escume

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Middle French

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Noun

escume f (plural escumes)

  1. foam

Verb

escume

  1. first-person singular present indicative of escumer
  2. third-person singular present indicative of escumer
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of escumer
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of escumer
  5. second-person singular imperative of escumer

Descendants

  • French: écume

Old French

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Etymology

From Frankish *skūm (foam),[1] perhaps via Vulgar Latin *scūma (compare Medieval Latin scūma). According to some sources, possibly a merger with the rare Old French espume (foam), from Latin spūma (foam, froth, slime), but there is no actual evidence of this.

Noun

escume oblique singularf (oblique plural escumes, nominative singular escume, nominative plural escumes)

  1. foam

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