What does plumes in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word plumes in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use plumes in French.

The word plumes in French means pluck, fleece, rip off, please , delight, appeal to, appeal to, like each other, like one another, like yourself, be happy, enjoy doing , delight in doing, like, enjoy, feather, quill, nib, a way with words, writer, sack, get fleeced. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word plumes

pluck

verbe transitif (enlever les plumes)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Plumer une volaille est un travail long et fastidieux.

fleece, rip off

verbe transitif (familier (prendre tout l'argent de [qqn]) (informal)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
C'est un arnaqueur qui plume les touristes naïfs.

please , delight

verbe transitif indirect (convenir)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Son cadeau semble lui plaire.
He seems to like his present.

appeal to

verbe transitif indirect (séduire)

C'est un homme qui plaît aux femmes.
He's the kind of man most women like.

appeal to

verbe transitif indirect (tenter)

Une année sabbatique pour faire un tour du monde me plairait bien.
A sabbatical year to do a round the world trip would really appeal to me.

like each other, like one another

verbe pronominal (éprouver une attirance mutuelle)

(transitive verb and reflexive pronoun: Transitive verb with reflexive pronoun--for example, "Enjoy yourself." "They behaved themselves.")
Alexandra et Jérémy se sont plu dès le premier regard.
Alexandra and Jeremy liked each other from the moment they laid eyes on each other.

like yourself

verbe pronominal (s'apprécier soi-même)

(transitive verb and reflexive pronoun: Transitive verb with reflexive pronoun--for example, "Enjoy yourself." "They behaved themselves.")
Tania se plaît avec les cheveux coupés au carré.
Tania likes herself with her hair cut in a bob.

be happy

verbe pronominal (aimer être quelque part)

Ma fille se plaît dans son nouvel appartement.
My daughter likes living in her new apartment.

enjoy doing , delight in doing

verbe pronominal (aimer faire [qch])

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
L'homme d'affaires se plaît à raconter comment il a réussi en partant de rien.
The businessman enjoys telling people how he worked his way up from nothing.

like, enjoy

verbe pronominal (s'épanouir)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Les hortensias se plaisent en milieu acide.
Hortensias like acidic soil.

feather

nom féminin (d'oiseau)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les plumes recouvrent le corps des oiseaux, les protègent et leur servent à voler.
ⓘCette phrase n'est pas une traduction de la phrase originale. This bird's down is waterproof

quill

nom féminin (pour écrire)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Autrefois, on écrivait à l'aide de plume d'oie taillée.
People used to use sharpened goose quills to write.

nib

nom féminin (embout en métal de porte-plume)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les plumes et porte-plumes se rangeaient dans un plumier.
Nibs and their case would be kept in a pencil case.

a way with words

nom féminin (figuré (écriture)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")
On disait de lui qu'il avait la plume facile.
People said he had a way with words.

writer

nom féminin (vieilli (écrivain)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Victor Hugo fut une grande plume de son temps.
Victor Hugo was a great writer of his time.

sack

nom masculin (familier (lit) (slang)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Je crois qu'il fait la sieste dans son plume !
I think he's hit the sack for forty winks.

get fleeced

(familier (jeu : perdre toutes ses mises) (slang, figurative)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

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