plumer
See also: Plumer
English
Etymology
plume + -er
Noun
plumer (plural plumers)
- (historical) A person who sells feathers.
- Synonym: feathermonger
- Misspelling of plumber.
French
Etymology
From plume (“feather”) + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ply.me/
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Verb
plumer
- to pluck the feathers off
- Alouette, gentille alouette. Alouette, je te plumerai. Je te plumerai le bec, je te plumerai le bec.
- Lark, pretty lark. Lark, I will pluck you. I will pluck your beak, I will pluck your beak.
- (informal) to swindle or cheat out of
- (informal) to desquamate; to have the skin peel off
Conjugation
Conjugation of plumer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | plumer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | plumant /ply.mɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | plumé /ply.me/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | plume /plym/ | plumes /plym/ | plume /plym/ | plumons /ply.mɔ̃/ | plumez /ply.me/ | plument /plym/ |
| imperfect | plumais /ply.mɛ/ | plumais /ply.mɛ/ | plumait /ply.mɛ/ | plumions /ply.mjɔ̃/ | plumiez /ply.mje/ | plumaient /ply.mɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | plumai /ply.me/ | plumas /ply.ma/ | pluma /ply.ma/ | plumâmes /ply.mam/ | plumâtes /ply.mat/ | plumèrent /ply.mɛʁ/ | |
| future | plumerai /plym.ʁe/ | plumeras /plym.ʁa/ | plumera /plym.ʁa/ | plumerons /plym.ʁɔ̃/ | plumerez /plym.ʁe/ | plumeront /plym.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | plumerais /plym.ʁɛ/ | plumerais /plym.ʁɛ/ | plumerait /plym.ʁɛ/ | plumerions /ply.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ | plumeriez /ply.mə.ʁje/ | plumeraient /plym.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | plume /plym/ | plumes /plym/ | plume /plym/ | plumions /ply.mjɔ̃/ | plumiez /ply.mje/ | plument /plym/ |
| imperfect2 | plumasse /ply.mas/ | plumasses /ply.mas/ | plumât /ply.ma/ | plumassions /ply.ma.sjɔ̃/ | plumassiez /ply.ma.sje/ | plumassent /ply.mas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | plume /plym/ | — | plumons /ply.mɔ̃/ | plumez /ply.me/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
- comment ça plume
- il y a plusieurs façons de plumer un canard
Further reading
- “plumer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
plūmer
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of plūmō