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Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

French

English

I. plume [plym] N f

1. plume (d'oiseau):

plume: feather

léger comme une plume: light as a feather

soulever qc comme une plume: to pick sth up as though it were as light as a feather

chapeau à plumes: feathered hat

oreiller de plumes: feather pillow

2. plume (pour écrire):

plume (d'oiseau): quill (pen)

plume (en métal): (pen) nib

plume d'oie: goose quill

prendre la plume pour …: to put pen to paper to …, to take up one's pen to…

d'un coup de plume: with a single stroke of the pen

je lui passe la plume: I'm handing over to him/her

écrire au fil de la plume: to write as the thoughts come into one's head

elle a la plume facile: words flow easily from her pen

vivre de sa plume: to earn a living by one's pen

prendre sa plus belle plume: to get out one's smartest notepaper

dessin à la plume: pen-and-ink drawing

3. plume (écrivain):

plume: (political) speechwriter

II. plume [plym] N m sl

plume → plumard

III. plume [plym]

perdre ses plumes inf: to lose one's hair, to go bald

elle y a laissé ou perdu des plumes inf: she did not come off unscathed

voler dans les plumes de qn inf: to fly at sb

See also

plumard [plymaʀ] N m sl

plumard: bed

aller au plumard: to turn in inf

aller au plumard: to hit the hay inf

plumer [plyme] VB trans

1. plumer oiseau:

plumer: to pluck

2. plumer inf:

plumer: to fleece inf

personne se faire plumer: to be ripped off ou fleeced inf

porte-plume, porteplume <pl porte-plume, porteplumes> [pɔʀt(ə)plym] N m

porte-plume: penholder

English

French

pen holder: porte-plume m inv

featherweight: poids m plume

featherweight attr champion, title: (des) poids plume

junior lightweight: poids m super-plume

quill (stem of feather): tuyau m de plume

quill, a. quill pen (for writing): plume f d'oie

nib: plume f

fine-/steel-nibbed: à plume fine/en acier

pen-and-ink drawing: dessin m à la plume

pen name: nom m de plume

in the PONS Dictionary

French

English

plume [plym] N f

1. plume (penne):

plume: feather

2. plume (pour écrire):

plume: quill

Phrases:

laisser [ou perdre] des plumes: to come off badly

voler dans les plumes à [ou de] qn inf: to go for sb

plumer [plyme] VB trans

plumer animal: to pluck

plumer personne: to fleece

OpenDict entry

plumer VB

plumer qn inf: to take sb to the cleaners iron hum

English

French

penholder: porte-plume m

nib: plume f

featherweight: poids m plume

featherweight: poids plume

plume: plume f

quill: plume f d'oie

pen name: nom m de plume

to live by one's pen: vivre de sa plume

pen: plume f

the pen is mightier than the sword prov: la plume est plus tranchante que l'épée

in the PONS Dictionary

French

English

plume [plym] N f

1. plume (penne):

plume: feather

2. plume (pour écrire):

plume: quill

Phrases:

laisser [ou perdre] des plumes: not to escape unscathed

voler dans les plumes à [ou de] qn inf: to go for sb

plumer [plyme] VB trans

plumer animal: to pluck

plumer personne: to rip off

stylo (à) plume: fountain pen

English

French

nib: plume f

penholder: porte-plume m

featherweight: poids m plume

featherweight: poids plume

plume: plume f

quill: plume f d'oie

pen name: nom m de plume

to live by one's pen: vivre de sa plume

pen: plume f

the pen is mightier than the sword prov: la plume est plus tranchante que l'épée

Présent
je	plume
tu	plumes
il/elle/on	plume
nous	plumons
vous	plumez
ils/elles	plument

Imparfait
je	plumais
tu	plumais
il/elle/on	plumait
nous	plumions
vous	plumiez
ils/elles	plumaient

Passé simple
je	plumai
tu	plumas
il/elle/on	pluma
nous	plumâmes
vous	plumâtes
ils/elles	plumèrent

Futur simple
je	plumerai
tu	plumeras
il/elle/on	plumera
nous	plumerons
vous	plumerez
ils/elles	plumeront

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Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

stylo (à) plume: fountain pen

tremper sa plume dans l'encre: to dip one's pen in the ink

pen name: nom m de plume

the pen is mightier than the sword prov: la plume est plus tranchante que l'épée

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