather”) (from Latin plūma (“feather, down”), from a Proto-Indo-European base *plews- (“to pluck, a feather, fleece”) + -age.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) enPR: plo͞om'ĭj, IPA(key): /ˈpluːmɪdʒ/
- (obsolete) enPR: plyo͞om'ĭj, IPA(key): /ˈpljuːmɪdʒ/
- Rhymes: -uːmɪdʒ
Noun[edit]
plumage (countable and uncountable, plural plumages)
- (ornithology, collective noun) Layer or collection of feathers covering a bird’s body; feathers used ornamentally; feathering.
- 1969, Monty Python, "Monty Python’s Flying Circus" (Dead Parrot sketch)
- [Owner]: No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'! Remarkable bird, the Norwegian Blue, idn'it, ay? Beautiful plumage!
- [Mr. Praline]: The plumage don't enter into it. It's stone dead.
- Synonym: pennage (obsolete)
- 1969, Monty Python, "Monty Python’s Flying Circus" (Dead Parrot sketch)
- Finery or elaborate dress.
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Translations[edit]
collection of feathers covering a bird’s body
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finery or elaborate dress
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French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
plumage m (plural plumages)
- (ornithology, collective noun) plumage (a bird's feathers, collectively speaking)
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Further reading[edit]
- “plumage” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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