adj · name · noun · prep · verb · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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/kʌm/
kŭm
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rhymes with -ʌm
homophone: come
/kʊm/
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rhymes with -ʊm
CMU ARPABET:K AH1 M
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Clipping of cumulative.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
11
noun
Meaning 11
the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: semen, seed, seminal fluid, ejaculate, come
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: liquid body substance, bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, humour
Narrower terms: milt
History
Etymology
An acronym of Canada, United States, and Mexico; sequenced north to south and humorously made to spell out "cum."
Variant of come, attested (in the basic sense "come, move from further to nearer, arrive") since Old English. The sexual sense of come is attested since the 1650s. In this sense and spelling, attested from 1970s.
Learned borrowing from Latin cum (“with”).
Across languages
Translations
198 source translations are retained for this English entry.