com

See also: COM, cơm, cớm, .com, com', com-, Com., and Appendix:Variations of "com"

English

Abbreviation

com

1. Committee.
2. Communication.
3. (Internet) Commercial as in .com (the most known Internet TLD).

Derived terms

• intercom
• telecom

Anagrams

• CMO, MCO, OMC, moc

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈkom/

Etymology

From Old Provençal com, from Vulgar Latin *quomo, from classical Latin quomōdo. Cognate with Spanish como. See also French comme and Italian come.

Adverb

com

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

Derived terms

• com ara

Further reading

• “com” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Lojban

Rafsi

com

1. rafsi of co'e.

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Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• cu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡sɔm]

Verb

com

1. first-person singular present of kśěś

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Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koːm/

Verb

cōm

1. first-person preterite of cuman
2. third-person preterite of cuman

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Old Provençal

Alternative forms

• con
• cum

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)
   • 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

Descendants

• Catalan: com

References

• von Wartburg, Walther (1928-2002), “quomodo”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 20, page 1542

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• c (abbreviation)
• cum (eye dialect)
• cõ (obsolete, abbreviation)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese con, from Latin cum (“with”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“next to, at, with, along”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ/, /kũ/

Preposition

com

1. with; against
   • 2005, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince), Rocco, page 282:

     Tenho coisas mais importantes a discutir com você hoje à noite.

     I have more important things to discuss with you tonight.

   Lutamos com os nosso inimigos.

   We fight [against] our enemies.

2. with; alongside; together with (in the company of)

   Lutamos com os nosso amigos.

   We fight alongside our friends.

3. with (as a part or accessory of)

   Compramos uma casa com uma garagem e com dois andares.

   We bought a house with a garage and with two storeys.

4. with (in support of)

   Quero saber se meus amigos estão comigo.

   I want to know whether my friend are with me.

5. with; using (by means of)

   Escrevi o artigo com um lápis.

   I wrote the article with a pencil.

6. with (as a consequence of)

   Com a falência da fábrica, ficamos desempregados.

   With the bankruptcy of the factory, we ended up unemployed.

7. with; having

   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 considered very colloquial and are not used in serious writing, 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 usage examples of this term, see Citations:com.

Synonyms

• (against): contra
• (together with): junto de, junto com, ao lado de
• (in support of): a favor de
• (by means of): a, usando
• (as a consequence of): por causa de, devido a
• (having): tendo

Antonyms

• (against): a favor de
• (in support of): contra
• (as a part or accessory): sem
• (by means of): sem
• (having): sem

Derived terms

• ca (nonstandard, com + a)
• co (nonstandard, com + o)
• comigo
• conosco

• consigo
• contigo
• convosco

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Scottish Gaelic

Noun

com m (genitive singular cuim, plural cuim)

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

Derived terms

• teanntachd-cuim

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Wari'

Noun

com

1. water

References

• Daniel Everett & Barbara Kern (1997), Wari': the Pacaas Novos language of western Brazil (London: Routledge)