com

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English

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Noun

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com(pluralcoms)

  1. Abbreviationofcommittee.
    Synonyms:cmte,comm
  2. Abbreviationofcommunication.
    Synonym:comm
  3. Abbreviationofcommand.
    Synonym:cmd
  4. Abbreviationofcomedy.
  5. Abbreviationofcompany.

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Adjective

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com

  1. (Internet)Abbreviationofcommercial;as in(the most known Internettop-level domain).
  2. Abbreviationofcommon.
    l.com.car. a.leftcommoncarotid artery

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Catalan

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Etymology 1

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InheritedfromVulgar Latin*quomō,from classicalLatinquōmodō.Cognate withSpanishcomo.See alsoFrenchcommeandItaliancome.

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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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BorrowedfromGaulish*kumbos(curved).Related to*kumbā(valley).

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comm(pluralcoms)

  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 ofEnglishcompromise.

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Verb

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com

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese)toreachconsensus;toagreeoncommonterms;todiscuss
    • 2014,Lĩnh Nam người[1],number115:
      Khuynh /comTrang: Thương thảo trù tổ một chi hầu tuyển Nội Các.
      (pleaseadd an English translationof this quotation)
    • 2017,Tiệm càng báo[2],number24:
      TừcomTrang, nom trang, đi đến promotion period, trải qua polling day, lại quá chôn AGM, chính thức thượng trang, đến y gia đều kém ngô nhiều một năm, trải qua tả thật nhiều ngô cùng khái sự[]
      (pleaseadd an English translationof this quotation)

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Highland Popoluca

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Noun

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com

  1. pitchfork

Further reading

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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,page14

Irish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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comm(genitive singularcoimorcoma,nominative pluralcomanna)

  1. Ulsterform ofcoim(waist)

Declension

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As a first-declension noun:

As a third-declension noun:

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, page24

Italian

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Adverb

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com(apocopated)

  1. (obsolete)Apocopicform ofcome

Conjunction

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com(apocopated)

  1. (obsolete)Apocopicform ofcome

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Latin

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Etymology

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    FromProto-Italic*kom,fromProto-Indo-European*ḱóm(next to, at, with, along).

    Preposition

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    com

    1. Old Latinform ofcum

    References

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    • cominGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français,Hachette.

    Lower Sorbian

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    com

    1. first-personsingularpresentofkśěś

    Old English

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    cōm

    1. first/third-personsingularpastindicativeofcuman

    Old Occitan

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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    FromVulgar Latin*quomo,from classicalLatinquomōdo.Gallo-Romancecognate withOld Frenchcon,cum,etc.

    Conjunction

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    com

    1. like;as

    Adverb

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    com

    1. how(in what fashion)

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    Portuguese

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    Etymology

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    InheritedfromOld Galician-Portuguesecon,fromLatincum(with),fromProto-Indo-European*ḱóm(next to, at, with, along).CompareFalaandGalicianconandSpanishcon.

    Pronunciation

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    • Rhymes:
    • Hyphenation:com

    Preposition

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    com

    1. with;against
      Synonym:contra
      Antonym:a favor de
      Lutamoscomos nossos inimigos.
      We fight [against] our enemies.
    2. with;alongside;togetherwith(in the company of)
      Synonyms:junto de,juntocom,ao lado de
      Lutamoscomos nossos amigos.
      We fightalongsideour friends.
    3. with(as a part or accessory of)
      Antonym:sem
      Compramos uma casacomuma garagem ecomdois andares.
      We bought a housewitha garage andwithtwo storeys.
    4. with(in support of)
      Synonym:a favor de
      Antonym:contra
      Quero saber se meus amigos estãocomigo.
      I want to know whether my friend arewith me.
    5. with;using(by means of)
      Synonyms:a,usando
      Antonym:sem
      Escrevi o artigocomum lápis.
      I wrote the articlewitha pencil.
    6. with(as a consequence of)
      Synonyms:por causa de,devido a
      Coma falência da fábrica, ficamos desempregados.
      Withthe bankruptcy of the factory, we ended up unemployed.
    7. with;having
      Synonym:tendo
      Antonym:sem
      Estoucoma pior dor de cabeça que o mundo já viu.
      I have the worst headache the world has ever seen.

    Usage notes

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    The followingcom+ prepositional pronoun phrases have mandatory contractions:

    The following are mandatory except when the phrase is qualified by an adjective phrase, such asmesmosortodos:

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

    Quotations

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    For quotations using this term, seeCitations:com.

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    Descendants

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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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    FromOld Irishcomm.[1]Cognate withIrishcoim.

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    comm(genitive singularcuim,pluralcuim)

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

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    Mutation

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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”,ineDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
    2. ^Faclair

    Wari'

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    Pronunciation

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

    Noun

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    comn

    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, page74.

    Zazaki

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    Etymology

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    Related toPersianجام(jâm).

    Noun

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    com

    1. glass