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com

See also: Appendix:Variations of "com"

English

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Noun

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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.

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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

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Catalan

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *quomō, from classical Latin quōmodō. Cognate with Spanish como. See also French comme and Italian come.

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com

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

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Borrowed from Gaulish *kumbos (“curved”). Related to *kumbā (“valley”).

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com m (plural coms)

  1. trough, manger
    Synonym: obi
  2. (geography) a steep-sided glacial valley with a level floor
    Synonym: vall d'obi
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Chinese

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Etymology

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Possibly from clipping of English compromise.

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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)

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Highland Popoluca

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com

  1. pitchfork

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  • 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

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Noun

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com m (genitive singular coim or coma, nominative plural comanna)

  1. Ulster form of coim (“waist”)

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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

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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

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  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 24
See also: Appendix:Variations of "com"

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Adverb

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com (apocopated)

  1. (obsolete) Apocopic form of come

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com (apocopated)

  1. (obsolete) Apocopic form of come

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Latin

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Etymology

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

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    com

    1. Old Latin form of cum

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

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    com

    1. first-person singular present of kśěś

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    cōm

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

    Old Occitan

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    Etymology

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    From Vulgar Latin *quomo, from classical Latin quomōdo. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French con, cum, etc.

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    com

    1. like; as

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    com

    1. how (in what fashion)

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    Portuguese

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    Etymology

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    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.

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    • Rhymes: -õ
    • Hyphenation: com

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    com

    2. with; against
      Synonym: contra
      Antonym: a favor de
      Lutamos com os nossos inimigos.
      We fight [against] our enemies.
    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.

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    The following com + prepositional pronoun phrases have mandatory contractions:

    The following are mandatory except when the phrase is qualified by an adjective phrase, such as mesmos or todos:

    Com + article contraction are colloquial, but are common in speech:

    Quotations

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    For quotations using this term, see Citations:com.

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    • Guinea-Bissau Creole: ku
    • Kabuverdianu: ku
    • Macanese: co
    • Papiamentu: ku, cu

    Scottish Gaelic

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    Etymology

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    From Old Irish comm.[1] Cognate with Irish coim.

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    com m (genitive singular cuim, plural cuim)

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

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    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.

    References

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    1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 coim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
    2. ^ Faclair.com

    Wari'

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    Pronunciation

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    • (Oro Naoʼ, Oro Mon) IPA(key): /kom/

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    com n

    1. water

    References

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    • 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

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    Etymology

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    Related to Persian جام (jâm).

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    com

    1. glass
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