plumaço

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin plūmācium (“feather pillow”).[1][2] Doublet of chumaço. By surface analysis, pluma +‎ -aço.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pluˈma.su/

  • Rhymes: -asu
  • Hyphenation: plu‧ma‧ço

Noun

plumaço m (plural plumaços)

  1. panache, hackle used in horses
  2. (archaic) feather pillow

References
  1. “plumaço” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  2. “plumaço” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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