écume
French, noun
écume is spelled É-C-U-M-E (5 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written French, the 25,925th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Écume is a French feminine noun meaning “foam” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of écumer. With an accent, écumé is a different word: “past participle of écumer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte de mousse blanchâtre qui se forme à la surface des liquides agités, chauffés, ou en fermentation”.
What does écume mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefoam
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of écumer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sorte de mousse blanchâtre qui se forme à la surface des liquides agités, chauffés, ou en fermentation. 2. Bave de certains animaux. 3. Bave mousseuse qui vient aux lèvres d’une personne. 4. Sueur qui s’amasse sur le corps du cheval.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of écume
- écumes plural
- écumée feminine
- écumés masculine plural
- écumées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to écume
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is écume in French?
écume appears 1.4 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).