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talcum

/ˈtælkəm/

talcum noun: powdered and perfumed talc for toilet use.

talcum: powdered and perfumed talc for toilet use
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Noun

talcum (countable and uncountable, plural talcums)

  1. Powdered and perfumed talc for toilet use.

Verb

talcum (third-person singular simple present talcums, present participle talcuming, simple past and past participle talcumed)

  1. (transitive) To perfume with talcum powder.

talcum meaning in Tamil

talcum in Tamil

நறுமணச் கிண்ணம், பூத்தூள்

Forms of talcum

Noun
pluraltalcums
Verb
third-person singular presenttalcums
present participletalcuming
past participletalcumed
pasttalcumed

Origin of talcum

From talc + -um, from Medieval Latin talcum, from Arabic طَلْق (ṭalq).

Phrases with talcum

Questions about talcum

What does talcum mean?
Talcum means powdered and perfumed talc for toilet use.
What is talcum in Tamil?
Talcum in Tamil is நறுமணச் கிண்ணம், பூத்தூள். See Talcum meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is talcum?
Talcum can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce talcum?
Talcum is pronounced /ˈtælkəm/.
What is the plural of talcum?
The plural of talcum is talcums.

Words near talcum in the dictionary

  1. talcosis
  2. Talcott
  3. Talcotts
  4. talcous
  5. talcs
  6. talcum
  7. talcum powder
  8. talcum powders
  9. Talcum X
  10. talcumed
  11. talcuming

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: talcum (page history and authors); talcum (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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