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See also: Appendix:Variations of "com"

English

Alternative forms

Noun

com (plural coms)

  1. Abbreviation of committee.
    Synonyms: cmte, comm
  2. Abbreviation of communication.
    Synonym: comm
  3. Abbreviation of command.
    Synonym: cmd
  4. Abbreviation of comedy.
  5. Abbreviation of company.

Derived terms

Adjective

com

  1. (Internet) Abbreviation of commercial; as in .com (the most known Internet top-level domain).
  2. Abbreviation of common.
    l. com. car. a. ― left common carotid artery

Derived terms

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *quomō, from classical Latin quōmodō. Cognate with Spanish como. See also French comme and Italian come.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Adverb

com

  1. (interrogative) how
  2. like
  3. (in comparisons, tan ... com) as ... as
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Gaulish *kumbos (“curved”). Related to *kumbā (“valley”).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

com m (plural coms)

  1. trough, manger
    Synonym: obi
  2. (geography) a steep-sided glacial valley with a level floor
    Synonym: vall d'obi

Further reading

Chinese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly from clipping of English compromise.

Pronunciation

Verb

com

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to reach consensus; to agree on common terms; to discuss
    • 2014, 嶺南人‎, number 115:
      傾／com庄：商討籌組一支侯選內閣。
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2017, 嶄越報‎, number 24:
      由com莊、nom莊，去到promotion period，經過polling day，再過埋AGM，正式上莊，到依家都差唔多一年，經歷咗好多唔同嘅事 […]
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

Highland Popoluca

Noun

com

  1. pitchfork

Further reading

  • Elson, Benjamin F., Gutiérrez G., Donaciano (1999) Diccionario popoluca de la Sierra, Veracruz (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 41)‎ (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., →ISBN, page 14

Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

com m (genitive singular coim or coma, nominative plural comanna)

  1. Ulster form of coim (“waist”)

Declension

As a first-declension noun:

Declension of com (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative com comanna
vocative a choim a chomanna
genitive coim comanna
dative com comanna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an com na comanna
genitive an choim na gcomanna
dative leis an gcom
don chom 		leis na comanna

As a third-declension noun:

Declension of com (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative com comanna
vocative a chom a chomanna
genitive coma comanna
dative com comanna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an com na comanna
genitive an choma na gcomanna
dative leis an gcom
don chom 		leis na comanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of com
radical lenition eclipsis
com chom gcom

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 24
See also: Appendix:Variations of "com"

Italian

Adverb

com (apocopated)

  1. (obsolete) Apocopic form of come

Conjunction

com (apocopated)

  1. (obsolete) Apocopic form of come

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

    From Proto-Italic *kom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“next to, at, with, along”).

    Preposition

    com

    1. Old Latin form of cum

    References

    • com in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

    Lower Sorbian

    Alternative forms

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    com

    1. first-person singular present of kśěś

    Old English

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    cōm

    1. first/third-person singular past indicative of cuman

    Old Occitan

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    From Vulgar Latin *quomo, from classical Latin quomōdo. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French con, cum, etc.

    Conjunction

    com

    1. like; as

    Adverb

    com

    1. how (in what fashion)

    References

    Portuguese

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese con, from Latin cum (“with”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“next to, at, with, along”). Compare Fala and Galician con and Spanish con.

    Pronunciation

    • Rhymes: -õ
    • Hyphenation: com

    Preposition

    com

    2. with; against
      Synonym: contra
      Antonym: a favor de
      Lutamos com os nossos inimigos.
      We fight our enemies.
    4. with; alongside; together with (in the company of)
      Synonyms: junto de, junto com, ao lado de
      Lutamos com os nossos amigos.
      We fight alongside our friends.
    6. with (as a part or accessory of)
      Antonym: sem
      Compramos uma casa com uma garagem e com dois andares.
      We bought a house with a garage and with two storeys.
    8. with (in support of)
      Synonym: a favor de
      Antonym: contra
      Quero saber se meus amigos estão comigo.
      I want to know whether my friend are with me.
    10. with; using (by means of)
      Synonyms: a, usando
      Antonym: sem
      Escrevi o artigo com um lápis.
      I wrote the article with a pencil.
    12. with (as a consequence of)
      Synonyms: por causa de, devido a
      Com a falência da fábrica, ficamos desempregados.
      With the bankruptcy of the factory, we ended up unemployed.
    14. with; having
      Synonym: tendo
      Antonym: sem
      Estou com a pior dor de cabeça que o mundo já viu.
      I have the worst headache the world has ever seen.

    Usage notes

    The following com + prepositional pronoun phrases have mandatory contractions:

    The following are mandatory except when the phrase is qualified by an adjective phrase, such as mesmos or todos:

    Com + article contraction are colloquial, but are common in speech:

    Quotations

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:com.

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Guinea-Bissau Creole: ku
    • Kabuverdianu: ku
    • Macanese: co
    • Papiamentu: ku, cu

    Scottish Gaelic

    Etymology

    From Old Irish comm.[1] Cognate with Irish coim.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    com m (genitive singular cuim, plural cuim)

    1. bosom, breast, chest
    2. trunk (body)
    3. stomach

    Derived terms

    Mutation

    Mutation of com
    radical lenition
    com chom

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

    References

    1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 coim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
    2. ^ Faclair.com

    Wari'

    Pronunciation

    • (Oro Naoʼ, Oro Mon) IPA(key): /kom/

    Noun

    com n

    1. water

    References

    • Everett, Daniel, Kern, Barbara (1997) Wari': the Pacaas Novos language of western Brazil, London: Routledge.
    • Sousa, Maria de Fátima Lima de (2009) Dicionário da Língua Wari’ dialeto Oro Mon – Português [Dictionary of the Wari' Language, Oro Mon Dialect]‎ (in Portuguese), Guajará-Mirim: Fundação Universidade Federal de Rondônia-UNIR, page 74.

    Zazaki

    Etymology

    Related to Persian جام (jâm).

    Noun

    com

    1. glass
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