fum
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fum (third-person singular simple present fums, present participle fumming, simple past and past participle fummed)
- (obsolete, intransitive) To play upon a fiddle.[1]
- c. 1604, Thomas Dekker, John Webster, Westward Ho:
- Follow me, and fum as you go.
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
fum (plural fums)
- (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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etymologically unrelated terms containing "fum"
References edit
- ^ “fum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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Etymology edit
From Latin fūmus. Compare Romanian fum.
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fum n (plural fumuri)
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Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Latin fūmus, from Proto-Italic *fūmos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós.
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fum m (uncountable)
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- “fum” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “fum”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “fum” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “fum” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Etymology 2 edit
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fum
- inflection of fúmer:
Dalmatian edit
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fum m
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fum m (plural fums)
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fum
- (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular preterite indicative of ser
- (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular preterite indicative of ir
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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)
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fum m
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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)
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Declension of fum
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fum m (plural fumi)
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fum
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This older term has been replaced by furmid "ant".
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declension of fum