cem

See also: Cem, cèm, čem, çem, and Çem

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɛm

Noun

cem (plural cems)

(Britain, colloquial) cemetery

Anagrams

CME, ECM, E=mc², mec

Kurdish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛm/

Preposition

cem

next to

Portuguese

**Portuguese cardinal numbers**
< 99	100	101 >
Cardinal : cem Ordinal : centésimo
Portuguese Wikipedia article on cem

Alternative forms

cento (see usage notes)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese cen, from cento, from Latin centum, from Proto-Italic *kentom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.

Pronunciation

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐ̃j̃/, /ˈsẽj̃/
(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsẽj̃/
Homophone: sem

Adjective

cem m, f

one hundred (100)

Cem pessoas vieram.
One hundred people came.

Noun

cem m (plural cem)

a value of one hundred

Tirei um cem na prova.
I got a [score of] one hundred on the test.
(uncommon) a figure representing one hundred (such as 100 or C)

Está vendo aquele cem?
Are you seeing that 100?

Usage notes

As a numeral, cem is only used for adjectival 100. For the corresponding noun (100 units of something), and for compounds (101, 102, etc.) cento is used instead.

Volapük

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʃem/

Noun

cem (plural cems)

room

Declension

declension of cem

	singular	plural
nominative	cem	cems
genitive	cema	cemas
dative	ceme	cemes
accusative	cemi	cemis
predicative	cemu	cemus
vocative	o cem!	o cems!

Derived terms

fidacem

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