plume
French, noun
plume is spelled P-L-U-M-E (5 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written French, the 5,331st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Plume is a French feminine noun meaning “feather” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of plumer. With an accent, plumé is a different word: “past participle of plumer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Phanère corné, garni de barbes et de duvet, qui couvre le corps des oiseaux”.
What does plume mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefeather
- 2
femininequill
- 3
femininenib, the writing end of a fountain pen or a dip pen
- 4
datedfemininewriter, penman
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of plumer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Phanère corné, garni de barbes et de duvet, qui couvre le corps des oiseaux. 2. Plume dont on se servait pour écrire. 3. Plumage. 4. Amas de plumes.
noun: 1. Lit, plumard.
noun: 1. Personne chargée de rédiger les discours d'une personnalité publique.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of plume
- plumes plural
- plumée feminine
- plumés masculine plural
- plumées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to plume
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is plume in French?
plume appears 13 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).