spuma

See also: spumã and spumă

Italian

Etymology

From Latin spūma.

Noun

spuma f (plural spume)

  1. foam

See also

Verb

spuma

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

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

Inflection

First declension.

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

Derived terms

  • spūmeus
  • spūmidus
  • spūmifer
  • spūmigena

Descendants

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

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

Conjugation

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