cem
English
Etymology
Shortening.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛm
Noun
cem (plural cems)
- (UK, Australia, colloquial) cemetery
- I'm planning a trip to the cem next week to gather some genealogical information.
See also
Anagrams
Northern Kurdish
Pronunciation
Preposition
cem
Portuguese
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Cardinal: (alone or followed by a noun or higher numeral) cem, (followed by a lower numeral) cento Ordinal: centésimo Ordinal abbreviation: 100.º Multiplier: cêntuplo Fractional: centésimo, cem avos |
Alternative forms
- cento (see usage notes)
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese cen, from cento, from Latin centum, from Proto-Italic *kentom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.
Pronunciation
Adjective
cem m or f
- one hundred (100)
- Cem pessoas vieram.
- One hundred people came.
Noun
cem m (invariable)
- a value of one hundred
- Tirei um cem na prova.
- I got a [score of] one hundred on the test.
- (uncommon) a figure representing one hundred (such as 100 or C)
- Está vendo aquele cem?
- Are you seeing that 100?
Usage notes
- cem is used when standing alone as a numeral:
- cem is used when followed by a noun:
- cem pessoas ― one hundred people
- cem is used when followed by a higher numeral:
- cento is used when followed by a lower numeral:
- cento is used as a noun referring to 100 units of something:
See also
- duzentos m (“two hundred”), duzentas f
- trezentos m (“three hundred”), trezentas f
- quatrocentos m (“four hundred”), quatrocentas f
- quinhentos m (“five hundred”), quinhentas f
- seiscentos m (“six hundred”), seiscentas f
- setecentos m (“seven hundred”), setecentas f
- oitocentos m (“eight hundred”), oitocentas f
- novecentos m (“nine hundred”), novecentas f
Volapük
Pronunciation
Noun
cem (nominative plural cems)
Declension
declension of cem
Derived terms
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