foamy

English

Etymology

From Middle English fomy, from Old English fāmiġ, fǣmiġ (“frothy, foamy”), equivalent to foam +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fəʊmi/
(General American) IPA^(key): /foʊmi/
Rhymes: -əʊmi

Adjective

foamy (comparative foamier, superlative foamiest)

Full of foam.
He jumped overboard into the foamy waters of the Atlantic Ocean.
- 1715–1720:Tlepolemus, the sun of Hercules, / Led nine swift vessels through the foamy seas — Alexander Pope, The Iliad
- 1831: For busy thoughts the Stream flowed on / In foamy agitation — William Wordsworth, Yarrow Revisited.

Synonyms

frothy, spumescent

Translations

full of foam

Bulgarian: пенлив (bg) (penliv), пенест (bg) (penest)
Finnish: vaahtoinen
French: mousseux (fr)
Galician: escumoso m
German: schaumig, schäumend (de), Schaum- (de)
Greek: αφρώδης (el) m (afródis)

Polish: pienisty
Romanian: spumos (ro)
Russian: пе́нистый (ru) (pénistyj), пе́нный (ru) (pénnyj)
Spanish: esponjoso (es) m (material), espumoso (es) (liquid)
Turkish: köpüklü (tr)
Yiddish: שוימיק‎ (shoymik)

Noun

foamy (plural foamies)

Alternative spelling of foamie

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