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Yes. The word humus is a Scrabble US word. The word humus is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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5-letter words (1 found)

HUMUS,

4-letter words (3 found)

HUMS,MUSH,UMUS,

3-letter words (5 found)

HUM,MUS,SUM,UMS,UMU,

2-letter words (6 found)

HM,MU,SH,UH,UM,US,

You can make 15 words from humus according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of humus

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Definitions and meaning of humus

humus

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin humus.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: hyo͞o'məs, IPA(key): /ˈhjuːməs/
  • Rhymes: -uːməs

Noun

humus (usually uncountable, plural humuses)

  1. A large group of natural organic compounds, found in the soil, formed from the chemical and biological decomposition of plant and animal residues and from the synthetic activity of microorganisms.
Hypernyms
  • organic matter
Meronyms
  • humic acid
Translations

See also

  • compost
  • mulch

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Turkish humus or Arabic حُمُّص (ḥummuṣ).

Noun

humus (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of hummus (“chickpea dip”)

Anagrams

  • mu shu

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin humus (“earth, soil”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈu.mus]

Noun

humus m (plural humusos)

  1. humus

Derived terms

  • húmic

Related terms

Further reading

  • “humus” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin humus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɦumus]
  • Hyphenation: hu‧mus

Noun

humus m inan

  1. humus

Declension

Further reading

  • humus in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • humus in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin humus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɦy.mʏs/
  • Hyphenation: hu‧mus

Noun

humus m (uncountable)

  1. humus (soil organic matter)
  2. (by extension) compost

Derived terms

  • humusrijk

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin humus

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhumus/, [ˈhumus̠]
  • Rhymes: -umus
  • Syllabification(key): hu‧mus

Noun

humus

  1. humus

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “humus”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

French

Pronunciation

Noun

humus m (uncountable)

  1. humus

Further reading

  • “humus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Alternative forms

  • umo
  • umus

Etymology

From Latin humus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈu.mus/
  • Rhymes: -umus
  • Hyphenation: hù‧mus

Noun

humus m (invariable)

  1. humus

Further reading

  • humus in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Alternative forms

  • umus
  • humum

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *homos, from earlier *xomos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰomós, from *dʰéǵʰōm (“earth”), from earlier **dʰéǵʰoms through internal reconstruction. Cognates include Sanskrit क्ष (kṣa), Ancient Greek χθών (khthṓn), and Old Church Slavonic землꙗ (zemlja). Related to homō (“human being, man”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈhu.mus/, [ˈhʊmʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈu.mus/, [ˈuːmus]

Noun

humus f (genitive humī); second declension

  1. ground, floor
  2. earth, soil
    Synonyms: terra, solum, tellūs

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative.

humus is one of a handful of common nouns that take the locative case (humī); other such nouns include domus and rūs. Also, irregular ablative singular humū once used by Varro.

Derived terms

  • humilis
  • humō

Descendants

References

  • “humus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “humus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • humus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxu.mus/
  • Rhymes: -umus
  • Syllabification: hu‧mus

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic حمص.

Alternative forms

  • hummus

Noun

humus m inan

  2. hummus (Levantine Arab dip made of chickpea paste with various additions, such as olive oil, fresh garlic, lemon juice, and tahini, often eaten with pitta bread, or as a meze)
Declension

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin humus.

Noun

humus m inan (related adjective humusowy)

  2. (literary) humus (large group of natural organic compounds, found in the soil, formed from the chemical and biological decomposition of plant and animal residues and from the synthetic activity of microorganisms)
    Synonym: próchnica
Declension

Further reading

  • humus in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • humus in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • humus in PWN's encyclopedia

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French humus, from Latin humus.

Noun

humus n (uncountable)

  1. humus (in the soil)

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin humus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xǔːmus/
  • Hyphenation: hu‧mus

Noun

húmus m (Cyrillic spelling ху́мус)

  1. humus

Declension

Spanish

Noun

humus m (plural humus)

  1. hummus
  2. humus

Further reading

  • “humus”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Noun

humus c

  1. humus

Declension

References

  • humus in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • humus in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • humus in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Turkish

Etymology 1

From French humus.

Noun

humus (definite accusative humusu, plural humuslar)

  1. humus
Declension

Etymology 2

From Arabic حُمُّص (ḥummuṣ).

Noun

humus (definite accusative humusu, plural humuslar)

  1. hummus

References

  • “humus”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

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