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

Merger of spūma (“foam”) and Frankish *skūm (“foam”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsku.ma/, [ˈskʊ.ma]

Noun

scuma f (genitive scumae); first declension[1]

  1. (Medieval Latin) foam, froth

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative scuma scumae
Genitive scumae scumārum
Dative scumae scumīs
Accusative scumam scumās
Ablative scumā scumīs
Vocative scuma scumae

Descendants
  • Old French: escume, eschume
    • Middle French: escume, écume
    • → Middle English: scome, scume (partially from Middle Dutch schūme)
    • Picard: èsceûme (Athois)
    • Walloon: scume (Charleroi), chume (Forrières)
  • Italian: schiuma
  • Neapolitan scumma
  • Old Portuguese: escuma
  • Old Occitan: escuma

References
  1. scuma in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
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