fume

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• UK: /fjuːm/
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From Middle English fume, from Old French fum (“smoke, steam, vapour”), from Latin fūmus (“vapour, smoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *dhuh2mós (“smoke”), from *dhewh2- (“to smoke, raise dust”). Doublet of thymus and thymos. More at dun, dusk, dust.

76 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: дим (dim) — gas or vapor that is strong-smelling or dangerous to inhale
• Bulgarian: изпарение (izparenie) — gas or vapor that is strong-smelling or dangerous to inhale
• Chinese Mandarin: 毒气 (dúqì) — gas or vapor that is strong-smelling or dangerous to inhale
• Esperanto: haladzo — gas or vapor that is strong-smelling or dangerous to inhale
• Finnish: käry — gas or vapor that is strong-smelling or dangerous to inhale
• Finnish: höyry — gas or vapor that is strong-smelling or dangerous to inhale
• Finnish: huuru — gas or vapor that is strong-smelling or dangerous to inhale
• Galician: fume — gas or vapor that is strong-smelling or dangerous to inhale
• Galician: vapor — gas or vapor that is strong-smelling or dangerous to inhale
• German: Rauch — gas or vapor that is strong-smelling or dangerous to inhale
• German: Qualm — gas or vapor that is strong-smelling or dangerous to inhale
• Italian: fumo — gas or vapor that is strong-smelling or dangerous to inhale
• Malay: wasap — gas or vapor that is strong-smelling or dangerous to inhale
• Māori: hau kino — gas or vapor that is strong-smelling or dangerous to inhale
• Polish: opar — gas or vapor that is strong-smelling or dangerous to inhale
• Portuguese: vapor — gas or vapor that is strong-smelling or dangerous to inhale
• Russian: испаре́ние (isparénije) — gas or vapor that is strong-smelling or dangerous to inhale
• Spanish: humo — gas or vapor that is strong-smelling or dangerous to inhale
• Spanish: jumo — gas or vapor that is strong-smelling or dangerous to inhale
• Spanish: gas — gas or vapor that is strong-smelling or dangerous to inhale
• Swedish: rök — gas or vapor that is strong-smelling or dangerous to inhale
• Turkish: duman — gas or vapor that is strong-smelling or dangerous to inhale
• Finnish: härme — material that has re-coalesced to the solid state
• Turkish: is — material that has re-coalesced to the solid state
• Bulgarian: яд (jad) — rage or excitement
• Bulgarian: възбуда (vǎzbuda) — rage or excitement
• Finnish: kiihko — rage or excitement
• Finnish: houre — anything unsubstantial or airy
• Russian: флюи́д (fljuíd) — anything unsubstantial or airy
• Finnish: hehkutus — incense of praise; inordinate flattery
• Russian: фимиа́м (fimiám) — incense of praise; inordinate flattery
• Bulgarian: опушвам (opušvam) — to expose (something) to fumes
• Finnish: höyryttää — to expose (something) to fumes
• Russian: оку́ривать (okúrivatʹ) — to expose (something) to fumes
• Russian: окури́ть (okurítʹ) — to expose (something) to fumes
• Turkish: kül — to expose (something) to fumes
• Bulgarian: кадя (kadja) — to apply or offer incense to
• Russian: кури́ть (kurítʹ) — to apply or offer incense to
• Russian: кади́ть (kadítʹ) — to apply or offer incense to
• Bulgarian: димя (dimja) — to emit fumes
• Bulgarian: пуша (puša) — to emit fumes
• Danish: ryge — to emit fumes
• Finnish: höyrytä — to emit fumes
• Finnish: päästää kaasua — to emit fumes
• German: rauchen — to emit fumes
• German: qualmen — to emit fumes
• Latin: fūmō — to emit fumes
• Norwegian Bokmål: ryke — to emit fumes
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ryke — to emit fumes
• Portuguese: fumegar — to emit fumes
• Romanian: fumega — to emit fumes
• Russian: дыми́ть (dymítʹ) — to emit fumes
• Spanish: humear — to emit fumes
• Swedish: ryka — to emit fumes
• Turkish: tütmek — to emit fumes
• Finnish: pyörtyä höyryihin — to pass off in fumes or vapours
• Arabic: إِسْتِشَاط غَضَبًا (ʔistišāṭ ḡaḍaban) — to express or feel great anger
• Arabic: ثَار (ṯār) — to express or feel great anger
• Arabic: ثار (saar) — to express or feel great anger
• Bulgarian: гневя се (gnevja se) — to express or feel great anger
• Bulgarian: ядосвам се (jadosvam se) — to express or feel great anger
• Finnish: olla raivoissaan — to express or feel great anger
• Finnish: vaahdota — to express or feel great anger
• Finnish: raivota — to express or feel great anger
• French: fulminer — to express or feel great anger
• German: schäumen — to express or feel great anger
• Hebrew: קָצַף (qatzáf) — to express or feel great anger
• Hebrew: רָתַח (ratáẖ) — to express or feel great anger
• Italian: rodersi il fegato — to express or feel great anger
• Italian: mangiarsi il fegato — to express or feel great anger
• Portuguese: fumegar — to express or feel great anger
• Spanish: echar humo — to express or feel great anger
• Spanish: trinar — to express or feel great anger
• Swedish: fradga — to express or feel great anger
• Turkish: köpürmek — to express or feel great anger
• Finnish: olla sekaisin — to be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied