"foamy" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /fəʊmi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /foʊmi/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-foamy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: foamier [comparative], foamiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -əʊmi Etymology: From Middle English fomy, from Old English fāmiġ, fǣmiġ (“frothy, foamy”), from Proto-West Germanic *faimag, *faimīg, equivalent to foam + -y. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fomy}} Middle English fomy, {{inh|en|ang|fāmiġ}} Old English fāmiġ, {{m|ang|fǣmiġ|t=frothy, foamy}} fǣmiġ (“frothy, foamy”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*faimag}} Proto-West Germanic *faimag, {{m|gmw-pro|*faimīg}} *faimīg, {{suf|en|foam|y|id2=adjectival}} foam + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} foamy (comparative foamier, superlative foamiest)
  1. Full of foam. Synonyms: frothy, spumescent, effervescent Derived forms: foamily, foaminess Translations (full of foam): пенлив (penliv) (Bulgarian), пенест (penest) (Bulgarian), escumós (Catalan), ŝaŭma (Esperanto), vaahtoinen (Finnish), mousseux (French), escumoso [masculine] (Galician), schaumig (German), schäumend (German), Schaum- (German), αφρώδης (afródis) [masculine] (Greek), spūmeus (Latin), escumós (Occitan), schumich (Plautdietsch), pienisty (Polish), spumos (Romanian), пе́нистый (pénistyj) (Russian), пе́нный (pénnyj) (Russian), esponjoso [masculine, material] (Spanish), espumoso (english: liquid) (Spanish), köpüklü (Turkish), שוימיק (shoymik) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-foamy-en-adj-QR9scgZ0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival): 58 42

Noun

IPA: /fəʊmi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /foʊmi/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-foamy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: foamies [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊmi Etymology: From Middle English fomy, from Old English fāmiġ, fǣmiġ (“frothy, foamy”), from Proto-West Germanic *faimag, *faimīg, equivalent to foam + -y. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fomy}} Middle English fomy, {{inh|en|ang|fāmiġ}} Old English fāmiġ, {{m|ang|fǣmiġ|t=frothy, foamy}} fǣmiġ (“frothy, foamy”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*faimag}} Proto-West Germanic *faimag, {{m|gmw-pro|*faimīg}} *faimīg, {{suf|en|foam|y|id2=adjectival}} foam + -y Head templates: {{en-noun}} foamy (plural foamies)
  1. Alternative spelling of foamie Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: foamie
    Sense id: en-foamy-en-noun-HRdWRq2A

Inflected forms

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      "expansion": "Old English fāmiġ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "fǣmiġ",
        "t": "frothy, foamy"
      },
      "expansion": "fǣmiġ (“frothy, foamy”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*faimag"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *faimag",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "*faimīg"
      },
      "expansion": "*faimīg",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "foam",
        "3": "y",
        "id2": "adjectival"
      },
      "expansion": "foam + -y",
      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English fomy, from Old English fāmiġ, fǣmiġ (“frothy, foamy”), from Proto-West Germanic *faimag, *faimīg, equivalent to foam + -y.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "foamies",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "foamy (plural foamies)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "foamie"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of foamie"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "foamie",
          "foamie#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fəʊmi/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/foʊmi/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊmi"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-foamy.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/91/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-foamy.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-foamy.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/91/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-foamy.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-foamy.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "foamy"
}

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