con-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "con"

English

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Middle English con-, from Latin con-, from cum (with).

Prefix

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 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.

Synonyms
Translations

Etymology 2

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

Prefix

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 terms
Derived terms
English terms prefixed with con-

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin con-. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔn/
  • (file)

Prefix

con-

  1. con- (1)

Derived terms

Dutch terms prefixed with con-

French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin con-, from cum (with).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃/

Prefix

con-

  1. con-

Usage notes

Behaves as it does in English; see English usage notes.

Gallo

Etymology

From Latin con-, from cum (with).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɔ̃]

Prefix

con-

  1. con- (1)

Synonyms

Gaulish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kom- (with, together), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm. Cognate with Old Irish com-, Welsh cyf-, Breton kev- or kem-.

Prefix

con-

  1. con- (1)

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin con-, from cum (with).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kon/
  • Hyphenation: con-

Prefix

con-

  1. con- (1)

Latin

Etymology

From the preposition cum (with).

Pronunciation

Prefix

con-

  1. Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
    co, colloquor, convīvor, etc.: colligō, compōnō, con, 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 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

Latin terms prefixed with con-

References

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

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French con- and Latin con-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔn-/, /kun-/

Prefix

con-

  1. (non-productive) con- (with)

Usage notes

Derived terms

Middle English terms prefixed with con-

Descendants

  • English: con-
  • Scots: con-

References

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin con-, from cum (with).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kon/ [kõn]
  • Syllabification: con-

Prefix

con-

  1. with

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

Spanish terms prefixed with con-

Further reading

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