chewing gum
English
noun
Definitions
- A flavoured preparation of chicle or synthetic rubber, made for chewing.
Etymology
Compound from English chewing + English gum (flesh around teeth).
Origin
English
gum
Gloss
flesh around teeth
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- begum English
- bubblegum English
- chew English
- chewing English
- chewingly English
- degum English
- estergum English
- floodgum English
- gum English
- gumball English
- gumboil English
- gumboot English
- gumbuyer English
- gumdigger English
- gumdrop English
- gumfield English
- gumland English
- gumless English
- gumlike English
- gumline English
- gummer English
- gummiferous English
- gummose English
- gummosis English
- gummy English
- gumnut English
- gumshield English
- gumshoe English
- gumweed English
- gumwood English
- nonchewing English
- oleogum English
- redgum English
- sweetgum English
- ungum English
- chewing-gum French
- chuinga Portuguese
- ガム Japanese
- チューインガム Japanese
- chewyng Middle English
- gome Middle English
- ciungă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- ချူးအင်းဂမ်း Burmese
- ચિંગમ Gujarati
- 츄잉껌 Korean
- gum Scots
- tyingam Mauritian Creole
- gam Hausa
- tyingam Seychellois Creole