came

English Online Dictionary. What means came‎? What does came mean?

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /keɪm/, [kʰeɪ̯m]
• (Canada) IPA^(key): [kʰeːm]
  • (Ottawa Valley) IPA^(key): [keːm], [kɛːm]
• Rhymes: -eɪm

Etymology 1

See come.

Verb

came

1. simple past of come
2. (colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of come
3. simple past of cum

Preposition

came

1. Used to indicate that the following event, period, or change in state occurred in the past, after a time of waiting, enduring, or anticipation

Synonyms

• (following event etc, in the past after waiting): by, when [event, period, change in state] came/arrived

See also

• come (preposition)

Etymology 2

Attested from the 17th century, of unknown origin. Possibly from kame (“a ridge”). Compare Scots came (“comb”), Scots kame (“combing; a ridge”), and Middle English camet (“silver”).

Noun

came (plural cames)

1. A grooved strip of metal, traditionally usually lead or brass and today sometimes stainless steel, used to hold panes of glass together in glazing.

Translations

References

Further reading

• “came”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• ACME, Acme, ECMA, EMAC, Mace, Mače, acme, eMac, mace

French

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch kam (“cog of a wheel; originally, comb”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kam/

Noun

came f (plural cames)

1. cam (part of engine)

Derived terms

• arbre à cames

Descendants

• → Romanian: camă

Etymology 2

Clipping of camelote.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.mø/

Noun

came f (plural cames)

1. stuff, trinket
2. “stuff”, drug

Derived terms

• camer

Etymology 3

Inflected form of camer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kam/

Verb

came

1. inflection of camer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “came”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Noun

cāme

1. vocative singular of cāmus

Northern Kurdish

Noun

came ?

1. dress, clothing, garment

Derived terms

• camedank

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kamm.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ca‧me

Noun

came m (plural cames)

1. cam

   Synonym: camo

Further reading

• “came”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Scots

Etymology

From Northern Middle English cambe (“comb”).

Noun

came (plural cames)

1. alternative spelling of kame (“an act of combing; a steep-sided hill or ridge”)
2. (archaic) a comb (toothed instrument for grooming hair or separating wool fibers)
3. (archaic) a crest or comb of a bird
4. (archaic) honeycomb

References