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English
Verb
stoom (third-person singular simple present stooms, present participle stooming, simple past and past participle stoomed)
- Alternative form of stum
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Etymology
From Dutch stoom, from Middle Dutch *stôom, from Old Dutch *stōm, from Proto-West Germanic *staum, from Proto-Germanic *staumaz.
Pronunciation
Noun
stoom (uncountable)
- steam
Derived terms
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch *stôom, from Old Dutch *stōm, from Proto-West Germanic *staum, from Proto-Germanic *staumaz.
Pronunciation
Noun
stoom m (uncountable)
- steam
- Hypernym: waterdamp
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Descendants
West Frisian
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch stoom.
Noun
stoom c (no plural)
- steam
- Synonym: steam
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Further reading
- “stoom”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011