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Cem

Cem

See also: cem, cèm, čem, çem, and Çem

Turkish

Proper noun

Cem

  1. A male given name

cem

cem

See also: Cem, cèm, čem, çem, and Çem

English

Noun

cem (plural cems)

  1. (Britain, colloquial) cemetery

See also


Lojban

Rafsi

cem

  1. rafsi of cecmu.

Portuguese

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

cem m, f

  1. one hundred (100)
    Cem pessoas vieram.
    One hundred people came.

Noun

cem m (plural cem)

  1. a value of one hundred
    Tirei um cem na prova.
    I got a [score of] one hundred on the test.
  2. (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)

  1. room

Declension

Derived terms