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A fountain pen is a "stylo-plume" (masculine noun) in French. "Stylo" indicates a ball-point pen. "Plume" means feather, which were used to write in ancient times, by soaking the tip (obliquely cut) of the feather in ink. The word "plume" remained when metal tips replaced geese feathers.

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