fum

English

Verb

fum (third-person singular simple present fums, present participle fumming, simple past and past participle fummed)

1. (obsolete, intransitive) To play upon a fiddle.
   • Ben Jonson

     Follow me, and fum as you go.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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Aromanian

Etymology

From Latin fūmus. Compare Daco-Romanian fum.

Noun

fum

1. smoke

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin fūmus

Noun

fum m (uncountable)

1. smoke

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Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin fames.

Noun

fum m

1. hunger

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Old French

Alternative forms

• fun

Etymology

From Latin fūmus

Noun

fum m (oblique plural fums, nominative singular fums, nominative plural fum)

1. smoke

Descendants

• French: fumée

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin fūmus, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós.

Noun

fum n (plural fumuri)

1. smoke

Declension

declension of fum

	singular		plural
gender n	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un fum	fumul	niște fumuri	fumurile
genitive/dative	unui fum	fumului	unor fumuri	fumurilor

Related terms

• fuma
• afuma
• fumega

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Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA: [fumk], X-SAMPA: [fum]

Etymology

From French fourmi.

Noun

fum (plural fums)

1. (obsolete) ant (insect)

Usage notes

This older term has been replaced by furmid "ant".

See also

• lif
• lifav
• lifavan
• näsäk
• näsäkav
• näsäkavan
• nim
• nimav
• nimavan