fum
English
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /fʌm/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ʌm
Etymology 1
editVerb
editfum (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
editNoun
editfum (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.
Alternative forms
editSee also
editetymologically unrelated terms containing "fum"
References
edit- ^ “fum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
editAromanian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Latin fūmus. Compare Romanian fum.
Noun
editfum n (plural fumuri)
Related terms
editCatalan
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Latin fūmus, from Proto-Italic *fūmos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfum m (uncountable)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “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
editVerb
editfum
- inflection of fúmer:
Dalmatian
editEtymology
editNoun
editfum m
Friulian
editEtymology
editNoun
editfum m (plural fums)
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editGalician
editVerb
editfum
- (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular preterite indicative of ser
- (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular preterite indicative of ir
Old French
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Latin fūmus. Replaced in later French by fumée.
Noun
editfum oblique singular, m (oblique plural funs, nominative singular funs, nominative plural fum)
Piedmontese
editPronunciation
editNoun
editfum m
Derived terms
editRomanian
editEtymology
editInherited from Latin fūmus, from Proto-Italic *fūmos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfum n (plural fumuri)
Declension
editDeclension of fum
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editVenetian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editfum m (plural fumi)
See also
editVolapük
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editfum
Usage notes
editThis older term has been replaced by furmid "ant".
Declension
editdeclension of fum
Derived terms
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