con-

See also: con, Con, CON, cón, còn, cồn, cōn, and cơn

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EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From the Latin prefix con-, from cum (“with”).

PrefixEdit

con-

1. (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.

2. (non-productive) used with certain words to intensify their meaning

   confirm

Usage notesEdit

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.

TranslationsEdit

to add a notion similar to those conveyed by with, together, or joint

• Norwegian: kon-

• Swedish: kon- (sv)

Etymology 2Edit

Back-formation from conlang, short for "constructed language".

PrefixEdit

con-

1. attached to certain words to obtain new, informal, subcultural words in which con- conveys a notion of:
   1. constructed, artificial
   2. hypothetical, fictional
   3. related to conlangs, conworlds, etc.

Derived termsEdit

Derived terms

• conculture
• conlang, conlanger, conlanging, conlangistan

• conperson, conpeople
• conreligion
• conscript, con-script

• consociety
• consubstantial
• conworld

AnagramsEdit

• CNO, NCO, NOC, OCN, ONC

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

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PrefixEdit

con-

1. con- (1)

► Dutch words prefixed with con-

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LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From preposition cum (“with”).

PrefixEdit

con-

1. Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects

   coeō, colloquor, convīvor, etc.: colligō, compōnō, condō, etc.

2. Used in compounds to indicate the completeness, perfecting of any act, and thus gives intensity to the signification of the simple word

   commaculō, commendō, concitō, comminuō, concerpō, concīdō, convellō, etc.

Usage notesEdit

• 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 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 termsEdit

► Latin words prefixed with con-

ReferencesEdit

• con- in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

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SpanishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• co-
• com-

EtymologyEdit

From the Latin prefix con-, from cum (“with”).

PrefixEdit

con-

1. with

Usage notesEdit

Before the letters b or p use the form com-. Sometimes the co- form is used instead.

Derived termsEdit

► Spanish words prefixed with con-

• conjuntar
• coetáneo
• coacusado