gum

== Translingual == === Etymology === Abbreviation of English Guambiano or Spanish guambiano. === Symbol === gum (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Guambiano. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Guambiano terms == English == === Pronunciation === enPR: gŭm, IPA(key): /ɡʌm/ Rhymes: -ʌm Homophone: gome enPR: go͞om, go͝om, IPA(key): /ɡum/, /ɡʊm/ (New England, obsolete) === Etymology 1 === From Middle English gom, gome, gomme, goome, gum, gume, gumme, from Old English gōma (“palate”), from Proto-West Germanic *gōmō, from Proto-Germanic *gaumô, *gōmô (“palate”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- (“to gape, yawn”). ==== Alternative forms ==== gom (Appalachia) goom (dialect) gumm (obsolete) ==== Noun ==== gum (plural gums) (often in the plural) The flesh around the teeth. ===== Synonyms ===== gingiva (medical) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== gum (third-person singular simple present gums, present participle gumming, simple past and past participle gummed) To chew, especially of a toothless person or animal. (transitive) To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw), as with a gummer. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English gomme, gumme, borrowed from Anglo-Norman gome, from Late Latin gumma, from Latin cummi, gummi, from Ancient Greek κόμμι (kómmi), from Egyptian qmy (“anointing oil”), qmyt (“acanthus resin, gum”). Cognate with Spanish goma (“rubber”). Doublet of gumma. ==== Pronunciation ==== enPR: gŭm, IPA(key): /ɡʌm/ Rhymes: -ʌm Homophone: gome ==== Noun ==== gum (countable and uncountable, plural gums) (botany, biochemistry, chiefly uncountable) A viscous water-soluble carbohydrate exudate of certain plants that hardens when it becomes dry, or such a substance as a component of a plant exudate. (chiefly uncountable) Any viscous or sticky substance resembling the true gum. (chiefly uncountable) Chewing gum. (countable) A single piece of chewing gum. (South Africa, often in the plural) A gummi candy. (US, dialect, Southern US) A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive. (US, dialect, Southern US) A vessel or bin made from a hollow log. (US, dialect) A rubber overshoe. A gum tree, any of various types of trees or an individual thereof. Hyponyms: black gum, sour gum, sweet gum, sweet gum tree ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Welsh: gwm → Korean: 껌 (kkeom) ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== gum (third-person singular simple present gums, present participle gumming, simple past and past participle gummed) (sometimes with up) To apply an adhesive or gum to; to make sticky by applying a sticky substance to. To stiffen with glue or gum. (sometimes with together) To inelegantly attach into a sequence. (colloquial, with up) To impair the functioning of a thing or process. ===== Derived terms ===== gum up gummable by gum === References === === Anagrams === MGU, mug == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɡum] Rhymes: -um === Noun === gum genitive plural of guma == Dutch == === Alternative forms === gom (now restricted to Belgium in the meaning “eraser”). === Etymology === A relatively recent variant of gom. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɣʏm/ Hyphenation: gum === Noun === gum m (plural gummen, diminutive gummetje n) an eraser ==== Derived terms ==== gummen kneedgum == Hausa == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡùm/ (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ɡʷʊ̀m] === Ideophone === gùm smelling bad ==== Alternative forms ==== sùm == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *gaumō (“attention, heed”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kʏːm/ Rhymes: -ʏːm === Noun === gum n (genitive singular gums, no plural) boasting, exaggeration Synonyms: gort, raup ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== guma (“to boast, to exaggerate”) === References === == Kamkata-viri == === Etymology === From Proto-Nuristani *goduma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gandʰúHmas ~ *gantúHmas, remodeled similarly to Sanskrit गोधूम (godhū́ma). === Noun === gum m (Western, Northeastern, Southeastern) wheat === References === == Middle English == === Noun === gum alternative form of gumme == Polish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡum/ Rhymes: -um Syllabification: gum === Noun === gum f pl genitive plural of guma == Salar == === Etymology === From Proto-Turkic *kum. Compare to Turkish kum, etc. === Pronunciation === (Ejia, Daowei, Xunhua, Qinghai, Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA(key): [kum] === Noun === gum (3rd person possessive gumı, plural gumlar) sand === References === Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “kum”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 395 Yakup, Abdurishid (2002), “gum”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎[4], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 109 == Scots == === Etymology 1 === From English gum. ==== Noun ==== gum (plural gums) gum === Etymology 2 === Uncertain; perhaps a specialised use of Etymology 1, above. ==== Alternative forms ==== gumm ==== Noun ==== gum (plural gums) mist, vapour, haze == Scottish Gaelic == === Alternative forms === gu gun === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kəm/ === Conjunction === gum that Tha mi cinnteach gum biodh e toilichte. - I'm certain that he would be happy. ==== Usage notes ==== Used before b, f, m and p. == Sumerian == === Romanization === gum romanization of 𒄣 (gum) == Turkmen == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kum (“sand”). Cognates with Turkish kum. === Noun === gum (definite accusative [please provide], plural [please provide]) sand === Further reading === “gum” in Enedilim.com “gum” in Webonary.org == Zazaki == === Noun === gum (anatomy) cheek