escume

== Middle French == === Alternative forms === écume === Noun === escume f (plural escumes) foam === Verb === escume first-person singular present indicative of escumer third-person singular present indicative of escumer first-person singular present subjunctive of escumer third-person singular present subjunctive of escumer second-person singular imperative of escumer ==== Descendants ==== French: écume == Old French == === Alternative forms === eschume === Etymology === From Frankish *skūm (“foam”), perhaps via Vulgar Latin *scūma (compare Medieval Latin scūma). According to some sources, possibly a merger with the rare Old French espume (“foam”), from Latin spūma (“foam, froth, slime”), but there is no actual evidence of this. === Noun === escume oblique singular, f (oblique plural escumes, nominative singular escume, nominative plural escumes) foam ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: escume, écumeFrench: écume Picard: èsceûme (Athois) Walloon: scume (Charleroi), chume (Forrières) ==== References ====