froth

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Foam.
2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Unimportant or insubstantial talk, events, or actions; drivel.
3. (countable, uncountable) The idle rich.
4. (countable, uncountable) Highly speculative investment.

Verb

1. (transitive) To create froth in (a liquid).
2. (intransitive) (of a liquid) To bubble.
3. (transitive) To spit, vent, or eject, as froth.
4. (intransitive) (literally) To spew saliva as froth; (figuratively) to rage, vent one's anger.
5. (transitive) To cover with froth.

Sinonieme

foam

scum

lather

spume

bubbles

🫧

bubble

suds

effervesce

sparkle

❇️

froth up

be frothy

head

fizz

bubble up

whip

saliva

mousse

cream

form bubbles

foam up

soak

layer

lees

meerschaum

moss

rail

rant

refuse

residue

roil

run

scrap

scud

sinter

alveolus

slag

slobber

spit

spit out

spittle

steep

stir

vent

vesicle

whirl

yeast

make foam

froth over

press residues

tank waste

Vertalings

mousse

écume

Schaum

schiuma

espuma

espuma

schuim

écumer

spuma

αφρός

espumar

schäumen

espumar

köpürmek

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/fɹɒθ/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: froth

Verwante met Old English: āfrēoþan

Verwante met Sweeds: fradga

In summary

From Middle English froth, frooth, froþ, likely a borrowing from Old Norse froða, from Proto-Germanic *fruþǭ; Old English āfrēoþan (“to foam, froth”) is from same Germanic root. Verb attested from late 14th century. Compare Swedish fradga.