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, MOC, OMC, moc

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Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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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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 preterite 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

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/
• 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 of use 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)

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Zazaki

Etymology

Related to Persian جام‎ (jam).

Noun

com ?

1. glass