different between storm vs fume

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /st??m/
• (US) IPA^(key): /st??m/
• Rhymes: -??(?)m

Etymology 1

From Middle English storm, from Old English storm (“a storm, tempest; a storm of arrows; disturbance, disquiet; uproar, tumult; rush, onrush, attack, violent attack”), from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz (“storm”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)twerH- (“to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around”). Cognate with Scots storm (“storm”), West Frisian stoarm (“storm”), Dutch storm (“storm”), Low German storm (“storm”), German Sturm (“storm”), Danish storm (“storm”), Swedish storm (“storm”), Norwegian Bokmål storm (“storm”), Norwegian Nynorsk storm (“storm”), Icelandic stormur (“storm”). Related to stir.

Noun

storm (plural storms)

1. Any disturbed state of the atmosphere, especially as affecting the earth's surface, and strongly implying destructive or unpleasant weather.
2. (Australia) A thunderstorm.
3. A violent agitation of human society; a civil, political, or domestic commotion; violent outbreak.
4. (meteorology) a wind scale for very strong wind, stronger than a gale, less than a hurricane (10 or higher on the Beaufort scale).
5. (military) A violent assault on a stronghold or fortified position.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:storm

Coordinate terms

• (meteorology): breeze, gale, hurricane

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Esperanto: ?tormo
• ? Irish: stoirm
• ? Scottish Gaelic: stoirm

Translations

See also

• blizzard

Etymology 2

From Middle English stormen, sturmen, from Old English styrman (“to storm, rage; make a great noise, cry aloud, shout”), from Proto-Germanic *sturmijan? (“to storm”). Cognate with Dutch stormen (“to storm; bluster”), Low German stormen (“to storm”), German stürmen (“to storm; rage; attack; assault”), Swedish storma (“to storm; bluster”), Icelandic storma (“to storm”).

Verb

storm (third-person singular simple present storms, present participle storming, simple past and past participle stormed)

1. (impersonal) (weather it) be violent, with strong winds and usually rain, thunder, lightning, or snow.

2. (intransitive) (figuratively) rage or fume; be in a violent temper.
   • 1731, Jonathan Swift, Directions to Servants

     The master storms, the lady scolds.

3. (intransitive, with adverbial of direction) move quickly and noisily like a storm, usually in a state of uproar or anger.

4. (transitive) [army; crowd, rioters] assault (a significant building) with the aim to gain power over it.

5. (transitive) (rare, poetic) to assault, gain power over (heart, mind+).

Derived terms

• bestorm

Translations

Further reading

• storm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Beaufort scale on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Storm in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

• Morts, morts

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch storm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st?rm/, [st??m], [?st???m]
• The plural is almost always disyllabic.

Noun

storm (plural storms)

1. storm

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse stormr (“storm”), from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)twer-, *(s)tur- (“to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around”).

Noun

storm c (singular definite stormen, plural indefinite storme)

1. storm

Inflection

Verb

storm

1. imperative of storme

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st?rm/
• Hyphenation: storm
• Rhymes: -?rm

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch storm, from Old Dutch *storm, from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz.

Noun

storm m (plural stormen, diminutive stormpje n)

1. storm; a wind scale for very strong wind, stronger than a gale, less than a hurricane.
2. (of sieges or battles) assault, storming

   Synonym: bestorming

Usage notes

Unlike English storm, the Dutch word is not associated with rainfall. A storm may, of course, be accompanied by rainfall, but the word as such refers only to strong winds.

Derived terms

• stormen
• stormachtig
• stormvloed
• stormweer
• stormwind
• beeldenstorm
• hagelstorm
• regenstorm
• sneeuwstorm
• wervelstorm
• zandstorm
• zeestorm

Descendants

• Afrikaans: storm

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

storm

1. first-person singular present indicative of stormen
2. imperative of stormen

Anagrams

• morst

Icelandic

Noun

storm

1. indefinite accusative singular of stormur

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *storm, from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz.

Noun

storm m

1. storm, violent weather
2. storm, heavy wind
3. storm, assault

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: storm
• Limburgish: stórm

Further reading

• “storm (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “storm”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN

Middle English

Alternative forms

• storme, strom, starme, storem (all but the first are rare)

Etymology

Inherited from Old English storm, from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st?rm/

Noun

storm (plural stormes)

1. A storm; an instance of intense wind and precipitation (including a snowstorm)
2. An armed dispute, brawl or fight; an instance of combativeness.
3. (rare) Any intense event, happening, or force.

Related terms

• stormy

Descendants

• English: storm
  • ? Esperanto: ?tormo
  • ? Irish: stoirm
  • ? Scottish Gaelic: stoirm
• Scots: storm
• Yola: stharm, starm

References

• “storm, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-08.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse stormr, from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)twer-, *(s)tur- (“to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around”).

Noun

storm m (definite singular stormen, indefinite plural stormer, definite plural stormene)

1. a storm

   en storm i et vannglass - a storm in a teacup (British)

Derived terms

Related terms

• storme

Etymology 2

Verb

storm

1. imperative of storme

References

• “storm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse stormr, from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)twer-, *(s)tur- (“to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around”). Akin to English storm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st?rm/

Noun

storm m (definite singular stormen, indefinite plural stormar, definite plural stormane)

1. storm (a very strong wind, stronger than a gale, less than a hurricane)

Derived terms

References

• “storm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Alternative forms

• stearm

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sturm, whence also Old Saxon storm, Old High German sturm, Old Norse stormr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /storm/, [stor?m]

Noun

storm m

1. storm

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: storm
  • English: storm
    • ? Esperanto: ?tormo
    • ? Irish: stoirm
    • ? Scottish Gaelic: stoirm
  • Scots: storm
  • Yola: stharm, starm

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish stormber, from Old Norse stormr, from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)twer-, *(s)tur- (“to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st?rm/

Noun

storm c

1. storm; heavy winds or weather associated with storm winds.

Declension

See also

• ta någon med storm
• storma
• storma in
• snöstorm
• höststorm

Anagrams

• smort

English

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from Old French fum (“smoke, steam, vapour”), from Latin f?mus (“vapour, smoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?uh?mós (“smoke”), from *d?ewh?- (“to smoke, raise dust”). Doublet of thymus and thymos. More at dun, dusk, dust.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fju?m/
• Rhymes: -u?m

Noun

fume (plural fumes)

1. A gas or vapour/vapor that is strong-smelling or dangerous to inhale.
   • 1753, Thomas Warton, Ode

     the fumes of new-shorn hay

2. A material that has been vaporized from the solid or liquid state to the gas state and re-coalesced to the solid state.

3. Rage or excitement which deprives the mind of self-control.

   • The Fumes of his Passion do as really intoxicate and confound his judging and discerning Faculty , as the Fumes of Drink discompose and stupify the Brain of a Man over - charged with it.

4. Anything unsubstantial or airy; idle conceit; vain imagination.
   • 1623, Francis Bacon, A Discourse of a War with Spain

     a show of fumes and fancies

5. The incense of praise; inordinate flattery.
   • 1638, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy

     to smother him with fumes and eulogies

6. (obsolete) A passionate person.

Usage notes

• In the sense of strong-smelling or dangerous vapor, the noun is typically plural, as in the example.

Translations

Verb

fume (third-person singular simple present fumes, present participle fuming, simple past and past participle fumed)

1. (transitive) To expose (something) to fumes; specifically, to expose wood, etc., to ammonia in order to produce dark tints.
2. (transitive) To apply or offer incense to.
3. (intransitive) To emit fumes.
4. (intransitive) To pass off in fumes or vapours.

   • whose parts are kept from fuming away, not only by their fixity […]

5. (intransitive, figuratively) To express or feel great anger.

   • He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground.
6. (intransitive, figuratively) To be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied.

Translations

Asturian

Verb

fume

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of fumar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of fumar

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fym/

Verb

fume

1. first-person singular present indicative of fumer
2. third-person singular present indicative of fumer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of fumer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of fumer
5. second-person singular imperative of fumer

Anagrams

• meuf

Galician

Alternative forms

• fumo

Etymology

Attested since circa 1300. From Old Galician and Old Portuguese fumo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin f?mus. Cognate with Portuguese fumo and Spanish humo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fume?/

Noun

fume m (plural fumes)

1. smoke
   • c1300, R. Martínez López (ed.), General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV. Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 209:

     coyda que o bafo et fume daquel fogo que ensuzou et [empoçoou] as agoas et aterra daly

     he thinks that the fumes and the smoke of that fire defiled and poisoned the waters and the soil there

   • 1348, J. Méndez Pérez & al. (eds.), El monasterio de San Salvador de Chantada, Santiago de Compostela: I. Padre Sarmiento, page 326:

     a vida deste mundo he asy como a sonbra, et quando ome se deleyta en ella he asy como o fumo que se vay logo

     the life in this world is like the shadow, and when a man delight in it is like the 'smoke, which soon goes away

2. fume

   Synonyms: bafo, vapor

3. (figuratively, in the plural) haughtiness

Related terms

• afumar
• fumar
• fumegar
• fumeiro
• fumador
• fumaxe

Verb

fume

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of fumar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of fumar

References

• “fume” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “fume” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “fume” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “fume” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “fume” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Latin

Noun

f?me

1. vocative singular of f?mus

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French fum, from Latin f?mus, from Proto-Indo-European *d?uh?mós.

Alternative forms

• fwme, feum, fewme

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiu?m/

Noun

fume (plural fumes)

1. Visible gaseous emanations; fumes or smoke.
2. Any sort of vapour or gaseous emanation.
3. (physiology) Fumes as the supposed cause of feelings.
4. (rare) An airborne scent or odour.

Related terms

• fumen
• fumerelle
• fumosite
• fumous
• fumygacioun
• fumyter

Descendants

• English: fume
• Scots: fume

References

• “f?me, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-03.

Etymology 2

From Old French fumer.

Verb

fume

1. Alternative form of fumen

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

fume (present tense fumar, past tense fuma, past participle fuma, passive infinitive fumast, present participle fumande, imperative fum)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by fomme

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?fu.mi/

Verb

fume

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of fumar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of fumar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of fumar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of fumar

Spanish

Verb

fume

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of fumar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of fumar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of fumar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of fumar.

Tarantino

Noun

fume

1. smoke