con-
English
Etymology 1
From the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin prefix con-, from cum (“with”).
Prefix
con-
- (non-productive) used with certain words to add a notion similar to those conveyed by with, together, or joint
- congenial, congregation, console, consonant, construct, converge, etc.
- (non-productive) used with certain words to intensify their meaning
- confirm
Usage notes
Con- becomes
- col- before l: collaborate;
- com- before b, m, and p: combat, commit, compel;
- cor- before r: correlation;
It can also appear as co-: coexistence, cosine.
Translations
to add a notion similar to those conveyed by with, together, or joint
Etymology 2
Back-formation from conlang, short for "constructed language".
Prefix
con-
- attached to certain words to obtain new, informal, subcultural words in which con- conveys a notion of:
- constructed, artificial
- hypothetical, fictional
- related to conlangs, conworlds, etc.
Derived terms
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Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
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Prefix
con-
- con- (1)
Latin
Etymology
From preposition cum (“with”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kon/, [kɔn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kon/, [kon]
Prefix
con-
- Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
- Used in compounds to indicate the completeness, perfecting of any act, and thus gives intensity to the signification of the simple word
Usage notes
- Before vowels and h, the prefix becomes co-, or rarely com-. Excluded are i and u when these represent /j/ and /w/.
- Before b, m and p, the prefix becomes com-.
- Before l, the prefix becomes col-.
- Before r, the prefix becomes cor-.
- Before n, the prefix becomes cō- (or remains con-, in Late Latin).
- Before original gn, the prefix becomes co- and gn is not reduced to n.
As usual in Latin phonology, the sequences ons and onf are pronounced with nasalised long vowels, and the vowel is written with a macron, i.e. cōnspīrō and cōnferō.
Derived terms
References
- “con-”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin prefix con-, from cum (“with”).
Prefix
con-
Usage notes
Before the letters b or p use the form com-. Sometimes the co- form is used instead.
Derived terms
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