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fum

See also: fúm, fûm, and füm

English

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Etymology 1

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fum (third-person singular simple present fums, present participle fumming, simple past and past participle fummed)

  1. (obsolete, intransitive) To play upon a fiddle.[1]

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fum (plural fums)

  1. (mythology, obsolete) A mythological Chinese bird, the fènghuáng.
    • 1823, Richard Sickelmore, The history of Brighton from the earliest period to the present time:
      The fum is a bird said to be found in no part of the world but China. It is described as of most admirable beauty, and if at any time absent, or long unseen, it is regarded as an omen of some misfortune to the royal family.
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  1. ^ “fum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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Aromanian

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Etymology

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From Latin fūmus. Compare Romanian fum.

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fum n (plural fumuri)

  1. smoke
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Catalan

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Latin fūmus, from Proto-Italic *fūmos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós.

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fum m (uncountable)

  1. smoke
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Further reading

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Etymology 2

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Verb

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fum

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

Dalmatian

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Etymology

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From Latin fames.

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fum m

  1. hunger

Friulian

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From Latin fūmus.

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fum m (plural fums)

  1. smoke
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Galician

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fum

  1. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular preterite indicative of ser
  2. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular preterite indicative of ir

Old French

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From Latin fūmus. Replaced in later French by fumée.

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fum oblique singular, m (oblique plural funs, nominative singular funs, nominative plural fum)

  1. smoke

Piedmontese

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fum m

  1. smoke

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin fūmus, from Proto-Italic *fūmos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós.

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fum n (plural fumuri)

  1. smoke

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Declension of fum
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) fum fumul (niște) fumuri fumurile
genitive/dative (unui) fum fumului (unor) fumuri fumurilor
vocative fumule fumurilor

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Venetian

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From Latin fumus.

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fum m (plural fumi)

  1. smoke

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Volapük

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French fourmi.

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fum

  1. (obsolete) ant (insect)

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This older term has been replaced by furmid "ant".

Declension

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declension of fum
singular plural
nominative fum fums
genitive fuma fumas
dative fume fumes
accusative fumi fumis
vocative 1 o fum! o fums!
predicative 2 fumu fumus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

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