came

See also camé

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /keɪm/, X-SAMPA: /keIm/

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• Rhymes: -eɪm

Etymology 1

Verb

came

1. Simple past of come.
2. Simple past of cum.

Translations

simple past of come

• Arabic: جاء (ar) (dʒa') m, اتى (ar) (ata) m

  Egyptian Arabic: جيه (ge) m

• Italian: venuto (it) m

• Macedonian: дојде (mk) (dójde)
• Scottish Gaelic: thàinig (gd)

simple past of cum

• Macedonian: сврши (mk) (sv'rši)

Etymology 2

Compare Scots came (“comb”), caim (“comb”), and Middle English camet (“silver”).

Noun

came (plural cames)

1. A grooved strip of lead used to hold panes of glass together.

Translations

A grooved strip of lead

• French: plomb (fr) m

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: those · own · old · #106: came · men · come · without

Anagrams

• acme, ACME, ECMA, eMac, EMAC, mace, Mace

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French

Verb

came

1. first-person singular present indicative of camer
2. third-person singular present indicative of camer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of camer
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of camer
5. second-person singular imperative of camer

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Latin

Noun

cāme

1. vocative singular of cāmus