scum

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. (uncountable) A layer of impurities that accumulates at the surface of a liquid (especially molten metal or water).
2. (uncountable) A greenish water vegetation (such as algae), usually found floating on the surface of ponds
3. (countable, uncountable) The topmost liquid layer of a cesspool or septic tank.
4. (US, slang, uncountable) Semen.
5. (countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable) A reprehensible person or persons.

Verb

1. To remove the layer of scum from (a liquid etc.).
2. To remove (something) as scum.
3. To become covered with scum.
4. (obsolete) To scour (the land, sea, etc.).
5. (obsolete) To gather together, as scum.
6. (informal) To startscum or savescum.

Conceptes

escuma

espuma

ratolí

🐭

escòria

biofilm

Sinònims

froth

foam

lather

dregs

spume

trash

slime

scumbag

dross

refuse

skim

film

📽️

crud

dirtbag

bubbles

🫧

sleazeball

slimebag

scuzzball

cream

rubbish

creep

sleaze

slimebucket

slimeball

scuzzbag

riffraff

dirtball

bastard

dick

cinder

vermin

stinker

suds

sap

moss

garbage

🗑️

goo

drip

clutch

dirt

clotted cream

buster

devil

cyst

frog

🐸

frock

curd

clinker

bitch

frig

Traduccions

écume

Abschaum

escoria

feccia

απόβρασμα

scoria

abschäumen

escória

κάθαρμα

Schaum

crasse

Arschloch

schiuma

schuim

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/skʌm/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: scum

Cognat amb neerlandès: schuim

Cognat amb frisó occidental: skuum

Cognat amb alemany: Schaum

Cognat amb danès: -

Cognat amb suec: -

Cognat amb francès: écume

Cognat amb italià: schiuma

Cognat amb Saterfriesisch: Skuum

Cognat amb sicilià: scuma

Cognat amb való: schome

Cognat amb lituà: šamas

In summary

From Middle English scum, scome, skum, skome, scumme, from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch schūme (“foam”), from Old Dutch *scūm, from Frankish *skūm, from Proto-Germanic *skūmaz (“froth, foam”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover, conceal”).
Cognate with Dutch schuim (“foam”), West Frisian skuum, German Schaum (“foam”), Danish and Swedish skum (“foam”). Compare also French écume (“scum”), Italian schiuma (“foam”), Saterland Frisian Skuum, Sicilian scuma (“foam”), Walloon schome (“scum, foam”), Lithuanian šamas (“catfish”) and skanus (“tasty”) from the same Germanic source. Related to skim.