plume
A token of honour or prowessA token of honour or prowess; that on which one prides oneself; a prize or reward.
» The car's exhaust emitted thick plumes of black smoke.
Meaning
11 senses(figuratively)A token of honour or prowess; that on which one prides oneself; a prize or reward.
Auszeichnung
The vane (“flattened, web-like part”) of a feather, especially when on a quill pen or the fletching of an arrow.
Things resembling a feather.
anything that resembles a feather in shape or lightness
Things resembling a feather.
A cloud formed by a dispersed substance fanning out or spreading.
After the explosion, a plume of smoke could be seen in the sky for miles around.
The pollutant creates a contaminant plume within an aquifer.
Abluftfahne, Abwasserfahne, -fahne
плюма́жpljumáž
An upward spray of mist or water.
An arc of glowing material (chiefly gases) erupting from the surface of a star.
A large and flexible panicle of an inflorescence resembling a feather, such as is seen in certain large ornamental grasses.
A body part resembling a feather.
The furry tail of certain dog breeds (such as the Samoyed) that curls over their backs or stands erect.
More fully gill plume: a feathery gill of some crustaceans and molluscs.
(archaic, literary, poetic)A feather of a bird, especially a large or showy one used as a decoration.
Near-synonym: aigrette
Feder
перо́peró
(archaic, literary, poetic)A cluster of feathers worn as an ornament, especially on a helmet; a hackle.
Near-synonym: aigrette
Federbusch, Federschmuck, Hutfeder
плюма́жpljumáž, султа́нsultán
a feather or cluster of feathers worn as an ornament
Examples
7 sentencesThe car's exhaust emitted thick plumes of black smoke.
There was a plume of smoke coming from the shack.
Follow my white plume!
ruСледуйте за моим белым плюмажем!
Mount Etna has erupted, sending lava and ash plumes into the Sicilian sky.
ruЭтна извергнулась, отправляя лаву и пепел в сицилийское небо.
deDer Ätna schleuderte bei einem Ausbruch Lava und Aschewolken in den Himmel Siziliens.
The southern Italian island of Sicily has been covered with a vast plume of smoke and ash.
ruЮжный итальянский остров Сицилия был покрыт огромной завесой из дыма и пепла.
Translations
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Origin
From Late Middle English plum, plume (“feather; plumage”), from Anglo-Norman plum, plume,From Late Middle English plum, plume (“feather; plumage”), from Anglo-Norman plum, plume, from Old French plume, plome (“feather, plumage”), from Latin plūma (“feather, plumage”) (compare Late Latin plūma (“pen, quill”)), from Proto-Italic *plouksmā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (“to fly”). Doublet of pluma.
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Forms
plural: plumesSynonyms
3 synonyms- the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds:plumage