escuma

Catalan

Alternative forms

• espuma

Etymology

Probably blend of Latin spūma and a Germanic skum, from Proto-Germanic *skūmaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əsˈku.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [esˈku.ma]

Noun

escuma f (plural escumes)

1. foam

Further reading

• “escuma” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “escuma”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “escuma” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “escuma” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Galician

Etymology

Probably blend of Latin spūma and a Germanic skum, from Proto-Germanic *skūmaz. Compare Catalan escuma, French écume.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈkuma̝/

Noun

escuma f (plural escumas)

1. foam
   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica Troiana:

     Et el deytaua da boca hũa escuma que semellaua chama, et o sseu bafo semellaua que queymaua o ayro.

     He ejected from his mouth a foam that looked as a flame, and his breath appeared to burn the air

References

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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “escuma”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN