cum

¹

[ koom, kuhm ]

preposition

1. with; combined with; along with (usually used in combination):

   My garage-cum-workshop is well equipped.

cum

²

[ kuhm ]

noun

, Slang: Vulgar.

1. come ( def 24 ).

cum.

³

abbreviation for

1. cumulative.

cum

¹

/ kʌm /

noun

1. taboo.
   a variant spelling of come

verb

1. a variant spelling of come

cum

²

/ kʌm /

preposition

1. used between two nouns to designate an object of a combined nature

   a kitchen-cum-dining room

Word History and Origins

Origin of cum¹

First recorded in 1580–90; from Latin: “with, together with” (preposition); com- ( def )

Word History and Origins

Origin of cum¹

Latin: with, together with, along with

Example Sentences

Trotter graduated magna cum laude from Harvard and became the first black man named to Phi Beta Kappa.

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She graduated from her undergraduate program magna cum laude.

From The Daily Beast

The art studio-cum-propaganda factory is taking international orders.

From The Daily Beast

After discovering a trove of unknown photographs at an auction, John Maloof set about exposing the nanny-cum-artist who took them.

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And at the center of it all: a striking blond cheerleader-cum-schoolteacher.

From The Daily Beast

Baptismum accipiebant velut sacrum aliquod signum similitudinis & confœderationis cum Gallis.

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Habet Rimbegui ostia sua sub gradu quadragesimo tertio cum besse.

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In hoc Isthmo portus regalis est, vbi nunc degimus, ad gradum latitudinis quadragesimum quartum cum besse.

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Reliqui quatuor in firmam iam videntur cum ijs amicitiam & csuetudinem coaluisse.

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Mortuorum ita cum corpore sepeliunt memoriam, vt ne nomen quidem deinceps audire sustineant.

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