scuma

Interlingua

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skum/, [skʊm]

Noun

scuma (uncountable)

1. foam, scum

Latin

Alternative forms

• schuma

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsku.ma/, [ˈs̠kʊmä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsku.ma/, [ˈskuːmä]

Noun

scuma f (genitive scumae); first declension

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

Synonyms

• spūma

Descendants

• Old French: escume, eschume
  • Middle French: escume, écume
    • French: écume
  • Picard: èsceûme (Athois)
  • Walloon: scume (Charleroi), chume (Forrières)
• Italian: schiuma
• Neapolitan scumma
• Old Galician-Portuguese: escuma
  • Portuguese: escuma
  • Galician: escuma
• Old Occitan: escuma
  • Catalan: escuma
  • Occitan: escuma
• Piedmontese: scuma
• Sicilian: scuma