fume
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See also fumé
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English, from Old French fum (“smoke, steam, vapour”), from Latin fūmus, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós (“smoke”), from Indo-European base *dhūw- (“to smoke, raise dust”). More at dun, dusk.
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
fume (plural fumes)
- A gas or vapour/vapor that smells strongly or is dangerous to inhale. Fumes are solid particles formed by condensation from the gaseous state, e.g. metal oxides from volatilized metals. They can flocculate and coalesce. Their particle size is between 0.1 and 1 micron. (A micron is one millionth of a metre)
- Don't stand around in there breathing the fumes while the adhesive cures.
- A material that has been vaporized from the solid state to the gas state and re-coalesced to the solid state.
[edit] Translations
A gas or vapour/vapor that smells strongly or is dangerous to inhale
A material that has been vaporized from the solid state to the gas state and re-coalesced to the solid state
[edit] Verb
fume (third-person singular simple present fumes, present participle fuming, simple past and past participle fumed)
- Emit fumes.
- Expose something (especially wood) to ammonia fumes in order to produce dark tints.
- To feel or express great anger.
- He's still fuming about the argument they had yesterday.
[edit] Translations
Expose something (especially wood) to ammonia fumes in order to produce dark tints
To feel or express great anger
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[edit] Usage notes
- In the sense of strong-smelling or dangerous vapor, the noun is typically plural, as in the example.
[edit] French
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: [fym]
[edit] Verb
fume
- first-person singular present indicative of fumer
- third-person singular present indicative of fumer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of fumer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of fumer
- second-person singular imperative of fumer
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[edit] Verb
fume
- first-person singular present subjunctive of fumar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of fumar
[edit] Latin
[edit] Noun
fūme
- vocative singular of fūmus
[edit] Portuguese
[edit] Verb
fume
- First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of verb fumar.
- Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of verb fumar.
- Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of verb fumar.
- Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of verb fumar.
[edit] Spanish
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fume (infinitive fumar)
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of fumar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of fumar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of fumar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of fumar.
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[edit] Noun
fume
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