plomada

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pluˈma.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ploˈma.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ploˈma.ða]

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

• “plomada” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Spanish

Noun

plomada f (plural plomadas)

1. plumb line

Further reading

• “plomada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28