noun · 2 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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ho͝o'məs
/ˈhʊməs/
hŭ'məs
/ˈhʌməs/
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ho͞o'məs
/ˈhuːməs/
rhymes with -uːməs
rhymes with -ʌməs
CMU ARPABET:HH UH1 M AH0 S
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A Levantine Arab dip made of chickpea paste with various additions, such as olive oil, fresh garlic, lemon juice, and tahini, often eaten with pitta bread, or as a meze.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
a thick spread made from mashed chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice and garlic; used especially as a dip for pita; originated in the Middle East
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: humus, hommos, hoummos, humous
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spread, paste
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic حُمُّص (ḥummuṣ).
Across languages
Translations
47 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
حُمُّص
(ḥummuṣ)
— dip made of chickpea paste
Arabic:
حمص
(ḥimmiṣ)
— dip made of chickpea paste
Armenian:
հումուս
(humus)
— dip made of chickpea paste
Azerbaijani:
humus
— dip made of chickpea paste
Basque:
hummus
— dip made of chickpea paste
Breton:
houmous
— dip made of chickpea paste
Catalan:
hummus
— dip made of chickpea paste
Chinese Cantonese:
鷹嘴豆醬 /鹰嘴豆酱
— dip made of chickpea paste
Chinese Cantonese:
鷹嘴豆泥 /鹰嘴豆泥
— dip made of chickpea paste
Chinese Mandarin:
鷹嘴豆泥 /鹰嘴豆泥
(yīngzuǐdòuní)
— dip made of chickpea paste
Czech:
hummus
— dip made of chickpea paste
Dutch:
hummus
— dip made of chickpea paste
Esperanto:
humuso
— dip made of chickpea paste
Esperanto:
kikerkaĉo
— dip made of chickpea paste
Faroese:
hummus
— dip made of chickpea paste
Finnish:
hummus
— dip made of chickpea paste
French:
houmous
— dip made of chickpea paste
Galician:
hummus
— dip made of chickpea paste
Georgian:
ჰუმუსი
(humusi)
— dip made of chickpea paste
German:
Hummus
— dip made of chickpea paste
Greek:
χούμους
(choúmous)
— dip made of chickpea paste
Ancient Greek:
ὑπότριμμα
(hupótrimma)
— dip made of chickpea paste
Gujarati:
હુમ્મુસ
(hummus)
— dip made of chickpea paste
Hebrew:
חומוס
(khúmus)
— dip made of chickpea paste
Hindi:
हुम्मुस
(hummus)
— dip made of chickpea paste
Hungarian:
hummusz
— dip made of chickpea paste
Icelandic:
hummus
— dip made of chickpea paste
Ido:
hummus
— dip made of chickpea paste
Indonesian:
hummus
— dip made of chickpea paste
Irish:
humas
— dip made of chickpea paste
Italian:
hummus
— dip made of chickpea paste
Japanese:
フムス
(fumusu)
— dip made of chickpea paste
Japanese:
フンムス
(funmusu)
— dip made of chickpea paste
Korean:
허머스
(heomeoseu)
— dip made of chickpea paste
Marathi:
हुम्मुस
(hummus)
— dip made of chickpea paste
Persian:
حمص
— dip made of chickpea paste
Polish:
humus
— dip made of chickpea paste
Portuguese:
homus
— dip made of chickpea paste
Portuguese:
húmus
— dip made of chickpea paste
Russian:
ху́мус
(xúmus)
— dip made of chickpea paste
Spanish:
hummus
— dip made of chickpea paste
Swedish:
hummus
— dip made of chickpea paste
Thai:
ฮัมมัส
— dip made of chickpea paste
Turkish:
humus
— dip made of chickpea paste
Ukrainian:
хумус
(xumus)
— dip made of chickpea paste
Urdu:
حُمُّص
(hummus)
— dip made of chickpea paste
Yiddish:
כומוס
(khumus)
— dip made of chickpea paste
