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Added 9 October 2026

froth

/ˈfɹɒθ/ noun

In Latin: spuma Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about froth at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid.
the beer had a thick head of foam

verb

Become bubbly or frothy or foaming.
The boiling soup was frothing
Make froth or foam and become bubbly.
The river foamed
Exude or expel foam.
the angry man was frothing at the mouth

Origin

From Middle English froth, frooth, froþ, likely a borrowing from Old Norse froða, from Proto-Germanic *fruþǭ; Old English āfrēoþan (“to foam, froth”) is from same Germanic root. Verb attested from late 14th century. Compare Swedish fradga.

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