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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesplumón
Pronunciation / Transliteration: pluˈmon
"El plumón de los patos mantiene el calor."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A fine, soft layer of feathers found on birds, especially under the tougher outer feathers, or similar soft insulating material.
"The baby duckling was covered in a thick layer of yellow down."
- 1
Toward a lower place or position.
"She sat down on the comfortable sofa."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Old English 'dūn', meaning a hill or down, and separately from Old Norse 'dūn', meaning soft feathers or down. The noun sense relating to fine, soft plumage evolved from Germanic roots referring to the fluffy under-feathers of birds.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Down" is said worldwide
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duvet
Transliteration: dyvɛ
"Les oisillons sont couverts de duvet."
Daunen
Transliteration: daʊnən
"Die Jacke ist mit echten Daunen gefüllt."
piumino
Transliteration: pjuˈmiːno
"Il piumino degli uccelli li protegge dal freddo."
plumón
Transliteration: pluˈmon
"El plumón de los patos mantiene el calor."
pluma
Transliteration: ˈplumɐ
"O ninho era forrado com macias plumas."
मुलायम पंख
Transliteration: mulāyam pankh
"पक्षियों के शरीर पर मुलायम पंख होते हैं।"
绒羽
Transliteration: róng yǔ
"小鸟身上覆盖着柔软的绒羽。"
솜털
Transliteration: somteol
"어린 새의 몸은 부드러운 솜털로 덮여 있다."
綿羽
Transliteration: men'u
"鳥の雛は柔らかい綿羽に覆われている。"
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