Meaning

1 senses

  1. To perfume with talcum powder.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Diamond is the hardest mineral, talcum is the softest.

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  2. Some mothers still use talcum powder when they change their baby's diaper.

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Origin

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

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

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Forms

talcums, talcuming, talcumed, talcumed
Base formtalcum · to talcum
3rd person singulartalcums
Present participletalcuming
Past simpletalcumed
Past participletalcumed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytalcum
he, she, ittalcums

Past simpleLesson

all personstalcumed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave talcumed
he, she, ithas talcumed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill talcum

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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