cum

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See also -cum, cùm, cúm, cụm, and CUM

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English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin cum (“with”).

Preposition[edit]

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 Nov/Dec, 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.

Conjunction[edit]

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.
Quotations[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Variant of come.

Noun[edit]

cum (uncountable)

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

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.
  2. (slang) To ejaculate.
    • 1997 July 14, Harold Perrineau as Augustus Hill, “Visits, Conjugal, and Otherwise”, Oz season 1 episode 2:
      I got no sensation down there, so I don't know when I'm hard, I don't know when I cum. My wife's gotta tell me.
Synonyms[edit]

(have an orgasm): climax

Translations[edit]
slang: have an orgasm; ejaculate

Anagrams[edit]

Aromanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Vulgar Latin *quomo, from Latin quomodo.

Adverb[edit]

cum

  1. how

Conjunction[edit]

cum

  1. how

Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish cummaid

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

cum (present analytic cumann, future analytic cumfaidh, verbal noun cumadh, past participle cumtha)

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

Inflection[edit]

First Conjugation (A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present cumaim cumann tú;
cumair†		 cumann sé, sí cumaimid cumann sibh cumann siad;
cumaid†		 a chumann;
a chumas		 cumtar
past chum mé;
chumas		 chum tú;
chumais		 chum sé, sí chumamar;
chum muid		 chum sibh;
chumabhair		 chum siad;
chumadar		 a chum cumadh
past habitual chumainn chumtá chumadh sé, sí chumaimis;
chumadh muid		 chumadh sibh chumaidís;
chumadh siad		 a chumadh chumtaí
future cumfaidh mé;
cumfad		 cumfaidh tú;
cumfair†		 cumfaidh sé, sí cumfaimid;
cumfaidh muid		 cumfaidh sibh cumfaidh siad;
cumfaid†		 a chumfaidh;
a chumfas		 cumfar
conditional chumfainn chumfá chumfadh sé, sí chumfaimis;
chumfadh muid		 chumfadh sibh chumfaidís;
chumfadh siad		 a chumfadh chumfaí
subjunctive present go gcuma mé;
go gcumad†		 go gcuma tú;
go gcumair†		 go gcuma sé, sí go gcumaimid;
go gcuma muid		 go gcuma sibh go gcuma siad;
go gcumaid†		 — go gcumtar
past dá gcumainn dá gcumtá dá gcumadh sé, sí dá gcumaimis;
dá gcumadh muid		 dá gcumadh sibh dá gcumaidís;
dá gcumadh siad		 — dá gcumtaí
imperative cumaim cum cumadh sé, sí cumaimis cumaigí;
cumaidh†		 cumaidís — cumtar
verbal noun cumadh
past participle cumtha

† Dialect form

Mutation[edit]

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.

Latin[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“next to, at, with, along”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐌰- (ga-), Old English ge-, Old High German gi-, Russian ко (ko, “to”), Old High German hansa (“company, host, troop”). More at hanse.

Preposition[edit]

cum (+ ablative)

  1. with
    Titus cum familiā habitat. — "Titus lives with his family."
    magnā cum laude — "with great praise."
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Neapolitan: cu
  • Portuguese: com
  • Romanian: cu
  • Sicilian: cu
  • Spanish: con

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷóm. Cognate with Gothic 𐍈𐌰𐌽 (ƕan).

Alternative forms[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

cum (+ subjunctive)

  1. when
  2. because
  3. although
Usage notes[edit]
  • In the sense of when, if there is no causal link between the verb in the dependant clause and the verb in the main clause (sometimes called an inverted cum-clause, as the 'main action' of the sentence occurs in the dependent clause), the indicative is used rather than the subjunctive.
    per viam ambulābāmus cum pugnam vīdimus. [not *vīderīmus] — "We were walking through the street when we happened to witness a fight."
Related terms[edit]

Lojban[edit]

Rafsi[edit]

cum

  1. rafsi of cumki.

Manx[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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Verb[edit]

cum (verbal noun cummal)

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

Etymology 2[edit]

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Verb[edit]

cum (verbal noun cummey)

  1. to plan, devise
  2. to fabricate, shape, mould
  3. to indite
Mutation[edit]
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.

Old French[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

cum

  1. Alternative form of conme.

Rohingya[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Bengali.

Noun[edit]

cum

  1. kiss

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Vulgar Latin *quomo, from Latin quomodo.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

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.

Conjunction[edit]

cum

  1. how
  2. as, since, because

Scots[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

cum

  1. to come

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA: /kʰuːm/

Etymology 1[edit]

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Verb[edit]

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
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

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Verb[edit]

cum (verbal noun cumadh)

  1. shape, form
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