cum

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See also: -cum, cùm, cúm, cụm, and CUM

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 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”, in 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) Semen.
  2. (slang) An ejaculation.
  3. (slang) Female ejaculatory discharge.
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
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Verb[edit]

cum ‎(third-person singular simple present cums, present participle cumming, simple past came or cummed, past participle came or cum or (nonstandard) 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 (w:Oz (TV series)), 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]

Usage notes[edit]

Many style guides and editors recommend the spelling come for verb uses (to orgasm/to ejaculate) while strictly allowing the spelling cum for the noun (semen/female ejaculatory discharge). Both spellings are sometimes found in either the noun or verb sense, however. Others prefer to distinguish in formality, using come for any formal usage and cum only in slang, erotic or pornographic contexts.[1]

Anagrams[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Glossophilia

Aromanian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Vulgar Latin *quomo, from Latin quōmodo.

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. form, shape
  2. compose
  3. devise
  4. invent
  5. 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-Italic *kom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm ‎(“next to, at, with, along”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *ga- ‎(“co-”), Proto-Slavic *sъ(n) ‎(“with”), Persian prefix هم ‎(ham, “co-, same”), Proto-Germanic *hansō. 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]
Derived terms from cum
Descendants[edit]
  • Macanese: co
  • Megleno Romanian: cu
  • Mirandese: cun
  • Neapolitan: cu
  • Old Portuguese: con
  • Piedmontese: cun
  • Portuguese: com
  • Romagnol: cun
  • Romanian: cu
  • Romansch: cun
  • Sardinian: chin, cun
  • Sicilian: cu
  • Spanish: con
  • Venetian: co

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Latin quom, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷóm, accusative of *kʷos, *kʷis. Confer with its feminine form quam, as in num-nam, tum-tam.

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 dependent 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."
Derived terms[edit]
Coordinate terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • (preposition) “cum” in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879.
  • (conjunction) “cum” in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879.

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

Etymology 2[edit]

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Verb[edit]

cum ‎(verbal noun cummey)

  1. plan, devise
  2. fabricate, shape, mould
  3. 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

Old Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Verb[edit]

·cum

  1. third-person singular present subjunctive prototonic of con·icc

Related terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
·cum ·chum ·cum
pronounced with /-ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Portuguese[edit]

Preposition[edit]

cum

  1. (Internet slang) Eye dialect spelling of com.

Quotations[edit]

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:cum.

Rohingya[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Bengali.

Noun[edit]

cum

  1. kiss

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Vulgar Latin *quomo, from Latin quōmodo.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

cum

  1. how
    Cum ți-ar plăcea cafeaua?‎ ― How would you like your coffee?
    Cum se spune acela românește?‎ ― How do you say that 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]

Etymology 1[edit]

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Verb[edit]

cum ‎(past chum, future cumaidh, verbal noun cumail, past participle cumta)

  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]

From Old Irish cummaid ‎(“fashions, shapes, composes, determines; makes, creates, devises”), from cummae ‎(“act of cutting, carving, hacking, destroying, butchering; act of shaping, fashioning, composing”), verbal noun of con·ben.

Verb[edit]

cum ‎(past chum, future cumaidh, verbal noun cumadh, past participle cumta)

  1. shape, form
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