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English

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Pronunciation

  • enPR: /kŭm/, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 573: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "/kʌm/" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., Template:SAMPA
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Homophones

Etymology 1

From Template:L. (deprecated template usage) cum.

Preposition

(deprecated template usage) cum

  1. Used in constructions such as: an X-cum-Y to describe something that has two functions, or has been converted from one function to another.
    • a bus-cum-greenhouse—a (probably old) bus that has been converted to a greenhouse
    • 1985, George Bernard Shaw, Collected Letters: 1926-1950, University of California/Viking, 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.
      Note: 1985 is the publication date, but the text was written between 1926 and 1950
  2. Used in English place names to describe combined parishes that function as a single unit.
    • Chorlton-cum-Hardy

Etymology 2

Variant of (deprecated template usage) come.

Noun

cum (uncountable)

  1. Template:slang Male semen.
  2. Template:slang Female ejaculatory discharge.
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