escume

Middle French

Alternative forms

Noun

escume f (plural escumes)

  1. foam

Verb

escume

  1. first-person singular present indicative of escumer
  2. third-person singular present indicative of escumer
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of escumer
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of escumer
  5. second-person singular imperative of escumer

Descendants

Old French

Alternative forms
  • eschume

Etymology

From Medieval Latin scūma, merger of spūma (“foam”) and Frankish *skūm (“foam”).

Noun

escume f (oblique plural escumes, nominative singular escume, nominative plural escumes)

  1. foam

Descendants
  • Middle French: escume, écume
  • → Middle English: scome, scume (partially from Middle Dutch schūme)
  • Picard: èsceûme (Athois)
  • Walloon: scume (Charleroi), chume (Forrières)
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