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spume

 
(spyūm) pronunciation
n.
Foam or froth on a liquid, as on the sea.

intr.v., spumed, spum·ing, spumes.
To froth or foam.

[Middle English, from Old French espume, from Latin spūma.]

spumous spu'mous or spum'y adj.

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noun

    A mass of bubbles in or on the surface of a liquid: foam, froth, head, lather, suds, yeast. See solid/liquid/consistency.

verb

    To form or cause to form foam: bubble, cream, effervesce, fizz, foam, froth, lather, suds, yeast. See solid/liquid/consistency.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - skum
v. intr. - skumme

Nederlands (Dutch)
schuim

Français (French)
n. - écume
v. intr. - écumer

Deutsch (German)
n. - Gischt
v. - schäumen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αφρός
v. - αφρίζω

Italiano (Italian)
schiuma, spumeggiare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - espuma (f)
v. - espumar

Русский (Russian)
пена, накипь, пениться

Español (Spanish)
n. - espuma
v. intr. - espumar, hacer espuma

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - skum, fradga
v. - skumma, fradga

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
泡沫, 起泡沫

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 泡沫
v. intr. - 起泡沫

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 거품
v. intr. - 거품이 일다, 거품이 일게 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 泡
v. - 泡立つ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) زبد البحر, رغوة (فعل) أزبد, أرغى‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קצף‬
v. intr. - ‮העלה קצף‬


 
 
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