écuménicité, n.f. V. œcuménicité.
écuménique, adj. V. œcuménique.
écuméniquement, adv. V. œcuméniquement.
écumer, v.n., to foam, to froth. La mer écume; the sea foams. Il écumait de rage; he was foaming with rage.
écumer, v.a., to skim; to pick up; to gather, to collect, rake up. — le pot; to skim the pot. — les marmites; to be a sponger. — les mers; to scour the seas.
écumeur, n.m., skimmer, collector; parasite, plagiarist. — de marmites; sponger, hanger-on. — de mer; sea-robber, sea-rover.
écumeu-x, -se, adj., frothy, foaming.
écumoire, n.f., skimmer, scummer.
écurage, n.m., scouring, cleaning.
écurer, v.a., to scour, to cleanse. — de la vaisselle; to scour dishes.