com

See also: Appendix:Variations of "com"

English

Alternative forms

• com., COM, COM.

Noun

com (plural coms)

1. Abbreviation of committee.

   Synonyms: cmte, comm

2. Abbreviation of communication.

   Synonym: comm

3. Abbreviation of command.

   Synonym: cmd

4. Abbreviation of comedy.
5. Abbreviation of company.

Derived terms

• com sec
• intercom
• rom com
• rom-zom-com
• sim-com
• telecom
• zom-com

 

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

Catalan

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]

• 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

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)

1. trough, manger

   Synonym: obi

2. (geography) a steep-sided glacial valley with a level floor

   Synonym: vall d'obi

Related terms

• coma

Further reading

• “com” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “cóm” 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, 2024
• “com” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Chinese

Alternative forms

• 襟 (kam¹)

Etymology

Possibly from clipping of English compromise.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kam¹

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

Verb

com

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to reach consensus; to agree on common terms; to discuss
   • 2014, 嶺南人‎^[1], 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‎^[2], 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

 

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)‎^[3] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., →ISBN, page 14

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.

References

See also: Appendix:Variations of "com"

Italian

Adverb

com (apocopated)

1. (obsolete) Apocopic form of come

Conjunction

com (apocopated)

1. (obsolete) Apocopic form of come

Anagrams

• OMC

Latin

Etymology

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

Preposition

com

1. Old Latin form of cum

References

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

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• cu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡sɔm]

Verb

com

1. first-person singular present of kśěś

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koːm/

Verb

cōm

1. first/third-person singular past indicative of cuman

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

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

Portuguese

Alternative forms

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

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

2. 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.

4. 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.

6. 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.

8. with (in support of)

   Synonym: a favor de

   Antonym: contra

   Quero saber se meus amigos estão comigo.

   I want to know whether my friend are with me.

10. with; using (by means of)

    Synonyms: a, usando

    Antonym: sem

    Escrevi o artigo com um lápis.

    I wrote the article with a pencil.

12. 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.

14. 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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish comm. Cognate with Irish coim.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰɔum/

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.

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]‎^[4] (in Portuguese), Guajará-Mirim: Fundação Universidade Federal de Rondônia-UNIR, page 74.

Zazaki

Etymology

Related to Persian جام (jâm).

Noun

com

1. glass