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plume [plym]feminine nouna. [d'oiseau] feather* * *plym1) ( d'oiseau) feather2) ( pour écrire) ( d'oiseau) quill (pen); ( en métal) (pen) nibprendre la plume pour... — to put pen to paper to..., to take up one's pen to...
••elle y a laissé or perdu des plumes — (colloq) she did not come off unscathed
voler dans les plumes à or de quelqu'un — (colloq) to fly at somebody
* * *plym nf1) (= plumage) feather2) (pour écrire) (pen) nib3) fig pen* * *A nf1 ( d'oiseau) feather; léger comme une plume light as a feather; soulever qch comme une plume to pick sth up as though it were as light as a feather; chapeau à plumes feathered hat; oreiller de plumes feather pillow;2 ( pour écrire) ( d'oiseau) quill (pen); ( en métal) (pen) nib; plume d'oie goose quill; prendre la plume pour… to put pen to paper to…, to take up one's pen to…; d'un coup de plume with a single stroke of the pen; je lui passe la plume I'm handing over to him/her; écrire au fil de la plume to write as the thoughts come into one's head; elle a la plume facile words flow easily from her pen; vivre de sa plume to earn a living by one's pen; prendre sa plus belle plume to get out one's smartest notepaper; dessin à la plume pen-and-ink drawing.B ◑nm = plumard.perdre ses plumes○ to lose one's hair, to go bald; elle y a laissé or perdu des plumes○ she did not come off unscathed; voler dans les plumes de qn○ to fly at sb.I(très familier) [plym]→ link=plumard plumardII[plym] nom féminin1. [d'oiseau] feather2. [pour écrire] quill[de stylo] nibje prends la plume pour te dire que... I take up my pen to tell you that...laisser aller ou courir sa plume to write as the ideas come4. MÉDECINE————————à plumes locution adjectivale————————en plumes locution adjectivale
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