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scum

/sˈkʌm/SKUHM
/sˈkʌm/SKUHM

Meaningfoam

Common meaning: a dirty film on a liquid

Journey through time

  1. Danishskum‘froth’source
  2. Middle Englishscomesource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsfroth → a dirty film on a liquidscum‘a dirty film on a liquid’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Danish skum ‘foam’.

Roots

  • skum Danish “foam”

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