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escuma

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Catalan

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Etymology 1

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Probably blend of Latin spūma and a Germanic skum, from Proto-Germanic *skūmaz. Compare Galician escuma, French écume.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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escuma f (plural escumes)

  1. foam, froth, lather
    Synonyms: escumera, bromera
  2. (metallurgy) scum
  3. (figurative) scum
Derived terms
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Further reading

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Etymology 2

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Verb

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escuma

  1. inflection of escumar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Galician

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Etymology

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Probably blend of Latin spūma and a Germanic skum, from Proto-Germanic *skūmaz. Compare Catalan escuma, French écume.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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escuma f (plural escumas)

  1. foam
    • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica Troiana:
      Et el deytaua da boca hũa escuma que semellaua chama, et o sseu bafo semellaua que queymaua o ayro.
      He ejected from his mouth a foam that looked as a flame, and his breath appeared to burn the air

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Occitan

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Etymology

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From Latin spūma, influenced by Frankish *skūm.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Béarn):(file)

Noun

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escuma f (plural escumas)

  1. foam
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Dialectal variants

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