different between gummy vs gummi

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: g?m?i, IPA^(key): /???mi/
• Rhymes: -?mi

Etymology 1

gum (“flesh around teeth”) +? -y.

Adjective

gummy (comparative gummier, superlative gummiest)

1. Showing the gums.

   a gummy grin

Derived terms

• gummily
• gumminess

Noun

gummy (plural gummies)

1. (Australia) Clipping of gummy shark.
   • 2000, Paul Worsteling, Fishing Western Port, page 12,

     Over there [the UK], gummies are called smooth hound and a six kilo fish would stop the nation.

   • 2007, Bill Classon, Fishing Guide to Victoria?s Coastline, Australian Fishing Network, page 60,

     Western Port is a great location to find gummies. […] Gummy sharks are one of the favoured species in Western Port and for good reason: they put up a strong fight and feed of fresh flake is pretty hard to beat.

   • 2008, Rex Hunt, Fishing Guide to Melbourne and Surrounds, page 44,

     This area of vast mudflats is right at the top of the port is home to some of the best gummy shark fishing around. […] As the water drops, the feeding gummies drop off the banks and wait in the channels for food.

2. (Australia, New Zealand) A sheep that is losing or has lost its teeth.

Etymology 2

gum (“(substance)”) +? -y. The noun was influenced by gummi (from German).

Adjective

gummy (comparative gummier, superlative gummiest)

1. Resembling gum (the substance).
2. Covered with gum or a substance resembling gum.
   • Then rubs his gummy eyes.

Synonyms

• (resembling gum, the substance): gluey, gooey, sticky, tacky

Derived terms

• gumminess
• gummy bear
• gummy tumor
• gummy tumour

Noun

gummy (plural gummies)

1. (usually in the plural) A gummi candy.

Derived terms

• gummy bear
• gummy worm

Translations

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??um?]
• Rhymes: -um?
• Hyphenation: gum?my

Noun

gummy

1. genitive singular of gumma (gum, rubber)

English

Alternative forms

• gummie
• gummy

Etymology

From German Gummi (“brand name of German candy”), from Gummi (“India rubber”).

Noun

gummi (countable and uncountable, plural gummis)

1. A sugary, gelatinous material used to make candies.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:gummi.
2. A candy made of this material.

Translations

Derived terms

• gummi bear
• gummi worm

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish gumi, borrowed from Late Latin gumma, from Latin cummi, gummi, from Ancient Greek ????? (kómmi), from Egyptian qmy (“anointing oil”), qmyt (“acanthus resin, gum”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??mi/, [????mi]

Noun

gummi n or c (singular definite gummiet or gummien)

1. (uncountable) rubber (pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree)
2. (uncountable) gum (sticky substance exuded by certain plants)
3. (informal, countable) rubber (condom) n

Inflection

Synonyms

• (condom): kondom

Further reading

• gummi on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Latin

Alternative forms

• gummis
• commis
• cummi
• commi

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (kómmi).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /??um.mi/, [???m??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /??um.mi/, [??um?i]

Noun

gummi n (indeclinable)

1. Alternative form of cummis (“gum”)

References

• gummi in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cummi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Northern Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /?kum?mi?/

Noun

gum?mi

1. eraser

Inflection

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages?^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

gummi m (definite singular gummien, indefinite plural gummier, definite plural gummiene)

1. rubber
2. gum (e.g. chewing gum)

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

gummi m (definite singular gummien, indefinite plural gummiar, definite plural gummiane)

1. rubber
2. gum (e.g. chewing gum)

Derived terms

Swedish

Noun

gummi n

1. (uncountable) rubber, an elastic material
2. (slang) condom

   Synonyms: (neutral) kondom, kådis

3. (Southern) eraser; something used to remove (pencil) markings

   Synonyms: suddgummi, radergummi, (very rare) kautschuk

Declension