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gummi

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From German Gummi (“brand name of German candy”), from Gummi (“India rubber”).

Noun

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gummi (countable and uncountable, plural gummis or gummies)

  1. A sugary, gelatinous material used to make candies.
  2. A candy made of this material.
    1. A cannabis-infused gummi candy.
      • 2025 April 19, Elizabeth Hlavinka, “Couch potatoes no more: Stoners are using cannabis to help them exercise and reach a “runner’s high””, in Salon‎[1]:
        A year and a half later, Mark, a father of two in his early 40s, ran his first-ever marathon — consuming a couple of gummies along the way.

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Danish gumi, borrowed from Late Latin gumma, from Latin cummi, gummi, from Ancient Greek κόμμι (kómmi), from Egyptian qmy (“anointing oil”), qmyt (“acanthus resin, gum”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡɔmi/, [ˈɡ̊ɔmi]

Noun

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gummi n or c (singular definite gummiet or gummien)

  1. (uncountable) rubber (pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree)
  2. (uncountable) gum (sticky substance exuded by certain plants)
  3. (informal, countable) rubber (condom) n

Inflection

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Declension of gummi
neuter
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gummi gummiet gummier gummierne
genitive gummis gummiets gummiers gummiernes

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek κόμμι (kómmi).

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Noun

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gummi n (indeclinable)

  1. alternative form of cummis (“gum”)

References

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  • “gummi”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “cummi”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Northern Sami

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈkumːmiː/

Noun

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gumˈmi

  1. eraser

Inflection

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Even i-stem, mˈm-mm gradation
Nominative gumˈmi
Genitive gummi
gummẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative gumˈmi gummit
Accusative gummi gummiid
Genitive gummi
gummẹ 		gummiid
Illative gumˈmái gummiide
Locative gummis gummiin
Comitative gummiin gummiiguin
Essive gumˈmin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person gumˈmán gumˈmáme gumˈmámet
2nd person gumˈmát gumˈmáde gumˈmádet
3rd person gumˈmis gumˈmiska gumˈmiset

Further reading

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  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Noun

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gummi m (definite singular gummien, indefinite plural gummier, definite plural gummiene)

  1. rubber
  2. gum (e.g. chewing gum)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Noun

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gummi m (definite singular gummien, indefinite plural gummiar, definite plural gummiane)

  1. rubber
  2. gum (e.g. chewing gum)

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Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Noun

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gummi n

  1. (uncountable) rubber (an elastic material)
  2. (slang) a rubber (condom)
    Synonyms: (neutral) kondom, kådis, pökpåse
  3. (Southern) an eraser (something used to remove (pencil) markings)
    Synonyms: suddgummi, radergummi, (dated) kautschuk

Declension

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Declension of gummi
nominative genitive
singular indefinite gummi gummis
definite gummit gummits
plural indefinite gummin gummins
definite gummina gumminas

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