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foamy

adj · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊmi/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈfoʊmi/
  • rhymes with -əʊmi
  • CMU ARPABET: F OW1 M IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Full of foam.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He jumped overboard into the foamy waters of the Atlantic Ocean.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Alternative spelling of foamie.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

producing or covered with lathery sweat or saliva from exhaustion or disease

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the rabid animal's frothing mouth

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: foaming, frothing

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • bubbling champagne
  • foamy (or frothy) beer

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bubbling, bubbly, foaming, frothy, effervescing, spumy

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English fomy, from Old English fāmiġ, fǣmiġ (“frothy, foamy”), from Proto-West Germanic *faimag, *faimīg, equivalent to foam + -y.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Northern Altai: кӧбиктӱг (köbiktüg) — full of foam
  • Southern Altai: кӧбӱктӱ (köbüktü) — full of foam
  • Bulgarian: пенлив (penliv) — full of foam
  • Bulgarian: пенест (penest) — full of foam
  • Catalan: escumós — full of foam
  • Esperanto: ŝaŭma — full of foam
  • Finnish: vaahtoinen — full of foam
  • Finnish: vaahtoava — full of foam
  • French: mousseux — full of foam
  • Galician: escumoso — full of foam
  • German: schaumig — full of foam
  • German: schäumend — full of foam
  • German: Schaum- — full of foam
  • Greek: αφρώδης (afródis) — full of foam
  • Kyrgyz: көбүктүү (köbüktüü) — full of foam
  • Latin: spūmeus — full of foam
  • Occitan: escumós — full of foam
  • Plautdietsch: schumich — full of foam
  • Polish: pienisty — full of foam
  • Romanian: spumos — full of foam
  • Russian: пе́нистый (pénistyj) — full of foam
  • Russian: пе́нный (pénnyj) — full of foam
  • Spanish: esponjoso — full of foam
  • Spanish: espumoso — full of foam
  • Turkish: köpüklü — full of foam
  • Yiddish: שוימיק (shoymik) — full of foam