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fume

/fˈjuːm/FYOOM
/fˈjum/FYOOM

Meaningsmoke

Common meaning: smoke or gas

Other meanings: to be angry

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√DHU‘shake, agitate, fan into flame’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 169, p. 736 · scan
  2. Latinfūmus‘smoke, vapour’
  3. Frenchfum
  4. Englishfume‘smoke or gas’ · today

fum also in: fumigateperfume

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin fūmus ‘smoke, vapour’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry fūmus, p. 791 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • fūmus Latin “smoke, vapour”

Related words

fumigateperfume

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