fum

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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]

Etymology 2

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Noun

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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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etymologically unrelated terms containing "fum"

References

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Anagrams

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Aromanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin fūmus. Compare Romanian fum.

Noun

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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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Noun

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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.

Noun

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fum m

  1. hunger

Friulian

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Etymology

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From Latin fūmus.

Noun

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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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Etymology

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From Latin fūmus. Replaced in later French by fumée.

Noun

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fum oblique singularm (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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Noun

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fum n (plural fumuri)

  1. smoke

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Venetan

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Etymology

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From Latin fumus.

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Noun

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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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Noun

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fum

  1. (obsolete) ant (insect)

Usage notes

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This older term has been replaced by furmid "ant".

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