different between cute vs cume
cute
English
Etymology
Aphetic form of acute, originally “keenly perceptive or discerning, shrewd” (1731). Meaning transferred to “pretty, fetching” by US students (slang) c.1834. Meaning drifted further to describe the pleasing attraction to features usually possessed by the young.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kju?t/
- Rhymes: -u?t
Adjective
cute (comparative cuter, superlative cutest)
- Possessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals; e.g. fair, dainty, round, and soft physical features, disproportionately large eyes and head, playfulness, fragility, helplessness, curiosity or shyness, innocence, affectionate behavior.
- Generally, attractive or pleasing, especially in a youthful, dainty, quaint or fun-spirited way.
- Sexually attractive or pleasing; gorgeous.
- Affected or contrived to charm; mincingly clever; precious; cutesy.
- Mentally keen or discerning (See also acute)
- Synonyms: clever, shrewd
- ca. 1850. Anonymous, "Turpin Hero" (broadside ballad, probably originally dating to 18th century)
- Then Turpin being so very cute,
- He hid his money in his boot.
- (especially mathematics) Evincing cleverness; surprising in its elegance or unconventionality (but of limited importance).
Usage notes
Though all the above usages are understood outside US & Canada, they are rarely used spontaneously except to characterise or parody American usage.
Synonyms
- (having features mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals): endearing
- (attractive or pleasing in a youthful, dainty, quaint or fun-spirited way): pretty
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Dutch: kjoet
Translations
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from English cute.
Adjective
cute
- (youthful) cute, adorable
- 2010, Kirsten Sonne Harild, Pony & Co. 4 - Lises forvandling, Gyldendal A/S (?ISBN)
- „De er sådan lidt tegneserieagtige, ikke? Ligesom shetlændere. Cute.
- 2010, Jesper Staunstrup, At være fremmed..., BoD – Books on Demand (?ISBN), page 187
- Dyret er altså bare ikke cute... Det er en stor rottelignende dræber, der er altædende.
- 2010, Kirsten Sonne Harild, Pony & Co. 4 - Lises forvandling, Gyldendal A/S (?ISBN)
- (youthful) sweet, attractive (of a person, especially a prospective partner)
- 2012, Hanne-Vibeke Holst, Hjertets renhed, Gyldendal A/S (?ISBN)
- Han er cute. Frederik var rimelig cute.
- 2014, Ina Bruhn, Maja og Dancer: Hestene på Ponygården 3, Rosinante & Co (?ISBN)
- Han hedder Elvin. Er det ikke et totalt cute navn?
- 2014, Dennis Jürgensen, Hår(d), Tellerup A/S (?ISBN)
- Hun var cute, det var hun faktisk, og jeg prøvede desperat ikke at tænke på min isse.
- 2013, Anders Haahr Rasmussen, Modellen: #dayinthelife, Art People (?ISBN)
- Josephine Skriver har tidligere haft problemer med sit runde, cute ansigt og har det for så vidt stadigvæk.
- 2012, Hanne-Vibeke Holst, Hjertets renhed, Gyldendal A/S (?ISBN)
Synonyms
- (adorable): nuttet, kær
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cutis.
Noun
cute f (plural cuti)
- (anatomy) Cutis, skin (of a person)
- Synonym: pelle
Derived terms
- cutaneo
Latin
Noun
cute
- ablative singular of cutis
Middle English
Noun
cute
- Alternative form of cote (“coot”)
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin c?tem, accusative of c?s. The expected result would have been *coate in Romanian, but may have been influenced by cu?it and ascu?i.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ku.te/
- Rhymes: -ute
- Hyphenation: cu?te
Noun
cute f (plural cute)
- whetstone
Synonyms
- gresie
References
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- what cute animal are you
- what cute means
- what cute dogs don't shed
- what cute names to call a girl
- what cute boy names
- what cute baby animal are you
- what cute colors go together
- what cute animals are endangered
cume
English
Etymology
From cumulative; compare cumulate.
Verb
cume (third-person singular simple present cumes, present participle cuming, simple past and past participle cumed)
- (film) Earn cumulatively at the box office.
- 2014, Brian Brooks, Deadline Hollywood, “Godard’s ‘Goodbye To Language’ Says Hello To Weekend’s Best Specialty Box Office”, November 2, 2014:
- Despite the exhibitor complications, Goodbye To Language has already surpassed Godard’s most recent previous project, Film Socialisme, which cumed about $33K in the U.S in its 2011 release.
- 2014, Brian Brooks, Deadline Hollywood, “Godard’s ‘Goodbye To Language’ Says Hello To Weekend’s Best Specialty Box Office”, November 2, 2014:
Usage notes
Particularly in past or perfect forms, as “cumed” or “has cumed”, since “cumulative box office receipts” is primarily a backwards-looking concept.
Noun
cume (plural cumes)
- (film) Cumulative box office receipts.
- 2014, Justin Chang, Variety, “Why Godard’s ‘Goodbye to Language’ Demands a Wider 3D Release”, November 4, 2014:
- With a cume so far of more than $38,000, the film has already outgrossed Godard’s previous feature, “Film socialisme” (2010), despite having opened on far fewer screens.
- 2017, Mark Hughes, "'Wonder Woman' Has All-Time 4th-Best Third Weekend For Superhero Movie"
- Taking into account the fact Wonder Woman opened lower than those other releases, these holds and its eventual $560-570+ million global cume after close of business Friday now all but assure Gal Gadot's Amazon princess will indeed finish its run north of $700 million.
- 2014, Justin Chang, Variety, “Why Godard’s ‘Goodbye to Language’ Demands a Wider 3D Release”, November 4, 2014:
- (radio, television) Cumulative audience.
- 2011, Gary Dahl, Advertising For Dummies
- If a particular station has a cume of 250,000, but most listeners are women and only a very few are within your target demo, then this 250,000 figure doesn't help you.
- 2011, Gary Dahl, Advertising For Dummies
- (education) Cumulative grade point average.
- 1965, Matt Fichtenbaum and Dan Murphy, “The Institute Screw” in The Broadside of Boston, vol. III, No. 22:
- 1965, Matt Fichtenbaum and Dan Murphy, “The Institute Screw” in The Broadside of Boston, vol. III, No. 22:
Adjective
cume (not comparable)
- (film) Cumulative.
- 1988, Hugh Malcolm Beville, Audience Ratings: Radio, Television, and Cable
- Cume ratings provide measures of net unduplicated audience for various combinations...
- 2016, Alan B. Albarran, Management of Electronic and Digital Media
- Cume persons represent a radio station's cumulative audience, or the estimated number of individuals reached by a radio station.
- 1988, Hugh Malcolm Beville, Audience Ratings: Radio, Television, and Cable
See also
- box office
Anagrams
- muce
Galician
Alternative forms
- crume
Etymology
15th century. From Latin culmen, from Proto-Indo-European *kelH-. Cognate with Portuguese cume and Spanish cumbre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kume?/
Noun
cume m (plural cumes)
- mountain top, summit
- Synonym: cumio
- ridge, roof top
- 1433, Rodríguez González, Ángel / José Armas Castro (eds.), Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 63:
- a qual casa se ten por parede con outra casa de Juan Peres, notario da dita villa, de h?a parte, da outra parta se ten por cume et tavoado con outra mia casa
- the aforementioned house is next to the wall of another one that belongs to Juan Perez, notary of this town, in one side, and in the other is touching, by the ridge and the wooden wall, with another house of my property
- a qual casa se ten por parede con outra casa de Juan Peres, notario da dita villa, de h?a parte, da outra parta se ten por cume et tavoado con outra mia casa
- Synonyms: cima, cumio
- 1433, Rodríguez González, Ángel / José Armas Castro (eds.), Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 63:
- ridge board
- 1457, Tato Plaza, Fernando R. (ed.) (1999): Libro de notas de Álvaro Pérez, notario da Terra de Rianxo e Postmarcos. Santiago: Concello da Cultura Galega (Ponencia de Lingua)., page 185:
- Jtem diso máis que leuara de dentro da grãja de Saar, estando presente Martj?n de Dorrõ, h?u cume de castaño de des cóuodos, pouco máis o menos
- Item, he said more, that he had taken from the inside of the farm of Sar, in the presence of Martín de Dorrón, a chestnut ridge board, of some ten cubits long, give or take
- Jtem diso máis que leuara de dentro da grãja de Saar, estando presente Martj?n de Dorrõ, h?u cume de castaño de des cóuodos, pouco máis o menos
- Synonyms: crucel, cumio
- 1457, Tato Plaza, Fernando R. (ed.) (1999): Libro de notas de Álvaro Pérez, notario da Terra de Rianxo e Postmarcos. Santiago: Concello da Cultura Galega (Ponencia de Lingua)., page 185:
- top position
- Synonyms: cima, cúspide
- summit (gathering of leathers, etc)
- Synonym: cumio
Derived terms
- cumial
- cumieira
- cumio
Related terms
- culminar
References
- “cume” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “cume” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “cume” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “cume” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “cume” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Istriot
Alternative forms
- coûme
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *quomo (from Latin quom?do) + et. Compare Italian come, French comme, Romanian cum.
Adverb
cume
- how
- 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 99:
- Cume li va puleîto in alto mare!
- How they row well on the high seas!
- Cume li va puleîto in alto mare!
- 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 99:
See also
- cumo
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *k?mo, from Proto-Germanic *k?mô.
Adverb
cume
- barely, only just
- almost, nearly
Descendants
- Dutch: kuim
- Limburgish: koem, koum (from German?)
Further reading
- “cume”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “cume”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN
Old English
Verb
cume
- inflection of cuman:
- subjunctive present singular
- imperative singular
Old French
Conjunction
cume
- Alternative form of conme
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese, from Latin culmen, from Proto-Italic *kolamen, from Proto-Indo-European *kelH-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kum?/
Noun
cume m (plural cumes)
- peak, the highest point of a mountain.
- Synonyms: cimo, sumo
Derived terms
- cumeeira
Related terms
- culminar