spuma

See also: spumã and spumă

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin spūma.

Noun

spuma f (plural spume)

  1. foam
See also

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

spuma

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

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)poHy-m-os, from *(s)poH(y)- (foam). Related to pūmex.

Pronunciation

Noun

spūma f (genitive spūmae); first declension

  1. foam, froth, slime

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative spūma spūmae
Genitive spūmae spūmārum
Dative spūmae spūmīs
Accusative spūmam spūmās
Ablative spūmā spūmīs
Vocative spūma spūmae

Derived terms

Descendants

Note: many of the descendant terms were merged with Latin scuma.

References

  • spuma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • spuma”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • spuma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • spuma”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin spūmāre, present active infinitive of spūmō or from spumă. Compare Aromanian spumedz, spumari, Italian spumare, spumeggiare, Spanish espumar, espumear.

Verb

a spuma (third-person singular present spumează, past participle spumat) 1st conj.

  1. to foam, froth
    Synonym: spumega

Conjugation

Derived terms

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