cum

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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Etymology 1

From Latin cum (“‘with’”).

[edit] Preposition

cum

  1. Used in indicating a thing with two roles, functions, or natures, or a thing that has changed from one to another.
    He built a bus-cum-greenhouse (= he converted a bus to a greenhouse) that made a bold statement, but the plants in it didn't live very long.
    • p. 1926, a. 1950, George Bernard Shaw, Collected Letters: 1926-1950,[1] University of California/Viking (1985), page 31,
      He is too good an actor to need that sort of tomfoolery: the effect will be far better if he is a credible mining camp elder-cum-publican.

[edit] Etymology 2

Variant of come.

[edit] Noun

Singular
cum

Plural
uncountable

cum (uncountable)

  1. (slang) Male semen.
  2. (slang) Female ejaculatory discharge.

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Translations
male semen
female ejaculatory discharge
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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to cum

Third person singular
cums

Simple past
came or cummed

Past participle
came, cum or cummed

Present participle
cumming

to cum (third-person singular simple present cums, present participle cumming, simple past came or cummed, past participle came, cum or cummed)

  1. (slang) To have an orgasm; to ejaculate or to feel the sensation of an orgasm.

[edit] Translations
to have an orgasm; to ejaculate

[edit] Irish

[edit] Etymology

From Old Irish cummaid

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Verb

cum

  1. to form, shape
  2. to compose
  3. to devise
  4. to invent
  5. to limit, ration

[edit] Inflection

First Conjugation (A)
singular plural autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present cumaim cumann tú;
cumair†		 cumann sé, sí cumaimid cumann sibh cumann siad;
cumaid†		 cumtar
past chum mé;
chumas†		 chum tú;
chumais†		 chum sé, sí chumamar chum sibh;
chumabhair†		 chum siad;
chumadar†		 cumadh
future cumfaidh mé;
cumfad†		 cumfaidh tú;
cumfair†		 cumfaidh sé, sí cumfaimid;
cumfam†		 cumfaidh sibh cumfaidh siad;
cumfaid†		 cumfar
past habitual chumainn chumtá chumadh sé, sí chumaimis chumadh sibh chumaidís chumtaí
imperative cumaim cum cumadh sé, sí cumaimis cumaigí cumaidís cumtar
conditional chumfainn chumfá chumfadh sé, sí chumfaimis chumfadh sibh chumfaidís chumfaí
subjunctive present cuma mé;
cumad†		 cuma tú;
cumair†		 cuma sé, sí cumaimid cuma sibh cuma siad;
cumaid†		 cumtar
past cumainn cumtá cumadh sé, sí cumaimis cumadh sibh cumaidís cumtaí
verbal noun cumadh
past participle cumtha

† Dialect form

[edit] Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cum chum gcum
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

[edit] Latin

[edit] Conjunction

cum (+ subjunctive)

  1. when
  2. because
  3. although

[edit] Usage notes

  • As a conjunction, certain authors spell cum as quum.

[edit] Preposition

cum (+ ablative)

  1. with
    Titus cum familiā habitat. — "Titus lives with his family."
    magna cum laude — "with great praise."

[edit] Usage notes

  • As a preposition, Latin cum governs the ablative case.

[edit] Derived terms


[edit] Rohingya

[edit] Etymology

From Bengali.

[edit] Noun

cum

  1. kiss

[edit] Romanian

[edit] Etymology

Latin quomodo.

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Adverb

cum

  1. how
    Cum ţi-ar plăcea cafeaua?
    How would you like your coffee?
    Nu ştiu cum să spun "how" în româneşte
    I don't know how to say "how" in Romanian.

[edit] Scots

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Verb

cum

  1. to come

[edit] Scottish Gaelic

[edit] Alternative forms

[edit] Verb

cum (present participle form cumail or cumadh)

  1. to keep, hold (present participle form cumail)
  2. to keep, continue (present participle form cumail)
  3. to shape, form (present participle form cumadh)
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