pluma
Portuguese, noun/ˈplũ.mɐ/
pluma is spelled P-L-U-M-A (5 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 30,465th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pluma is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “plume (large and showy feather)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pena”.
What does pluma mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineplume (large and showy feather)
- 2
feminineupwelling of molten material from the Earth's mantle (mantle plume)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pena 2. pena como enfeite 3. coluna de fluido movendo dentro ou ao redor de outro 4. ascensão de um grande volume de magma a partir do manto terrestre
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pluma
- plumas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pluma?
- Brazil /ˈplũ.mɐ/
- Portugal /ˈplu.mɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pluma
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pluma in Portuguese?
pluma appears 1.2 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).