plomb
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See also: plómb
Etymology
Noun
plomb
References
- Bartoli, Matteo (1906) Il Dalmatico: Resti di un’antica lingua romanza parlata da Veglia a Ragusa e sua collocazione nella Romània appenino-balcanica, Rome: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, published 2000
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
plomb m (plural plombs) (ORB, broad)
- lead (metal)
References
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French plom, from Old French, from Latin plumbum.
Pronunciation
Noun
plomb m (plural plombs)
- lead (metal)
- intoxication saturnine par le plomb ― lead poisoning
- fuse
- sinker (fishing weight)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “plomb”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Noun
plomb m (uncountable)
Pronunciation
Noun
plomb f
Etymology
Noun
plomb c
- a (lead) seal (to seal a package)
- (dentistry) a filling
- (chiefly historical) a filling of concrete in a tree (due to the historical practice of cavity filling)
Declension
Declension of plomb
Related terms
References
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