fume

See also fumé

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French fum (“smoke, steam, vapour”), from Latin fūmus, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós (“smoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *dhūw- (“to smoke, raise dust”). More at dun, dusk.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /fjuːm/

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Noun

fume (plural fumes)

1. A gas or vapour/vapor that smells strongly or is dangerous to inhale. Fumes are solid particles formed by condensation from the gaseous state, e.g. metal oxides from volatilized metals. They can flocculate and coalesce. Their particle size is between 0.1 and 1 micron. (A micron is one millionth of a metre)

   Don't stand around in there breathing the fumes while the adhesive cures.

2. A material that has been vaporized from the solid state to the gas state and re-coalesced to the solid state.

Translations

A gas or vapour/vapor that smells strongly or is dangerous to inhale

• Finnish: höyry (fi)
• German: Rauch (de) m, Qualm (de) m

• Turkish: duman (tr) pl

A material that has been vaporized from the solid state to the gas state and re-coalesced to the solid state

• Turkish: is (tr)

Verb

fume (third-person singular simple present fumes, present participle fuming, simple past and past participle fumed)

1. Emit fumes.
2. Expose something (especially wood) to ammonia fumes in order to produce dark tints.
3. To feel or express great anger.

   He's still fuming about the argument they had yesterday.

Translations

Emit fumes

• Finnish: höyrytä, päästää kaasua
• German: rauchen (de), qualmen (de)

• Turkish: tütmek (tr)

Expose something (especially wood) to ammonia fumes in order to produce dark tints

• Turkish: kül (tr)

To feel or express great anger

• Finnish: kihistä kiukusta, puhista raivosta
• French: fulminer (fr)
• German: schäumen (de)

• Turkish: köpürmek (tr)

Usage notes

• In the sense of strong-smelling or dangerous vapor, the noun is typically plural, as in the example.

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Asturian

Verb

fume

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of fumar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of fumar

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: [fym]

Verb

fume

1. first-person singular present indicative of fumer
2. third-person singular present indicative of fumer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of fumer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of fumer
5. second-person singular imperative of fumer

Anagrams

• meuf

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Galician

Verb

fume

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of fumar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of fumar

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Latin

Noun

fūme

1. vocative singular of fūmus

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Portuguese

Verb

fume

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of fumar
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of fumar
3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of fumar
4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of fumar

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Spanish

Verb

fume (infinitive fumar)

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of fumar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of fumar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of fumar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of fumar.

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Tarantino

Noun

fume

1. smoke