gummi

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

gummi (countable and uncountable, plural gummis)

  1. A sugary, gelatinous material used to make candies.
  2. A candy made of this material.

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Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɔmi/, [ˈɡ̊ɔmi]

Noun

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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Further reading


Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόμμι (kómmi).

Pronunciation

Noun

gummi n (indeclinable)

  1. Alternative form of cummis (gum)

References

  • 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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈkumːmiː/

Noun

gumˈmi

  1. eraser

Inflection

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

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Noun

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

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

Derived terms


Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Noun

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

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

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Swedish

Noun

gummi n

  1. (uncountable) rubber, an elastic material
  2. (slang) condom
  3. (Southern) eraser; something used to remove (pencil) markings

Declension

Declension of gummi 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative gummi gummit gummin gummina
Genitive gummis gummits gummins gumminas

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