écume

From Middle French and Old French escume (“froth, foam”), from a blend of Latin spūma and Frankish *skūm (“froth, foam”), from Proto-Germanic *skūmaz (“foam”), from Proto-Indo-European *skew- (“to cover, conceal”). Cognate with Old High German scūm (“froth, foam”), Middle Dutch schūme (“foam”), Old Norse skum (“lather”). Cf. also Catalan and Galician escuma. More at scum.

• IPA^(key): /e.kym/

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écume f (plural écumes)

1. foam

• écumer
• écumeux

écume

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

• “écume” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).