escume

Middle French

Alternative forms

• écume

Noun

escume f (plural escumes)

1. foam

Verb

escume

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

Descendants

• French: écume

Old French

Alternative forms

• eschume

Etymology

From Frankish *skūm (“foam”), perhaps via Vulgar Latin *scūma (compare Medieval Latin scūma). According to some sources, possibly a merger with the rare Old French espume (“foam”), from Latin spūma (“foam, froth, slime”), but there is no actual evidence of this.

Noun

escume oblique singular, f (oblique plural escumes, nominative singular escume, nominative plural escumes)

1. foam

Descendants

• Middle French: escume, écume
  • French: écume
• Picard: èsceûme (Athois)
• Walloon: scume (Charleroi), chume (Forrières)