froth

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɒθ/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˈfɹwɒθ]
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• /ˈfɹɔθ/ without the cot–caught merger
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• [ˈfɹwɔθ] without the cot–caught merger
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• cot-caught-merger: /ˈfɹɑθ/
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• cot-caught-merger: [ˈfɹwɑθ]
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• rhymes with -ɒθ
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• rhymes with -ɔːθ
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• CMU ARPABET: F R AO1 TH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English froth, frooth, froþ, likely a borrowing from Old Norse froða, from Proto-Germanic *fruþǭ; Old English āfrēoþan (“to foam, froth”) is from same Germanic root. Verb attested from late 14th century. Compare Swedish fradga.

116 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Amharic: አረፋ (ʾäräfa) — foam
• Arabic: رَغْوَة (raḡwa) — foam
• Arabic: كشكوشة (keshkusha) — foam
• Bashkir: күбек (kübek) — foam
• Bulgarian: пяна (pjana) — foam
• Catalan: escuma — foam
• Chinese Mandarin: 泡沫 (pàomò) — foam
• Czech: pěna — foam
• Dutch: schuim — foam
• Esperanto: ŝaŭmo — foam
• Faroese: froða — foam
• Finnish: vaahto — foam
• French: mousse — foam
• French: écume — foam
• Galician: foula — foam
• Galician: cachón — foam
• Galician: babuxa — foam
• Galician: escuma — foam
• Georgian: ქაფი (kapi) — foam
• German: Schaum — foam
• Greek: αφρός (afrós) — foam
• Ancient Greek: ἀφρός (aphrós) — foam
• Hebrew: קצף (kétsef) — foam
• Hindi: झाग (jhāg) — foam
• Icelandic: froða — foam
• Ingrian: vaahto — foam
• Ingrian: koohu — foam
• Irish: cúr — foam
• Italian: schiuma — foam
• Japanese: 泡 (awa) — foam
• Japanese: 泡 (abuku) — foam
• Korean: 거품은 (geopumeun) — foam
• Northern Kurdish: kef — foam
• Latin: spuma — foam
• Malayalam: പത (pata) — foam
• Malayalam: നുര (nura) — foam
• Māori: hukahuka — foam
• Māori: paraki — foam
• Māori: huhuka — foam
• Māori: kohuka — foam
• Occitan: escuma — foam
• Occitan: gruma — foam
• Plautdietsch: Schum — foam
• Polish: piana — foam
• Portuguese: espuma — foam
• Punjabi: ਝੱਗ (jhagga) — foam
• Punjabi: جَھگّ (jhagg) — foam
• Romanian: spumă — foam
• Romanian: caimac — foam
• Russian: пе́на (péna) — foam
• Slovene: pena — foam
• Spanish: espuma — foam
• Swedish: fradga — foam
• Telugu: నురుగు (nurugu) — foam
• Telugu: నురగ (nuraga) — foam
• Turkish: köpük — foam
• Ottoman Turkish: كوپوك (köpük) — foam
• Ukrainian: піна (pina) — foam
• Walloon: schome — foam
• Yiddish: שוים (shoym) — foam
• Bulgarian: празни приказки (prazni prikazki) — unimportant events or actions
• Finnish: hömppä — unimportant events or actions
• Finnish: pintavaahto — unimportant events or actions
• Hebrew: הבל — unimportant events or actions
• Italian: fuffa — unimportant events or actions
• Italian: aria fritta — unimportant events or actions
• Italian: frescaccia — unimportant events or actions
• Polish: bicie piany — unimportant events or actions
• Romanian: fleacuri — unimportant events or actions
• Romanian: nimicuri — unimportant events or actions
• Romanian: baliverne — unimportant events or actions
• Russian: болтовня́ (boltovnjá) — unimportant events or actions
• Welsh: ewyn — unimportant events or actions
• Bulgarian: разпенвам (razpenvam) — To create froth
• Dutch: schuimen — To create froth
• Dutch: opschuimen — To create froth
• Finnish: vaahdottaa — To create froth
• German: aufschäumen — To create froth
• Greek: αφρίζω (afrízo) — To create froth
• Italian: schiumare — To create froth
• Latin: spūmō — To create froth
• Māori: whakahuka — To create froth
• Marathi: फेसाळणे (phesāḷṇe) — To create froth
• Polish: pienić — To create froth
• Polish: spieniać — To create froth
• Polish: spienić — To create froth
• Portuguese: espumar — To create froth
• Russian: пенить (penitʹ) — To create froth
• Russian: взбивать (vzbivatʹ) — To create froth
• Slovene: peniti — To create froth
• Slovene: speniti — To create froth
• Spanish: espumar — To create froth
• Turkish: köpürtmek — To create froth
• Welsh: ewynnu — To create froth
• Bulgarian: пеня се (penja se) — To bubble
• Dutch: schuimen — To bubble
• Dutch: bubbelen — To bubble
• Dutch: borrelen — To bubble
• Finnish: vaahdota — To bubble
• Finnish: kuplia — To bubble
• German: schäumen — To bubble
• Greek: αφρίζω (afrízo) — To bubble
• Ido: ebuliar — To bubble
• Ido: spumifar — To bubble
• Italian: spumeggiare — To bubble
• Japanese: 泡を吹く (awa wo fuku) — To bubble
• Polish: pienić się — To bubble
• Polish: spieniać się — To bubble
• Polish: spienić się — To bubble
• Slovene: peniti se — To bubble
• Turkish: köpürmek — To bubble
• Ottoman Turkish: كوپورمك (köpürmek) — To bubble
• ǃXóõ: tsàhã — To bubble
• Polish: pienić się — to spew saliva as froth; to rage, vent one's anger; to froth at the mouth
• Polish: spieniać się — to spew saliva as froth; to rage, vent one's anger; to froth at the mouth
• Polish: spienić się — to spew saliva as froth; to rage, vent one's anger; to froth at the mouth