plumer

See also: Plumer

English

Etymology

plume +‎ -er

Noun

plumer (plural plumers)

1. (historical) A person who sells feathers.

   Synonym: feathermonger

French

Etymology

From plume (“feather”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ply.me/

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Verb

plumer

1. 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.

2. (informal) to swindle or cheat out of
3. (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		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (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

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of plūmō