gomme

Borrowed from Late Latin gumma, from Latin cummi, gummi, from Ancient Greek κόμμι (kómmi), from Egyptian qmy (“anointing oil”), qmyt (“acanthus resin, gum”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔm/

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gomme f (plural gommes)

1. gum (adhesive on an envelope)
2. rubber
   1. natural rubber
   2. synthetic rubber
   3. (writing) eraser, rubber
   4. (automotive) tire rubber, tyre compound, vulcanized rubber
3. (Canada, Missouri, New England, Louisiana) gum, chewing gum

   Synonyms: chewing-gum, (Belgium, Switzerland) chiclette

• → Vietnamese: gôm

gomme

1. inflection of gommer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “gomme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

gomme f

1. plural of gomma

• gemmo, gemmò

From Old English guma.

gomme

1. Alternative form of gome (“man”)

From Old English gōma.

gomme

1. Alternative form of gome (“gum”)

From Anglo-Norman gome.

gomme

1. Alternative form of gumme

gomme m (definite singular gommen, indefinite plural gommer, definite plural gommene)

1. A yellow-brownish Norwegian spread made from boiled milk, cream, sugar, and sometimes eggs.

• gumme (Nynorsk)