cem

Shortening.

• Rhymes: -ɛm

cem (plural cems)

1. (Britain, Australia, colloquial) cemetery

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

• crem

• CME, ECM, E=mc², mec

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛm/

cem

1. next to

• cento (see usage notes)

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

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

cem m or f

1. one hundred (100)

   Cem pessoas vieram.

   One hundred people came.

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?

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.

• IPA^(key): /tʃem/

cem (plural cems)

1. room

• fidacem