fum

See also: fúm, fûm, and füm

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʌm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ʌm

Etymology 1

Verb

fum (third-person singular simple present fums, present participle fumming, simple past and past participle fummed)

1. (obsolete, intransitive) To play upon a fiddle.
   • c. 1604, Thomas Dekker, John Webster, Westward Ho:

     Follow me, and fum as you go.

Etymology 2

Noun

fum (plural fums)

1. (mythology, obsolete) A mythological Chinese bird, the fènghuáng.
   • 1823, Richard Sickelmore, The history of Brighton from the earliest period to the present time:

     The fum is a bird said to be found in no part of the world but China. It is described as of most admirable beauty, and if at any time absent, or long unseen, it is regarded as an omen of some misfortune to the royal family.

Alternative forms

• feng, fung, fung-hwang

See also

etymologically unrelated terms containing "fum"

• fee-faw-fum
• fee-fi-fo-fum

 

Anagrams

• MUF

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• fumu

Etymology

From Latin fūmus. Compare Romanian fum.

Noun

fum n (plural fumuri)

1. smoke

Related terms

• afum
• fumedz
• fumig

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin fūmus, from Proto-Italic *fūmos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈfum]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -um

Noun

fum m (uncountable)

1. smoke

Derived terms

• fumall
• fumejar
• fumer
• fumera
• ni amb fum de sabatots

 

Related terms

• fumar
• fumigar

Further reading

• “fum” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “fum”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “fum” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “fum” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Etymology 2

Verb

fum

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

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin fames.

Noun

fum m

1. hunger

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin fūmus.

Noun

fum m (plural fums)

1. smoke

Related terms

• fumâ
• fumadôr
• fumât
• fumatôs
• fumate

Galician

Verb

fum

1. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular preterite indicative of ser
2. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular preterite indicative of ir

Hunsrik

Alternative forms

• fumm (Altenhofen spelling)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfum/
• Rhymes: -um
• Syllabification: fum
• Homophone: Fumm

Contraction

fum

1. Contraction of fun dem (“of the”).

References

• Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “fum”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 61, column 1

Old French

Alternative forms

• fun

Etymology

From Latin fūmus. Replaced in later French by fumée.

Noun

fum oblique singular, m (oblique plural funs, nominative singular funs, nominative plural fum)

1. smoke

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fym/

Noun

fum m

1. smoke

Derived terms

• fumèt

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin fūmus, from Proto-Italic *fūmos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

fum n (plural fumuri)

1. smoke

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	fum	fumul		fumuri	fumurile
genitive-dative	fum	fumului		fumuri	fumurilor
vocative	fumule			fumurilor

Derived terms

• fumuriu
• înfumura

Related terms

• afuma
• fuma
• fumar
• fumega
• fumur

Venetan

Alternative forms

• fun, fumo

Etymology

From Latin fumus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fum/

Noun

fum m (plural fumi)

1. smoke

See also

• fógo, fok (fire).

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from French fourmi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fum]

Noun

fum

1. (obsolete) ant (insect)

Usage notes

This older term has been replaced by furmid "ant".

Declension

declension of fum

	singular	plural
nominative	fum	fums
genitive	fuma	fumas
dative	fume	fumes
accusative	fumi	fumis
vocative 1	o fum!	o fums!
predicative 2	fumu	fumus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

• fumanög (“ant egg”)
• fumakum (“anthill”)
• fumöp (“anthill”)