fumo

See also: Fumo, fumó, fumò, fùmò, fùmó, and fümo

Asturian

Alternative forms

• fumu

Etymology

From Latin fūmus.

Noun

fumo m (plural fumos)

1. smoke
2. fume

Verb

fumo

1. first-person singular present indicative of fumar

Related terms

• fumar
• afumar

Catalan

Verb

fumo

1. first-person singular present indicative of fumar
2. first-person singular present indicative of fúmer

Esperanto

fumo

Etymology

From French fume, Italian fumo, and Latin fumus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfumo/

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• Rhymes: -umo
• Syllabification: fu‧mo

Noun

fumo (accusative singular fumon, plural fumoj, accusative plural fumojn)

1. smoke

Derived terms

• fumi

Further reading

• “fumo”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “fumo”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Galician

Verb

fumo

1. first-person singular present indicative of fumar

Noun

fumo m (plural fumos)

1. misspelling of fume

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto fumo, from Italian fumo, Portuguese fumo, French fumée, Spanish humo, Latin fūmus; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós (“smoke”), with many non-Romance cognates such as Lithuanian dūmas, Russian дым (dym), Sanskrit धूम (dhūmá).

Noun

fumo (plural fumi)

1. smoke

Derived terms

• fumizar (“to smoke dry, cover with smoke”)
• fumonigro (“lampblack”)

Interlingua

Noun

fumo

1. smoke

Derived terms

• fumose

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfu.mo/
• Rhymes: -umo
• Hyphenation: fù‧mo

Etymology 1

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

Noun

fumo m (plural fumi)

1. smoke
2. smudge
3. (slang) hashish

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fumo

1. first-person singular present indicative of fumare

Related terms

• affumare
• affumicare
• fumaiolo
• fumare
• fumario
• fumeggiare
• fumeria
• fumetto
• fumogeno
• fumoso
• sfumare

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfuː.moː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfuː.mo]

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-mós

Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós

Proto-Italic *θūmos

Proto-Italic *fūmos

Latin fūmus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin fūmō

From fūmus (“smoke”) + -ō.

Verb

fūmō (present infinitive fūmāre, perfect active fūmāvī, supine fūmātum); first conjugation

1. (intransitive) to smoke, steam, fume
2. (transitive, New Latin) to smoke (a cigarette, a pipe etc.)

   Synonym: (New Latin) fūmum hauriō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of fūmō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	fūmō		fūmās		fūmat		fūmāmus		fūmātis		fūmant
	imperfect	fūmābam		fūmābās		fūmābat		fūmābāmus		fūmābātis		fūmābant
	future	fūmābō		fūmābis		fūmābit		fūmābimus		fūmābitis		fūmābunt
	perfect	fūmāvī		fūmāvistī, fūmāstī1		fūmāvit, fūmāt1		fūmāvimus, fūmāmus1		fūmāvistis, fūmāstis1		fūmāvērunt, fūmārunt, fūmāvēre1
	pluperfect	fūmāveram, fūmāram1		fūmāverās, fūmārās1		fūmāverat, fūmārat1		fūmāverāmus, fūmārāmus1		fūmāverātis, fūmārātis1		fūmāverant, fūmārant1
	future perfect	fūmāverō, fūmārō1		fūmāveris, fūmāris1		fūmāverit, fūmārit1		fūmāverimus, fūmārimus1		fūmāveritis, fūmāritis1		fūmāverint, fūmārint1
passive	present	fūmor		fūmāris, fūmāre		fūmātur		fūmāmur		fūmāminī		fūmantur
	imperfect	fūmābar		fūmābāris, fūmābāre		fūmābātur		fūmābāmur		fūmābāminī		fūmābantur
	future	fūmābor		fūmāberis, fūmābere		fūmābitur		fūmābimur		fūmābiminī		fūmābuntur
	perfect	fūmātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	fūmātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	fūmātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	fūmem		fūmēs		fūmet		fūmēmus		fūmētis		fūment
	imperfect	fūmārem		fūmārēs		fūmāret		fūmārēmus		fūmārētis		fūmārent
	perfect	fūmāverim, fūmārim1		fūmāverīs, fūmārīs1		fūmāverit, fūmārit1		fūmāverīmus, fūmārīmus1		fūmāverītis, fūmārītis1		fūmāverint, fūmārint1
	pluperfect	fūmāvissem, fūmāssem1		fūmāvissēs, fūmāssēs1		fūmāvisset, fūmāsset1		fūmāvissēmus, fūmāssēmus1		fūmāvissētis, fūmāssētis1		fūmāvissent, fūmāssent1
passive	present	fūmer		fūmēris, fūmēre		fūmētur		fūmēmur		fūmēminī		fūmentur
	imperfect	fūmārer		fūmārēris, fūmārēre		fūmārētur		fūmārēmur		fūmārēminī		fūmārentur
	perfect	fūmātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	fūmātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		fūmā		—		—		fūmāte		—
	future	—		fūmātō		fūmātō		—		fūmātōte		fūmantō
passive	present	—		fūmāre		—		—		fūmāminī		—
	future	—		fūmātor		fūmātor		—		—		fūmantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		fūmāre			fūmārī			fūmāns			—
future		fūmātūrum esse			fūmātum īrī			fūmātūrus			fūmandus
perfect		fūmāvisse, fūmāsse1			fūmātum esse			—			fūmātus
future perfect		—			fūmātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		fūmātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		fūmandī		fūmandō		fūmandum		fūmandō		fūmātum		fūmātū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Descendants

• Aromanian: fumedz, afum, afumari
• Asturian: fumar, afumar
• Catalan: fumar
• Emilian: fumèr
• English: fume
• Franco-Provençal: femar
• French: fumer
• Friulian: fumâ
• Galician: fumar, afumar
• → Greek: φουμάρω (foumáro)
• Italian: fumare, affumare
• Northern Italo-Romance:
  • Romagnol: fumì
  • Venetan: fumar
• Occitan: fumar
• Portuguese: fumar, afumar
• Romanian: fuma, afuma, afumare
• Sardinian: fumai, fumare
• Sicilian: fumari
• Spanish: fumar, humar, ahumar, afumar

Etymology 2

Noun

fūmō

1. dative/ablative singular of fūmus

References

• “fumo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “fumo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “fumo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• fume

Etymology

Inherited from Latin fūmus.

Noun

fumo m (plural fumos)

1. smoke

Descendants

• Galician: fume, fumo
• Portuguese: fumo
  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: fumu
  • Kabuverdianu: fumu
  • → Hunsrik: Fumm

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “fum@”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “fumo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Old Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin fūmus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhumo/ [ˈhu.mo]

Noun

fumo m (plural fumos)

1. smoke
   • c1200: Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 71r. b.

     dare ſenales & marauillas en / los cielos. e en las tieras ſan / gre e fumo pauoro / ſo.

     I will give marvellous signs in the heavens; and on earth blood and fearsome smoke.

Related terms

• fumear

Descendants

• Ladino: umo, fumo
• Spanish: humo, jumo (Dominican Republic) (see there for further descendants)

Portuguese

fumo

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfũ.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfũ.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfu.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfu.mu/

• Hyphenation: fu‧mo

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fumo, from Latin fūmus.

Noun

fumo m (plural fumos)

1. smoke

   Synonym: fumaça

2. fume
3. tobacco

   Synonym: tabaco

Derived terms

• fumal

Related terms

• fumar

Descendants

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: fumu
• Kabuverdianu: fumu
• → Hunsrik: Fumm

Etymology 2

Verb

fumo

1. first-person singular present indicative of fumar

Etymology 3

Verb

fumo

1. pronunciation spelling of fomos, representing rural Brazilian Portuguese

Further reading

• “fumo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “fumo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfumo/ [ˈfu.mo]
• Rhymes: -umo
• Syllabification: fu‧mo

Etymology 1

Noun

fumo m (plural fumos)

1. (obsolete) smoke

Etymology 2

Verb

fumo

1. first-person singular present indicative of fumar

Further reading

• “fumo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025