feather duster

English

Etymology

From feather +‎ duster.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛð.ə(ɹ) ˈdʌstə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛð.ɚ ˈdʌstɚ/

• Audio (UK):

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Noun

feather duster (plural feather dusters)

1. An implement, traditionally consisting of a bundle of feathers (especially ostrich feathers) attached to a handle, used to remove surface dust.

Derived terms

• feather duster worm

Translations

implement used to remove surface dust

• Basque: mustuka
• Catalan: plomall (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 雞毛掃 / 鸡毛扫 (gai¹ mou⁴ sou^3-2)

  Hokkien: 雞毛筅 / 鸡毛筅 (zh-min-nan) (ke-mn̂g-chhéng, koe-mn̂g-chhéng)

  Mandarin: 雞毛撣子 / 鸡毛掸子 (zh) (jīmáo dǎnzi)

• Czech: prachovka (cs) f
• Esperanto: plumviŝilo
• Estonian: tolmuhari
• Finnish: pölyhuiska (fi)
• French: plumeau (fr) m
• German: Staubwedel (de) m
• Hungarian: tollseprű (hu)
• Indonesian: kemoceng (id)
• Italian: piumino (it) m
• Japanese: 叩き (ja) (hataki)
• Korean: 먼지떨이 (meonjitteori)
• Norman: êpousseteux m
• Persian: گردگیر دستی
• Portuguese: espanador (pt) m
• Romanian: pămătuf (ro) n
• Spanish: plumero (es) m
• Swedish: dammvippa (sv) c
• Tagalog: pamispis, plumero, pamalis
• Turkish: toz alma püskülü
• Volapük: plümakluinöm
• Welsh: brwsh plu m, ysgub blu f
• Zhuang: please add this translation if you can