écumer

(Anglais)

1. (intransitive) to foam, foam up, froth, froth up
2. (intransitive) to lather (as of a horse)
3. (transitive) to unfoam, remove foam from
4. (transitive) to take the scum off
5. (transitive) to skim
6. (figuratively) to scour (shops, etc., looking for something)
7. (figuratively) to grift (to skim off profits etc.)

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/e.ky.me/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen français: escumer

Hérité de ancien français: escumer

In summary

Inherited from Middle French escumer, from Old French escumer. By surface analysis, écume + -er.

Synonymes

mousser

mousse

bouillir

pétiller d’animation

écumant

être en effervescence

faire écumer

Traductions

foam

froth

köpürmek

schuimen

be frothy

foam up

espumar

schäumen

afschuimen

spumare

spumeggiare

αφρίζω

skim

ξαφρίζω

escumejar