Panache

[irmamar]

What's the difference between feather and plume? I wanted to define the word "panache" and my dictionary says: "a feathered plume on a helmet" (but feathered plume sounds like a redundancy to me). :thinking:

Thanks. :)

[xchic]

What's the difference between feather and plume? I wanted to define the word "panache" and my dictionary says: "a feathered plume on a helmet" (but feathered plume sounds like a redundancy to me). :thinking:

Thanks. :)
A plume on a helmet could also be made of horsehair or other materials.

To me though, panache means a way of doing something.

to do something with panache = hacer algo con garbo

[Ambarina]

What's the difference between feather and plume? I wanted to define the word "panache" and my dictionary says: "a feathered plume on a helmet" (but feathered plume sounds like a redundancy to me). :thinking:

Thanks. :)

A plume can be made of feathers or hair. :)

Ooops! Cross-posting. :)

[irmamar]

I've seen that "plume" means "feather", too. That puzzled me. :)

[Perikles]

I've seen that "plume" means "feather", too. That puzzled me. :)Latin pluma a small soft feather. A plume was originally an ornamental feather, then became an ornament looking like one. You can also have a plume of smoke rising from a fire :)