plumelet C2+ Topic:General Vocabulary US /ˈpluːmlɪt/ UK /ˈpluːmlɪt/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a small plume or tuft of feathers A delicate plumelet adorned the edge of her hat. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a small plume or tuft of... plumetuftfeather Word family Related forms plumeplumageplumaged Etymology AI details Diminutive of plume (from Old French plume 'feather', from Latin pluma 'feather, down') + the diminutive suffix -let. plume Old French pluma Latin View etymology graph -> Topics General Vocabulary External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # plumelet **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈpluːmlɪt/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈpluːmlɪt/ ## Meanings 1. a small plume or tuft of feathers ## Examples - A delicate plumelet adorned the edge of her hat. ## Synonyms - plume - tuft - feather ## Related Forms - plume - plumage - plumaged ## Roots and Affixes - Root: plume - Root: pluma ## Etymology Diminutive of plume (from Old French plume 'feather', from Latin pluma 'feather, down') + the diminutive suffix -let. ## AI Etymology Plumelet is diminutive of plume (from Old French plume 'feather', from Latin pluma 'feather, down') + the diminutive suffix -let. Important recorded forms include plume (Old French) and pluma (Latin). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers a small plume or tuft of feathers. The wider family includes related words such as plume, plumage, and plumaged. ## Topics - General Vocabulary markdown