comes

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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Verb

comes

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of come.

Etymology 2

Latin, a companion.

Noun

comes

1. (music) The answer to the theme, or dux, in a fugue.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: cut · everything · six · #499: comes · stand · past · suppose

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Galician

Verb

comes

1. second-person singular present indicative of comer

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Latin

Noun

comes (genitive comitis); m, f, third declension

1. a companion, comrade, partner
2. a count, an earl

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	comes	comitēs
genitive	comitis	comitum
dative	comitī	comitibus
accusative	comitem	comitēs
ablative	comite	comitibus
vocative	comes	comitēs

Descendants

• Armenian: կոմս (koms)
• Catalan: comte
• English: count, constable
• French: comte
• Italian: comito, conte

• Portuguese: conde
• Romanian: comite
• Spanish: conde, cómitre

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: co‧mes

Verb

comes

1. Second-person singular (tu) present indicative of comer

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Spanish

Verb

comes (infinitive comer)

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) present indicative form of comer.