Plural of fume
regular plural
The plural of fume is fumes.
Forms of fume
| Singular | fume /fjuːm/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | fumes /fjuːmz/ |
| Countable | countable |
Fumes in a sentence
- Don't stand around in there breathing the fumes while the adhesive cures.
- We were running on fumes by the time we arrived, but we made it to the next gas station.From the entry run on fumes
- The organization had been running on fumes for months, so it's not surprising that they closed their doors.From the entry run on fumes
- They were later found unconscious, having been overcome by the fumes.2026 March 18, Greg Morse, “1996 crash driving freight reforms”, in RAIL, number 1057, page 51. From the entry overcome
- Or maybe the delicious (but probably toxic) fumes from the crispitos had overloaded my brain.2016 04, Noa Gavin, Nick Scott, Practical Applications for Multiverse Theory: A Novel, Inkshares, →ISBN. From the entry crispito
Meaning of fume
- noun A gas or vapour/vapor that is strong-smelling or dangerous to inhale.
- noun A material that has been vaporized from the solid or liquid state to the gas state and re-coalesced to the solid state.
- noun Rage or excitement which deprives the mind of self-control.
Questions about the plural of fume
- What is the plural of fume?
- The plural of fume is fumes.
- Is fume countable?
- Fume is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: fume (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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