plumula

English

Etymology

Latin plūmula (“a small feather”)

Noun

plumula (plural plumulas or plumulae)

1. (botany) A plumule.
2. (zoology) A down feather.

References

• “plumula”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Etymology

From plūma (“feather”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpluː.mu.la/, [ˈpɫ̪uːmʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈplu.mu.la/, [ˈpluːmulä]

Noun

plūmula f (genitive plūmulae); first declension

1. a small feather
2. a down feather

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	plūmula	plūmulae
Genitive	plūmulae	plūmulārum
Dative	plūmulae	plūmulīs
Accusative	plūmulam	plūmulās
Ablative	plūmulā	plūmulīs
Vocative	plūmula	plūmulae

Related terms

• plūma
• plūmācium
• plūmārius
• plūmātus
• plūmesco
• plūmeus
• plūmiger
• plūmipēs
• plūmō
• plūmōsus

Descendants

• Catalan: plúmula
• English: plumule, plumula
• → Spanish: plúmula
• → Portuguese: plúmula

References

• “plumula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press