plomada

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From plom +‎ -ada.

Noun

plomada f (plural plomades)

  1. plumb line
  2. weights (of a fishing net)

Etymology 2

From ploma +‎ -ada.

Noun

plomada f (plural plomades)

  1. quillfull (amount of ink held by a quill)
  2. (by extension, figurative) penstroke
    • 1959, Rafael Gay de Montellà, Llibre del Rosselló:
      La Revolució del 1792 va destruir d'una plomada aqueixa complicada desigualtat de classes.
      The Revolution of 1792 destroyed that complicated class inequality with a stroke of a pen.
  3. (figurative) line (short spell of writing)

Etymology 3

From plomar +‎ -ada.

Noun

plomada f (plural plomades)

  1. plucking

Participle

plomada f sg

  1. feminine singular of plomat
    • 2005, Joan-Daniel Bezsonoff i Montalat, “Les amnèsies de Déu”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      França havia perdut la guerra però l'àguila germànica havia quedat plomada.
      France had lost the war but the Germanic eagle had got plucked.

Further reading

Spanish

Noun

plomada f (plural plomadas)

  1. plumb line

Further reading
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