Image:A single white feather closeup.jpg|thumb|A feather
English
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Etymology
Old English feþer.

Pronunciation
IPA|[�f�ð̥�] (RP), [�f�ð̥�] (GA)
audio|en-us-feather.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�ð�(r)|-�ð�(r)

Noun
feather (plural: feathers)

1. A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the wings of birds that allows their wings to create lift.

Translations
trans-top|element of bird wings
Arabic: ARchar|ر�ش (reish) m
Bosnian: pero n, perka f
Catalan: ploma f
Chumash (Inezeño): qap
Czech: péro n
Danish: fjer c
Dutch: veer f, veder f, pluim f
Erzya: �олга (tolga)
Faroese: fjøður f
Finnish: sulka, höyhen
French: plume f
German: Feder f
Guarani: ague (t-)
Gujarati: પ���� (pīchun)
Hebrew: ��ר� (evra) f
Hindi: प�� (pankh) m, पर (par) m
Hungarian: toll
Icelandic: fjöður f
Interlingua: pluma, penna
Italian: piuma f
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Kurdish: KUchar|پ��� g|Kurdish
Latin: pluma f
Latvian: spalva f
Norwegian: fjær m
Old English: feþer f
Polish: pióro n
Portuguese: pluma f, pena f
Rohingya: fóoir
Romani: p�r
Romanian: fulg n, pan� f
Russian: пе�о (peró) n
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: пе�о n, пе�ка f
:Roman: pero n, perka f
Slovene: pero n
Spanish: pluma f
Swedish: fjäder c
Tok Pisin: gras bilong pisin
Tupinambá: aba (s-)
Turkish: tüy
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Intransitive verb
rfc-trverb|Intransitive verb
to feather (feathered, feathered)

1. In rowing, to rotate the oars while they are out of the water to reduce wind resistance.

Translations
Danish: skodde

Transitive verb
to feather (feathered)

1. In rowing, to rotate (the oars) while out of the water to reduce wind resistance.
2. In aviation, to cut off an aircraft engine, usually in response to airborne problem or emergency

#* After striking the bird, the pilot feathered the left, damaged engine.

1. In carpentry and engineering, to finely shave or bevel an edge

Translations
Danish: skodde

Adjective
feather or feathered

1. In engineering or manufacturing a feather(ed) edge is a finely bevelled edge

Related terms
tar and feather

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• 2007-12-20 23:09 - DaGizza - /* Translations */ added gender for Hindi

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