écume

foam

noun eh-KÜM Rare

Origin: Germanic origin, related to Old High German scum

Also means

froth

Usage Note

Écume refers to the white foam on waves, on boiling liquid, or on an animal's mouth. L'écume de la mer (the foam of the sea) is a classic literary image. La pipe en écume de mer is a meerschaum pipe — écume de mer literally means 'sea foam'. The verb écumer means both to skim (a broth) and to foam with rage.

Examples

"L'écume blanche couvrait les rochers."

Natural Translation

The white foam covered the rocks.

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