con

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Antonyms 1.2.1.3 Related terms 1.2.1.4 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Translations 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Noun 1.4.1.1 Synonyms 1.4.1.2 Translations 1.4.2 Verb 1.4.2.1 Translations 1.4.3 Related terms 1.5 Etymology 4 1.5.1 Verb 1.5.1.1 Translations 1.5.2 Noun 1.5.2.1 Derived terms 1.6 Etymology 5 1.6.1 Noun 1.7 Etymology 6 1.7.1 Verb 1.7.1.1 Related terms 1.8 See also 2 Asturian 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Preposition 2.2.1 Derived terms 3 Catalan 3.1 Noun 4 French 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Pronunciation 4.3 Noun 4.4 See also 5 Galician 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Preposition 5.2.1 Antonyms 5.2.2 Derived terms 6 Italian 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Pronunciation 6.3 Conjunction 6.3.1 Antonyms 6.3.2 Combined forms 7 Spanish 7.1 Etymology 7.2 Pronunciation 7.3 Conjunction 7.3.1 Antonyms 7.4 See also 8 Vietnamese 8.1 Pronunciation 8.2 Noun 8.3 Pronoun 8.4 Classifier 8.4.1 Usage notes 8.4.2 Antonyms

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[edit] Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /kan/
• (UK) IPA: /kɒn/

  Rhymes: -ɒn

[edit] Etymology 1

Abbreviation of Latin contra (“‘against’”).

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con (plural cons)

1. A disadvantage of something, especially when contrasted with its advantages (pros).

   pros and cons

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• disadvantage

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• pro

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• pros and cons
• con- (prefix)

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Shortened from convict.

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con (plural cons)

1. (slang) A convicted criminal, a convict.

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From con trick, shortened from confidence trick.

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con (plural cons)

1. (slang) A fraud; something carried out with the intention of deceiving, usually for personal, often illegal, gain.

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• See also Wikisaurus:deception

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to con (third-person singular simple present cons, present participle conning, simple past and past participle conned)

1. (transitive, slang) To trick or defraud, usually for personal gain.

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[edit] Etymology 4

From earlier cond, from Middle English conduen, from Old French conduire, from Latin condūcere.

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to con (third-person singular simple present cons, present participle conning, simple past and past participle conned)

1. (nautical) To give the necessary orders to the helmsman to steer a ship in the required direction through a channel etc. (rather than steer a compass direction)

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con (uncountable)

1. (nautical) The navigational direction of a ship

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From Latin combining form con-, from cum (“‘with, together’”).

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con (plural cons)

1. Short for convention or conference; used in regard to science fiction conventions and other types of conventions.

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Old English cunnan.

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to con (third-person singular simple present cons, present participle conning, simple past and past participle conned)

1. (rare, archaic) To study, in order to gain knowledge of.

   C.1950: The hawk rested on a crag of the gorge and conned the terrain with a fierce and frowning eye. — D'Arcy Niland, short story The Parachutist, reprinted in The Penguin Best Stories of D'Arcy Niland, 1987, ISBN 0-14-008927-6, pages 10-11.

2. (rare, archaic) To know, understand, acknowledge.

   Of muses, Hobbinol, I con no skill. — Edmund Spensir

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• ken

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• cone
• mod cons

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[edit] Asturian

[edit] Etymology

From Latin cum.

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con

1. with

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col cola coles

colo colos

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con

1. cone

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

Latin cunnus.

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• IPA: /kɔ̃/

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con m. (plural cons)

1. (taboo slang) cunt
2. (derogatory slang) A stupid person; arsehole (British)

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• connard
• connasse
• connerie

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[edit] Galician

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From Latin cum.

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con

1. with

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• sen

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• coa, coas
• co, cos
• cun, cuns
• cunha, cunhas

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Etymology

From Latin cum.

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• IPA: /kon/, SAMPA: /kon/

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con

1. with
2. (rowing) coxed

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• senza

[edit] Combined forms

When followed by a definite article, con may optionally be combined with the article to give the following combined forms:

Con + article	Combined form
con + il	col
con + lo	collo
con + l'	coll'
con + i	coi
con + gli	cogli
con + la	colla
con + le	colle

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Etymology

Latin cum (“‘with’”).

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• IPA: /kon/, SAMPA: /kon/

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con

1. with

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• sin

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• conmigo
• contigo

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /k̬ɑ̄n/, SAMPA: /kQn/, SAMPROSA: /-[kQn]/

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con

1. child

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con

1. you (addressed to a person younger than the speaker, especially a child)

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con

1. usually indicates animate noun

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Exceptions exist, such as con dao (“‘knife’”).

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• cái