com

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

English

Alternative forms

• com.

Noun

com

1. Abbreviation of committee.
2. Abbreviation of communication.

Derived terms

• intercom
• telecom

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

• dot-com

Anagrams

• CMO, MCO, MOC, OMC, moc

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Catalan

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• còm (obsolete)

Pronunciation

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

• Audio

  (file)

Adverb

com

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

Derived terms

• com a
• com a màxim
• com a mínim
• com a molt
• com ara
• com de costum
• com està
• com estàs
• com et dius
• com l'anell al dit
• com que
• com una exhalació
• com va
• tal com

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

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

Noun

com m (plural coms)

1. (2016 spelling reform) Standard spelling of cóm (“trough”).

Further reading

• “com” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “com”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2022
• “com” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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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)‎^[1] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., →ISBN, page 14

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Irish

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /kʌmˠ/

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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
com	chom	gcom
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Latin

Preposition

com

1. (archaic) Alternative form of cum

References

• com in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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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/third-person singular past indicative of cuman

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Old Occitan

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

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

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /kõ/, [kõ], (Brazil) /ˈkũ/, [ˈkũ]

• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /kõ/, [kõ]

• Hyphenation: com
• Rhymes: -õ

Preposition

com

2. with; against
   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, 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.

   Lutamos com os nossos inimigos.

   We fight [against] our enemies.

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

   Lutamos com os nossos amigos.

   We fight alongside our friends.

6. 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.

8. with (in support of)

   Quero saber se meus amigos estão comigo.

   I want to know whether my friend are with me.

10. with; using (by means of)

    Escrevi o artigo com um lápis.

    I wrote the article with a pencil.

12. with (as a consequence of)

    Com a falência da fábrica, ficamos desempregados.

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

14. 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 quotations using 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

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

com m (genitive singular cuim, plural cuim)

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

Derived terms

• teanntachd-cuim

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
com	chom
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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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]‎^[2] (in Portuguese), Dissertation, Guajará-Mirim: Fundação Universidade Federal de Rondônia-UNIR, page 74.

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Zazaki

Etymology

Related to Persian جام‎ (jam).

Noun

com ?

1. glass