cem

Shortening.

• Rhymes: -ɛm

cem (plural cems)

1. (UK, Australia, colloquial) cemetery

   I'm planning a trip to the cem next week to gather some genealogical information.

• crem

• MEC, E=mc², mec, EMC, MCE, CME, ECM

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɛm/

cem

1. next to

• cento (see usage notes)

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

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽj̃, (Portugal) -ɐ̃j̃
• Homophone: sem
• Hyphenation: cem

cem m or f

1. one hundred (100)

   Vieram cem pessoas.

   One hundred people came.

cem m (invariable)

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?

• cem is used when standing alone as a numeral:

  de um até cem ― from one to one hundred

• cem is used when followed by a noun:

  cem pessoas ― one hundred people

• cem is used when followed by a higher numeral:

  cem mil ― one hundred thousand

  cem milhões ― one hundred million

• cento is used when followed by a lower numeral:

  cento e duas pessoas ― one hundred and two people

• cento is used as a noun referring to 100 units of something:

  dois centos de maçãs ― two hundred apples (literally, “two hundred units of apples”)

• duzentos m (“two hundred”), duzentas f
• trezentos m (“three hundred”), trezentas f
• quatrocentos m (“four hundred”), quatrocentas f
• quinhentos m (“five hundred”), quinhentas f
• seiscentos m (“six hundred”), seiscentas f
• setecentos m (“seven hundred”), setecentas f
• oitocentos m (“eight hundred”), oitocentas f
• novecentos m (“nine hundred”), novecentas f

• IPA^(key): /tʃem/

cem (nominative plural cems)

1. room

• fidacem

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ce˩̰/

cem

1. to scold; to curse; to revile