"Sum" meaning in English

See Sum in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Sums [plural]
Etymology: * As a Chinese surname: ** a pronunciation of 沈, see Shen. ** Also Romanized from 岑 (cén) based on the Cantonese pronunciation, see Cen. ** Variant Romanization of 覃, see Tan, Qin. * As a Cambodian/Khmer surname, from the name ស៊ុំ (sum), possibly from the Chinese above. * As a Slovene and Czech surname Šum, from šum (“noise”) or šum (“waterfall”), compare Shum. * As a Jewish surname, from Polish sum (“catfish”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|zh|-}} Chinese, {{der|en|yue|-}} Cantonese, {{der|en|km|-}} Khmer, {{der|en|sl|-}} Slovene, {{der|en|cs|-}} Czech, {{der|en|pl|sum|t=catfish}} Polish sum (“catfish”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|Sums}} Sum (plural Sums)
  1. A surname.

Inflected forms

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