gomme

common nounverb

Syllable Decomposition

gomme

from Latin cummis or gummis ("vegetable gum"), coming from ancient Greek κόμμι kómmi itself borrowed from ancient Egyptian n29-w19-m17-m17*x1-n33:z2 ḳmj.t designating the product of the acanthus.

Definitions

confiseries
médecinechirurgie

Synonyms

chewing-gumgomme à mâcher

Plural

gommes

Translations

  • spanishspanish:goma
  • finnishfinnish:pyöränkumi
  • italianitalian:gomma
  • germangerman:Gummi
  • englishenglish:rubber
  • japanesejapanese:消しゴム
  • dutchdutch:gum
  • portugueseportuguese:borracha
  • russianrussian:резинка

See also

gommette (cn.) gommé (adj.) gomme (v.) engommer (v.) gommeuse (adj.) gommeuse (cn.) dégommage (cn.) dégommer (v.) gommage (cn.) gommer (v.) gommeux (adj.) gommier (cn.)