schuim

Значение

1. (neuter,uncountable) foam, froth
2. (neuter,uncountable) a type of spongy sweets, made of albumen and sugar (as a countable object always diminutive)
3. (neuter,uncountable) scum, rabble, crooks
4. (neuter,uncountable) impurity, flaw, especially in (molten) metal

Пол

Средний

Произносится как (IPA)

/sxœy̯m/

Этимология

From Middle Dutch schuum, schum, scum, from Old Dutch *skūm, from Proto-Germanic *skūmaz. Cognate with German Schaum, English scum.