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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]plumer (plural plumers)
- (historical) A person who sells feathers.
- Synonym: feathermonger
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]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
[edit]Conjugation of plumer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | plumer | |||||
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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
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “plumer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
[edit]Verb
[edit]plūmer
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