"spume" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /spjuːm/ Audio: En-ca-spume.oga [Canada] Forms: spumes [plural]
Rhymes: -uːm Etymology: From Middle English spume, from Old French espume, from Latin spūma. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)poH(y)-}}, {{inh|en|enm|spume}} Middle English spume, {{der|en|fro|espume}} Old French espume, {{der|en|la|spūma}} Latin spūma Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} spume (countable and uncountable, plural spumes)
  1. Foam or froth of liquid, particularly that of seawater. Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: spumous, spumy Translations (foam of sea water): пяна (pjana) [feminine] (Bulgarian), zeeschuim [neuter] (Dutch), αλισάχνη (alisáchni) [feminine] (Greek), ware (Maori), pūpūtai (Maori), pūtai (Maori), spume (Middle English), пе́на (péna) [feminine] (Russian), cathadh-mara [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), distrych (Welsh), berw (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-spume-en-noun-GFp5iy~M Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 75 25

Verb

IPA: /spjuːm/ Audio: En-ca-spume.oga [Canada] Forms: spumes [present, singular, third-person], spuming [participle, present], spumed [participle, past], spumed [past]
Rhymes: -uːm Etymology: From Middle English spume, from Old French espume, from Latin spūma. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)poH(y)-}}, {{inh|en|enm|spume}} Middle English spume, {{der|en|fro|espume}} Old French espume, {{der|en|la|spūma}} Latin spūma Head templates: {{en-verb}} spume (third-person singular simple present spumes, present participle spuming, simple past and past participle spumed)
  1. To froth.
    Sense id: en-spume-en-verb--YXaw5TX

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for spume meaning in English (4.8kB)

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