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.
    • 2001,, David Sachs, “LET THEM EAT BITS”, American Spectator, volume 34, number 8, page 78: 
      The banner shows a yellowed silhouette of a boy (possibly Calvin, of Calvin & Hobbes) urinating on an EU flag. Sites such as this show the full power of the Internet as a propaganda medium cum travel service cum organizing tool. Oh, and nightlife directory.

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cum

  1. Used in indicating a thing with two or more roles, functions, or natures, or a thing that has changed from one to another.
    But instead of being a salesperson cum barista cum waitress merely serving the wordsmiths, I'm one of them, reading her latest baby out loud.
[edit] Quotations

[edit] Etymology 2

Variant of come.

[edit] Noun

cum (uncountable)

  1. (slang) Male semen.
  2. (slang) Female ejaculatory discharge.
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[edit] Translations
slang: male semen
slang: female ejaculatory discharge
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[edit] Verb

cum (third-person singular simple present cums, present participle cumming, simple past came, or less commonly: cummed, past participle came, cum, or uncommonly: cummed)

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

[edit] Translations
slang: have an orgasm; ejaculate

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[edit] Anglo-Norman

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cum

  1. as
  2. like

[edit] Aromanian

[edit] Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *quomo, from Latin quomodo.

[edit] Adverb

cum

  1. how

[edit] Conjunction

cum

  1. how

[edit] Irish

[edit] Etymology

From Old Irish cummaid

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[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] Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kom (“next to, at, with, along”). Cognate with German ge- (“with”, collective prefix) and gegen (“toward, against”), English gain-, Russian ко (ko, “to”).

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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.

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[edit] Descendants

  • Neapolitan: cu
  • Portuguese: com
  • Romanian: cu
  • Sicilian: cu
  • Spanish: con

[edit] Lojban

[edit] Rafsi

cum

  1. Rafsi of cumki.

[edit] Manx

[edit] Verb

cum (verbal noun cummal)

  1. to grip, hold
  2. to keep, arrest, retain
  3. to contain
  4. to live, inhabit
  5. to celebrate

[edit] Mutation

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

[edit] Old French

[edit] Conjunction

cum

  1. Alternative form of conme.

[edit] Rohingya

[edit] Etymology

From Bengali.

[edit] Noun

cum

  1. kiss

[edit] Romanian

[edit] Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *quomo, from Latin quomodo.

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Adverb

cum

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

[edit] Conjunction

cum

  1. how
  2. as, since, because

[edit] Scots

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Verb

cum

  1. to come

[edit] Scottish Gaelic

[edit] Alternative forms

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /kʰuːm/

[edit] Etymology 1

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[edit] Verb

cum (verbal noun cumail)

  1. keep, hold
    cùm seo dhomhsa gu Dihaoine - keep this for me till Friday
    chùm i an taigh glan - she kept the house clean
    cha do chùm e ris a’ bhargan - he didn’t keep [his part of] the bargain
  2. keep, continue
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[edit] Etymology 2

EB1911 - Volume 01 - Page 001 - 1.svg This entry lacks etymological information. If you are familiar with the origin of this word, please add it to the page as described here.

[edit] Verb

cum (verbal noun cumadh)

  1. shape, form
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