écumer

French

Etymology

From Old French escumer. Synchronically analysable as écume + -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.ky.me/
  • (file)

Verb

écumer

  1. (intransitive) to foam, foam up, froth, froth up
  2. (intransitive) to lather (as of a horse)
  3. (transitive) to unfoam, remove foam from
  4. (transitive) to take the scum off
  5. (transitive) to skim
  6. (figuratively) to scour (shops, etc., looking for something)

Conjugation

  • écumer le pot

Further reading

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