Cum
Pronunciation
Origin 1
From Latin cum ("with").
Full definition of cum
Preposition
- 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, 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, 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
- 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.
Origin 2
Variant of come.