humus

Borrowed from Latin humus.

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

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.

• organic matter

• humic acid

• compost
• mulch

Borrowed from Turkish humus or Arabic حُمُّص (ḥummuṣ).

humus (uncountable)

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

• mu shu

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

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

• Audio (Barcelona):

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humus m (uncountable)

1. humus

• húmic

• “humus”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Borrowed from Latin humus.

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

humus m inan

1. humus

• “humus”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “humus”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Borrowed from Latin humus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦy.mʏs/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: hu‧mus
• Homophone: hummus (some speakers)

humus m (uncountable, no diminutive)

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

• humusrijk

Borrowed from Latin humus

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

humus

1. humus

• “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 2 July 2023

• IPA^(key): /y.mys/

• Audio; “l'humus”:

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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humus m (uncountable)

1. humus

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

• umo
• umus

From Latin humus.

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

humus m (invariable)

1. humus

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

• umus
• humum

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”).^[1]

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈhʊ.mʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈuː.mus]

humus f (genitive humī); second declension

1. ground, floor
2. earth, soil

   Synonyms: terra, solum, tellūs

   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.559–560:

     [Triptolemus] prīmus arābit et seret et culta praemia tollet humō

     [Triptolemus] will be the first to plow and sow and take away the rewards from cultivated soil.
     (See Triptolemus, Demophon of Eleusis, and Celeus for the ancient Greek myths about a royal family who are presented as humble country folk in the Fasti.)

Second-declension noun, with locative.

Locative used in the sense "on the ground". Irregular ablative singular humū once used by Varro.

• humilis
• humō

• “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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈxu.mus/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -umus
• Syllabification: hu‧mus

Borrowed from Arabic حمص.

• hummus

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)

Learned borrowing from Latin humus.

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

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

Borrowed from French humus, from Latin humus.

humus n (uncountable)

1. humus (in the soil)

Borrowed from Latin humus.

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

húmus m inan (Cyrillic spelling ху́мус)

1. humus

• IPA^(key): /ˈumus/ [ˈu.mus]
• Rhymes: -umus
• Syllabification: hu‧mus

humus m (plural humus)

1. hummus
2. humus

• “humus”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

humus c

1. humus

• hummus

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

From French humus.

humus (definite accusative humusu, plural humuslar)

1. humus

From Arabic حُمُّص (ḥummuṣ).

humus (definite accusative humusu, plural humuslar)

1. hummus

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