gummi

• gummie
• gummy

From German Gummi (“brand name of German candy”), from Gummi (“India rubber”).

gummi (countable and uncountable, plural gummis or gummies)

1. A sugary, gelatinous material used to make candies.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:gummi.
2. A candy made of this material.
   1. A cannabis-infused gummi candy.
      • 2025 April 19, Elizabeth Hlavinka, “Couch potatoes no more: Stoners are using cannabis to help them exercise and reach a “runner’s high””, in Salon‎^[1]:

        A year and a half later, Mark, a father of two in his early 40s, ran his first-ever marathon — consuming a couple of gummies along the way.

From Old Danish gumi, borrowed from Late Latin gumma, from Latin cummi, gummi, from Ancient Greek κόμμι (kómmi), from Egyptian qmy (“anointing oil”), qmyt (“acanthus resin, gum”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔmi/, [ˈɡ̊ɔmi]

gummi n or c (singular definite gummiet or gummien)

1. (uncountable) rubber (pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree)
2. (uncountable) gum (sticky substance exuded by certain plants)
3. (informal, countable) rubber (condom) n

• (condom): kondom

• gummi on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

• gummis
• commis
• cummi
• commi

From Ancient Greek κόμμι (kómmi).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɡʊm.mɪ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɡum.mi]

gummi n (indeclinable)

1. alternative form of cummis (“gum”)

• “gummi”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cummi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkumːmiː/

gumˈmi

1. eraser

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

gummi m (definite singular gummien, indefinite plural gummier, definite plural gummiene)

1. rubber
2. gum (e.g. chewing gum)

gummi m (definite singular gummien, indefinite plural gummiar, definite plural gummiane)

1. rubber
2. gum (e.g. chewing gum)

gummi n

1. (uncountable) rubber (an elastic material)
2. (slang) a rubber (condom)

   Synonyms: (neutral) kondom, kådis, pökpåse

3. (Southern) an eraser (something used to remove (pencil) markings)

   Synonyms: suddgummi, radergummi, (dated) kautschuk

• gummiboll (“rubber ball”)
• gummistövel
• vingummi (“wine gum”)

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