scuma

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Interlingua

Etymology

From Latin scuma via English scum, French écume, Portuguese escuma, and Italian schiuma.

Pronunciation

Noun

scuma (uncountable)

  1. foam, scum

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Frankish *skūm (“foam”), perhaps via an earlier Vulgar Latin *scūma.

Pronunciation

Noun

scuma f (genitive scumae); first declension[1]

  1. (Medieval Latin) foam, froth

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative scuma scumae
genitive scumae scumārum
dative scumae scumīs
accusative scumam scumās
ablative scumā scumīs
vocative scuma scumae

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References

  1. ^ scuma in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
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