escuma

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (feminine) foam, froth, lather
2. (feminine) scum
3. (feminine, figuratively) scum

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of escumar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of escumar:

escumar

1. (transitive) to skim
2. (intransitive) to foam

Lees verder

Concepten

schuim

mousse

Synoniemen

espuma

mousse

Vertalingen

schiuma

écume

espuma

foam

mousse

espuma

Schaum

αφρός

spume

spūma

spuma

escruma

a’fros tis ’θalasas

scum

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

[əsˈku.mə]

Etymologie (Engels)

Verwant aan Galicisch: escuma

Verwant aan Frans: écume

In summary

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