-ume

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ume"

Italian

Etymology

From Latin -ūmen (action noun suffix), an extended form of -men.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.me/
• Rhymes: -ume
• Hyphenation: -ù‧me

Suffix

-ume m (plural -umi)

1. used to form nouns, often derived from adjectives, usually with a collective and pejorative connotation

   ‎viscido (“slimy”) + ‎-ume → ‎viscidume (“slime”, “slimy mess”)

Derived terms

Italian terms suffixed with -ume

anticume

canagliume

frantume

laidume

lattume

lerciume

lividume

lordume

mollicume

morbidume

morchiume

mucidume

pagliume

pastume

pateticume

pecorume

polverume

porcume

ragazzume

rancidume

romanticume

rozzume

salume

sceltume

scolasticume

sconquassume

seccume

selvaticume

servitorume

sfasciume

sozzume

tedescume

tenerume

torbidume

tritume

vecchiume

verdume

vietume

viscidume

zozzume

Anagrams

• emù

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (locative singular) [ʊˈmʲɛ], (vocative singular) [ˈʊmʲɛ]

Suffix

-umè

1. locative singular of -ùmas (“-ness”)

Suffix

-ùme

1. vocative singular of -ùmas (“-ness”)

Portuguese

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin -ūmen (action noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈũ.mi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈũ.mi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈu.me/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈu.mɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ũmi, (Portugal) -umɨ
• Hyphenation: u‧me

Suffix

-ume f (noun-forming suffix, usually uncountable, plural -umes)

1. used to form nouns, derived from verbs, adjectives or other nouns, usually with a collective and pejorative connotation

   ‎curtir (“to tan”) + ‎-ume → ‎curtume (“tannery”)

   ‎queixa (“complaint”) + ‎-ume → ‎queixume

   ‎tapar (“to cover”) + ‎-ume → ‎tapume (“siding”)

Derived terms

Portuguese terms suffixed with -ume

curtume

queixume

tapume

Further reading

• “-ume”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025

Anagrams

• emu