con-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "con"

English

Alternative forms

com-

Etymology 1

From Middle English con-, from Latin con-, from cum (“with”).

Prefix

con-

Unite: to unite into a collection indicated by the root word.
concorporate is united into a single body, conglobulate is to collect together into a globule, conglutination is to glue together into a glutination
Together: the root is done together.
conarticular is that articulates together, conjubilant is rejoicing together, consubsistence is subsistence together
Having commonality, having the same property indicated by the root.
confocal is having the same foci, consimilar is having similarities in common, conterminant is having the same termination
2. Belonging to the same group indicated by the root.
  confamilial is belonging to the same taxonomic family, contypic is relating to the same type, conspecific is relating to the same species
4. Synchronous or simultaneous with the root.
  connascent is born together, concreate is to create at the same time, congeneration is simultaneous generation (as of heat and light from the same action)
6. A fellow kind of the root.
  concitizen is a fellow citizen, condisciple is a fellow disciple, concelebrant is one who concelebrates
To do the root.
convivify is to gain eternal life, confix is to make firm, constrict is to limit or restrict
2. Intensifying the root.
  congenial is very genial, connatural is inherent (very natural), convicinity is immediate vicinity (very close)
Indicating a common origin:
2. Found with. What is found with the root.
  consalazinic acid is a lichen acid found together with salazinic acid, conphaseolin is a protein found with phaseolin, connegative is a verb form used with a negative verb in certain languages
4. From, coming from the root.
  consequence as what comes from the sequence, convicine is a glycoside coming from vicine, connatal is an anomaly present at birth
When one entity is put into another, or one entity affects the other.
conplastic is produced by introducing the genetic material from one strain into the cytoplasm of another; contour is a speech sound which behaves as a single segment, but which makes an internal transition from one quality, place, or manner to another; converb is a verb with a stressed, separable prefix
Mutuality, indicating a reciprocal relationship or influence
confraternization is mutual fraternization, confated is fated with something else, connascence is a relationship between two or more elements of software in which changing one necessitates changing the others in order to maintain overall correctness
To surround or adorn with
constrict is to coil around prey in order to asphyxiate it, constellate is to adorn with constellations
Uniform, or made to be the same as.
concolorate is having a uniform colour

Usage notes

Con- becomes

col- before l: collaborate;

com- before b, m, and p: combat, commit, compel;

cor- before r: correlation;

It can also appear as co- before a vowel: coexistence, cosine.

Synonyms

(together): co-, com-/col-/cor-, syn-/syl-/sym-, inter-

Translations

to add a notion similar to those conveyed by with, together, or joint

Chinese: 並／并 (zh) (bìng)-, 協／协 (zh) (xié)-, 共 (zh) (gòng)-, 同 (zh) (tóng)-
Middle English: con-
Norwegian: kon-
Swedish: kon- (sv)

Etymology 2

Back-formation from conlang, short for "constructed language".

Prefix

con-

attached to certain words to obtain new, informal, subcultural words in which con- conveys a notion of:
2. constructed, artificial
4. hypothetical, fictional
6. related to conlangs, conworlds, etc.

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with con-

terms derived from commonality

terms derived from unite

terms derived from together

terms derived from belonging

terms derived from doing

terms derived from synchronous

terms derived from with

terms derived from internal

terms derived from fellow

terms derived from mutually

terms derived from from

terms derived from intensifying

terms derived from surround

terms derived from uniform

concolorate

Anagrams

CNO, NCO, NOC, OCN, ONC, onc

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin con-. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɔn/
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Prefix

con-

con- (1)

Derived terms

Dutch terms prefixed with con-

French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin con-, from cum (“with”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɔ̃/

Prefix

con-

con-

Usage notes

Behaves as it does in English; see English usage notes.

Gallo

Etymology

From Latin con-, from cum (“with”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Prefix

con-

con- (1)

Synonyms

com-, qem-, qen-

Gaulish

Alternative forms

co-, com-

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kom- (“with, together”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm. Cognate with Old Irish com-, Welsh cyf-, Breton kev- or kem-.

Prefix

con-

con- (1)

Italian

Alternative forms

co-
com-

Etymology

From Latin con-, from cum (“with”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kon/
Hyphenation: con-

Prefix

con-

con- (1)

Latin

Etymology

From the preposition cum (“with”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /kon/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon/,

Prefix

con-

Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
coeō, colloquor, convīvor, etc.: colligō, compōnō, condō, etc.
Used in compounds to indicate the completeness, perfecting of any act, and thus gives intensity to the signification of the simple word
commaculō, commendō, concitō, comminuō, concerpō, concīdō, convellō, etc.

Usage notes

Before vowels and h, the prefix becomes co-, or rarely com-. Excluded are i and u when these represent /j/ and /w/.
Before b, m and p, the prefix becomes com-.
Before l, the prefix becomes col-.
Before r, the prefix becomes cor-.
Before n, the prefix becomes cō- (or remains con-, in Late Latin).
Before original gn, the prefix becomes co- and gn is not reduced to n.

As usual in Latin phonology, the sequences ons and onf are pronounced with nasalised long vowels, and the vowel is written with a macron, i.e. cōnspīrō and cōnferō.