spuma

See also: spumã and spumă

Italian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin spūma.

Noun

spuma f (plural spume)

1. foam

Related terms

• spumante
• spumeggiare

See also

• schiuma

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

spuma

1. inflection of spumare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)poHy-m-os, from *(s)poH(y)- (“foam”). Related to pūmex.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈspuː.ma]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈspuː.ma]

Noun

spūma f (genitive spūmae); first declension

1. foam, froth, slime

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	spūma	spūmae
genitive	spūmae	spūmārum
dative	spūmae	spūmīs
accusative	spūmam	spūmās
ablative	spūmā	spūmīs
vocative	spūma	spūmae

Derived terms

• spūmeus
• spūmidus
• spūmifer
• spūmigena
• spūmiger
• spūmō
• spūmōsus

Related terms

• spūmābundus
• spūmātiō
• spūmātus
• spūmēscō
• spuō
• spūtāmen
• spūtāmentum
• spūtātilicus
• spūtātor
• spūtō
• spūtum
• spūtus

Descendants

Note: many of the descendant terms were merged with Latin scuma.

• Aromanian: spumã
• Asturian: espluma
• Catalan: escuma, espuma
• Dalmatian: sploima
• Franco-Provençal: êcuma
• Old French: espume
  • → Middle English: spume
    • English: spume
• Galician: escuma
• Italian: spuma
• Occitan: escuma, escruma, espuma
• Portuguese: espuma, escuma
• Romanian: spumă
• Sardinian: sprumma, spuma
• Sicilian: scuma
• Spanish: espuma

References

• “spuma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “spuma”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “spuma”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “spuma”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin spūmāre or from spumă. Compare Aromanian spumedz, spumari, Italian spumare, spumeggiare, Spanish espumar, espumear.

Verb

a spuma (third-person singular present spumează, past participle spumat) 1st conjugation

1. to foam, froth

   Synonym: spumega

Conjugation

    conjugation of spuma (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a spuma
gerund			spumând
past participle			spumat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	spumez	spumezi	spumează	spumăm	spumați	spumează
	imperfect	spumam	spumai	spuma	spumam	spumați	spumau
	simple perfect	spumai	spumași	spumă	spumarăm	spumarăți	spumară
	pluperfect	spumasem	spumaseși	spumase	spumaserăm	spumaserăți	spumaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să spumez	să spumezi	să spumeze	să spumăm	să spumați	să spumeze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		spumează			spumați
	negative		nu spuma			nu spumați

Derived terms

• spumare