fum

See also: fúm, fûm, and füm

English

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

Noun

fum (plural fums)

1. (mythology, obsolete) A mythological Chinese bird, the fènghuáng.
   • 1823, Richard Sickelmore, The history of Brighton from the earliest period to the present time

     The fum is a bird said to be found in no part of the world but China. It is described as of most admirable beauty, and if at any time absent, or long unseen, it is regarded as an omen of some misfortune to the royal family.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Anagrams

• MUF

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Aromanian

Alternative forms

• fumu

Etymology

From Latin fūmus. Compare Daco-Romanian fum.

Noun

fum n (plural fumuri)

1. smoke

Related terms

• afum
• fumedz
• fumig

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Catalan

Etymology

From Old Provençal, from Latin fūmus, from Proto-Italic *fūmos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈfum/

Noun

fum m (uncountable)

1. smoke

Related terms

• fumar

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Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin fames.

Noun

fum m

1. hunger

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Friulian

Etymology

From Latin fūmus.

Noun

fum m (plural fums)

1. smoke

Related terms

• fumâ
• fumadôr
• fumât
• fumatôs
• fumate

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Old French

Alternative forms

• fun

Etymology

From Latin fūmus. Replaced in later French by fumée.

Noun

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

1. smoke

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Romanian

Etymology

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

Noun

fum n (plural fumuri)

1. smoke

Declension

declension of fum

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) fum	fumul	(niște) fumuri	fumurile
genitive/dative	(unui) fum	fumului	(unor) fumuri	fumurilor
vocative	fumule		fumurilor

Derived terms

• înfumura
• fumuriu

Related terms

• fuma
• fumar
• afuma
• fumega
• fumur

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Venetian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): fum

Alternative forms

• fun, fumo

Etymology

From Latin fumus.

Noun

fum m (plural fumi)

1. smoke

See also

• fógo, fok (fire).

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Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fum]

Etymology

Borrowing from French fourmi.

Noun

declension of fum

	singular	plural
nominative	fum	fums
genitive	fuma	fumas
dative	fume	fumes
accusative	fumi	fumis
predicative	fumu	fumus
vocative	o fum!	o fums!

1. (obsolete) ant (insect)

Usage notes

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