French Conversation · Level 119
60 words
French word
plumer
Pronunciation
IPA/plyme/
Meaning
- verbrip off
Example
Le taxi a plumé les touristes.
The taxi ripped off the tourists.
More examples
On s'est fait plumer au restaurant hier soir.
We got fleeced at the restaurant last night.
Core concept
A person's wallet grows light as money is stripped away like feathers.
Common phrases
se faire plumer
get fleeced
plumer au restaurant
fleece someone at a restaurant
plumer un touriste
fleece a tourist
Similar words
arnaquer: To cheat someone out of money.
voler: To steal money or property unlawfully.
escroquer: To swindle someone out of money using fraudulent methods.
Definition in French
Prendre à quelqu'un plus d'argent que ce qui lui revient, souvent par tromperie ou en abusant de sa confiance.
Word origin
French plumer comes from Old French plumer, 'to remove feathers,' from Latin pluma, 'feather'; its money sense extends that physical stripping metaphor.
Usage tips
- Plumer quelqu'un takes a direct object, so the person being overcharged appears without the preposition à.
Other meanings
- pluckverb
Related words
- pluméfleecedadjective
- déplumerpluck feathersverb