Polyglot Dictionary

fuligem

/fuˈliʒẽj/

a noun C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as fuligens

Meaning

  1. soot

    • Havia fuligem na chaminé.

      There was soot in the chimney.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

hollín

hollín is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "soot."

Practice

1 What does fuligem mean?

2 Fill the gap: Havia ___ na chaminé.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches fuligem?

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