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Flom
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flom
Luxembourgish
Etymology
Probably from a merger of two roots: 1) A dialectal word originally meaning a slimy coating or skin (on milk, a wound, an inflamed eye), which may be derived from lb fro fleume phlegm, whence also nl fluim slime. 2) lb de Flaum fluff, from lb gmh phlūme, from lb goh phlūma, from lb la plūma, whence also nl pluim, en plume.
Pronunciation
lb /floːm/
Noun
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fluff, down
skin (on a liquid, in an egg, etc.)
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