plom

From Latin plumbum.

• IPA^(key): /ˈplɔ̃mː/

plom m

1. lead

Inherited from Old Catalan plom, from Latin plumbum.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈplom]

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plom m (uncountable)

1. lead
2. lead weight, sinker, plumb bob
3. plumb line
4. slug (lead shot)
5. seal, stamp

   Synonyms: bolla, marxamo

6. (slang) fuse

   Synonym: fusible

• “plom”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “plom” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Old French, from Latin plumbum.

plom m (plural ploms)

1. lead

• French: plomb

From Latin plumbum.

plom m (oblique plural ploms, nominative singular ploms, nominative plural plom)

1. lead (metal)

• Occitan: plomb, plom

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “plumbum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 9: Placabilis–Pyxis, page 90