gume

See also: gumẽ, gume´, gumě, gumę, and güme

Galician

Etymology

Attested since circa 1390. From Latin acūmen (“sharpened point”), from acus (“a needle, a pin”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡume̝/

Noun

gume m (plural gumes)

1. edge (thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument)
   • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 136:

     Et tragia aynda hũa sua espada que era moy fremosa et moy forte d'agume, et moy clara et moy luzente, et auia nome Durandas

     And he also brought a sword that was very beauty and very strong in its edge, and very clear and very shining, and it had by name Durandal

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “agume”, 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), “gume”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “gume”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “gume”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “gume”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Garo

Noun

gume

1. husband of elder sister

Synonyms

• gumetang (formal)
• gumegipa (formal)

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

gume

1. alternative form of gome (“man”)

Etymology 2

Noun

gume

1. alternative form of gome (“gum”)

Etymology 3

Noun

gume

1. alternative form of gumme

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin acūmen (“sharpened point”), from acus (“a needle, a pin”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡũ.mi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡũ.mi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡu.me/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡu.mɨ/

Noun

gume m (plural gumes)

1. edge (thin cutting side of a blade)

   Synonyms: corte, fio, releixo

2. acumen; acuteness (preciseness of perception)

   Synonyms: acume, agudeza, perspicácia

Derived terms

• faca de dois gumes

See also

• afiado
• agudo
• lâmina

Further reading

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

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡume]

Noun

gume f pl

1. inflection of gumă:
   1. indefinite plural
   2. indefinite genitive/dative singular