zume
Meaning
- (masculine) juice
- (masculine) sap
Frequency
Hyphenated as
zu‧me
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈθume/
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese çumo (circa 1300, General Estoria), from Arabic زُوم (zūm, “juice, sap”), from Ancient Greek ζωμός (zōmós). For the final -e, compare fume. Cognate with Asturian zume, Portuguese sumo and Spanish zumo.
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