cum

See also -cum, cùm, cúm, cụm, and CUM

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Latin cum (“with”).

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 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

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

Etymology 2

Variant of come.

Noun

cum (uncountable)

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

(have an orgasm): climax

Translations
slang: have an orgasm; ejaculate

Anagrams

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Aromanian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *quomo, from Latin quomodo.

Adverb

cum

  1. how

Conjunction

cum

  1. how
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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cummaid

Pronunciation

Verb

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

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

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.
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Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

cum (+ ablative)

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

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

Conjunction

cum (+ subjunctive)

  1. when
  2. because
  3. although
Usage notes
  • 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
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Lojban

Rafsi

cum

  1. rafsi of cumki.
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Manx

Etymology 1

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Verb

cum (verbal noun cummal)

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

Etymology 2

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Verb

cum (verbal noun cummey)

  1. to plan, devise
  2. to fabricate, shape, mould
  3. to indite
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.
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Old French

Conjunction

cum

  1. Alternative form of conme.
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Rohingya

Etymology

From Bengali.

Noun

cum

  1. kiss
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Romanian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *quomo, from Latin quomodo.

Pronunciation

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.

Conjunction

cum

  1. how
  2. as, since, because
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Scots

Pronunciation

Verb

cum

  1. to come
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Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /kʰuːm/

Etymology 1

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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
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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Verb

cum (verbal noun cumadh)

  1. shape, form
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