schiuma

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskju.ma/
  • Rhymes: -uma
  • Hyphenation: schiù‧ma

Etymology 1

Via Late Latin schuma from Old High German scum (modern German Schaum). Compare Piedmontese and Sicilian scuma.

Noun

schiuma f (plural schiume)

  1. foam
  2. froth
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

schiuma

  1. inflection of schiumare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative