com

See also: Appendix:Variations of "com"

Alternative forms

com., COM, COM.

Noun

com (plural coms)

Abbreviation of committee.
Synonyms: cmte, comm
Abbreviation of communication.
Synonym: comm
Abbreviation of command.
Synonym: cmd
Abbreviation of comedy.
Abbreviation of company.

Derived terms

Adjective

com

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

Derived terms

dot-com

Anagrams

CMO, MCO, MOC, OMC, moc

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Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

còm (obsolete)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈkɔm]

IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈkom]
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Adverb

com

(interrogative) how
like
(in comparisons, tan ... com) as ... as

Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

cóm (pre-2016 spelling)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkom]

Noun

com m (plural coms)

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

Related terms

coma

Alternative forms

襟 (kam¹)

Etymology

Possibly from clipping of English compromise.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): kam¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kam¹
  - Yale: kām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: kem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐm⁵⁵/

Verb

com

(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

com莊 / com庄

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Noun

com

pitchfork

Pronunciation

(Ulster) IPA^(key): /kʌmˠ/^[1]

Noun

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

Ulster form of coim (“waist”)

Declension

As a first-declension noun:

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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

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As a third-declension noun:

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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

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Mutation

More information radical, lenition ...

Mutated forms of *com*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
com	chom	gcom

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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"

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Adverb

com (apocopated)

(obsolete) Apocopic form of come

Conjunction

com (apocopated)

(obsolete) Apocopic form of come

Anagrams

OMC

Etymology

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

Preposition

com

Old Latin form of cum

References

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

Alternative forms

cu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [t͡sɔm]

Verb

com

first-person singular present of kśěś

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /koːm/

Verb

cōm

first/third-person singular past indicative of cuman

Alternative forms

con
cum

Etymology

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

Conjunction

com

like; as

Adverb

com

how (in what fashion)
- 12th century, Bernard de Ventadour, E mainh genh se volv e's vira
  No sai com me contenha
  I don't know how to act

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “quomodo”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 1542

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

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ/, /kũ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ/

Rhymes: -õ
Hyphenation: com

Preposition

com

with; against
Synonym: contra

Antonym: a favor de

Lutamos com os nossos inimigos.
We fight [against] our enemies.
- 2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 282:
  Tenho coisas mais importantes a discutir com você hoje à noite.
  I have more important things to discuss with you tonight.
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.
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.
with (in support of)
Synonym: a favor de

Antonym: contra

Quero saber se meus amigos estão comigo.
I want to know whether my friends are with me.
with; using (by means of)
Synonyms: a, usando

Antonym: sem

Escrevi o artigo com um lápis.
I wrote the article with a pencil.
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.
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:

com + mim → comigo
com + ti → contigo
com + si → consigo

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

com + nós → connosco (Portugal), conosco (Brazil)
com + vós → convosco

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

com + o → co
com + os → cos
com + a → ca
com + as → cas
com + um → cum
com + uns → cuns
com + uma → cuma
com + umas → cumas

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:com.

Derived terms

ca (nonstandard, com + a)
co (nonstandard, com + o)
comigo
conosco
consigo
contigo
convosco

Descendants

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kʰɔum/^[2]

Noun

com m (genitive singular cuim, plural cuim)

Derived terms

teanntachd-cuim

Mutation

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Mutation of *com*
radical	lenition
com	chom

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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

Pronunciation

(Oro Naoʼ, Oro Mon) IPA^(key): /kom/

Noun

com n

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.

Etymology

Related to Persian (jâm).

Noun

com

glass

[1] [1]
Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 24

[2] [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

[3] [2]
Faclair.com

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