con

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Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Cofán.

Symbol

con

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Cofán.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Cofán terms

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɒn/
• (General American) enPR: kŏn, IPA^(key): /kɑn/
• Rhymes: -ɒn
• Homophone: conn; (General American) Khan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English connen, inherited from Old English cunnan (“to know, know how”), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *kunnan (“recognize, know how”), inherited from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną (“to know, know how”), inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”) Doublet of can.

Verb

con (third-person singular simple present cons, present participle conning, simple past and past participle conned)

1. (rare) To study or examine carefully, especially in order to gain knowledge of; to learn, or learn by heart.
2. (rare, obsolete) To know; understand; acknowledge.

Alternative forms

• conne

Related terms

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of Latin contra (“against”).

Noun

con (plural cons)

1. A disadvantage of something, especially when contrasted with its advantages (pros).

Synonyms

• disadvantage

Antonyms

• pro

Related terms

• pros and cons

Translations

Etymology 3

Clipping of convict.

Noun

con (plural cons)

1. (slang) A convicted criminal, a convict.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 4

From con trick, shortened from confidence trick.

Noun

con (plural cons)

1. (informal) A fraud; something carried out with the intention of deceiving, usually for personal, often illegal, gain.

   Synonyms: scam; see also Thesaurus:deception

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

con (third-person singular simple present cons, present participle conning, simple past and past participle conned)

2. (transitive, informal) To trick, lie or defraud, usually for personal gain.

   Synonyms: (British, Australian) be sold a pup; see also Thesaurus:deceive

Derived terms

Translations

Related terms

Etymology 5

From earlier cond; see conn.

Verb

con (third-person singular simple present cons, present participle conning, simple past and past participle conned)

1. Alternative form of conn (“direct a ship”).

Noun

con (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of conn (“navigational direction of a ship”).

Derived terms

• take the con

Etymology 6

Clipping of convention or conference.

Noun

con (plural cons)

1. (informal) An organized gathering, such as a convention, conference, or congress.

Derived terms

Etymology 7

Clipping of conversion.

Noun

con (plural cons)

1. (informal) The conversion of part of a building.

Etymology 8

Clipping of consumption.

Noun

con (uncountable)

1. (informal, obsolete) Consumption; pulmonary tuberculosis. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

Etymology 9

Origin uncertain. Perhaps a clipping of Middle English acquerne, aquerne, ocquerne, okerne (“squirrel”), from Old English ācweorna, āqueorna, āquorna, ācurna (“squirrel”), from Proto-West Germanic *aikwernō, from Proto-Germanic *aikwernô (“squirrel”); or from its Old Norse cognate íkorni (“squirrel”), from the same ultimate source. Cognate with West Frisian iikhoarn (“squirrel”), Dutch eekhoorn (“squirrel”), German Eichhorn (“squirrel”), Icelandic íkorni (“squirrel”).

Alternative forms

• conn

Noun

con (plural cons)

1. (dialectal or obsolete) Squirrel, particularly the red squirrel. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)
2. (Northern England, obsolete) A squirrel's nest. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

Etymology 10

Clipping of conservative; compare lib.

Noun

con (plural cons)

1. (abbreviation) A political conservative. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

Derived terms

Etymology 11

Clipping of consolidation or consolidated.

Noun

con (plural not attested)

1. (business, marketing) Abbreviation of consolidation: only used in naming. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

Adjective

con (not comparable)

1. (business, marketing) Abbreviation of consolidated: only used in naming. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

Synonyms

See also

Anagrams

• CNO, NCO, NOC, OCN, ONC, onc

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin cum (“with”).

Preposition

con

1. with

Asturian

Alternative forms

• cun (Western Asturias)
• cu (Cabrales)

Etymology

From Latin cum (“with”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kon/ [kõŋ]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: con

Preposition

con

1. with

Derived terms

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkɔn]

Noun

con m (plural cons)

1. cone

Related terms

• cònic

Chinese

Etymology 1

Clipping of English contact lens. Compare Japanese コンタクト (kontakuto).

Pronunciation

Noun

con

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) contact lens (Classifier: 隻／只 c; 粒 c; 副 c)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Clipping of happy corner, from English happy corner.

Alternative forms

• corn

Pronunciation

Noun

con

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, chiefly school slang) happy corner

Verb

con

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, chiefly school slang) to happy corner

Etymology 3

Clipping of English concert.

Pronunciation

Noun

con

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) concert (Classifier: 場／场 c)

Synonyms

• 演唱會／演唱会 (yǎnchànghuì)

Etymology 4

Clipping of English contest.

Pronunciation

Noun

con

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, chiefly in compounds) contest

Derived terms

Etymology 5

Clipping of English consultation or English consult.

Pronunciation

Verb

con

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, university slang) to consult or to question a student society candidate before the election

Derived terms

Etymology 6

Clipping of English contractor.

Pronunciation

Noun

con

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) contractor

Derived terms

Etymology 7

Clipping of English conference.

Pronunciation

Noun

con

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, only in compounds) conference

Derived terms

Dalmatian

Etymology 1

From Latin cum.

Preposition

con

1. with

Etymology 2

From Latin cunnus.

Noun

con m

1. (vulgar) vulva, cunt

Fala

Alternative forms

• cun (Lagarteiru, less common in Valverdeñu)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese con, from Latin cum, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kon/
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: con

Preposition

con

1. (Mañegu, Valverdeñu) with

   Antonym: sin

References

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[7], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cunnus, probably ultimately of Proto-Indo-European origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃/

Noun

con m (plural cons, feminine conne)

1. (vulgar) (dated) cunt, pussy (the female genitalia)
2. (vulgar) arsehole, asshole, fucktard, cunt, retard (stupid person)

Adjective

con (feminine conne, masculine plural cons, feminine plural connes)

1. (slang, vulgar) stupid

   Synonym: stupide

Derived terms

Further reading

• “con”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• onc

Galician

Alternative forms

• com (reintegrationist)

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese con, from Latin cum (“with”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koŋ/ [kʊŋ]
• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Hyphenation: con

Preposition

con

1. with

   Antonym: sen

Derived terms

Conjunction

con

1. and

   Synonym: e

Etymology 2

Attested in local Medieval Latin documents as cauno, with a derived cauneto, from Proto-Celtic *akaunon (“stone”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éḱmō. Unlikely from Latin cōnus, which should have originated a word with a closed stressed vowel. Doublet of gouño.

Alternative forms

• co, coio

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔŋ/ [ˈkɔŋ]
• Rhymes: -ɔŋ

Noun

con m (plural cons)

1. boulder, specially those found semi-submerged at the seashore

   Synonyms: laxe, petón

Derived terms

Related terms

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “con”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “caun”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “con”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “con”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “con”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔnˠ/

Noun

con m sg

1. genitive singular of cú

Mutation

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kon/
• Rhymes: -on
• Hyphenation: con

Etymology 1

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

Preposition

con

1. with, together

   Antonym: senza

2. (rowing) coxed

Usage notes

• When followed by the definite article, con may be combined with the article to produce the following combined forms (marking these combined forms in writing is old-fashioned, and very rarely used apart from col and coi; however, it has always been very common in speech, and it still is):

Etymology 2

Alternative form of com, apocopic form of come, found before consonants other than ⟨b⟩, ⟨m⟩, ⟨p⟩.

Adverb

con (apocopated)

1. (obsolete) alternative form of com, apocopic form of come

Derived terms

References

• con¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• con² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Ladin

Alternative forms

• cun (Gherdëina, Badia)

Etymology

From Latin cum (“with”).

Preposition

con

1. with

   Antonyms: zenza, zënza

Ladino

Preposition

con (Hebrew spelling קון)

1. alternative spelling of kon

Ligurian

Etymology

From Latin cum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuŋ/

Preposition

con

1. with

Middle Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kon/

Noun

con m

1. genitive singular/dual/plural of cú

Mutation

Muong

Alternative forms

• còn

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *kɔːn, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *kuun or *kuən. Cognates include Old Mon kon, Khmer កូន (koun), Bahnar kon, Vietnamese con.

Noun

con

1. (Mường Bi) child

Classifier

con

1. (Mường Bi) Indicates animals (including the human)

References

• Hà Quang Phùng (2012 September 6) “Archived copy”, in Tìm hiểu về ngữ pháp tiếng Mường (Thim hiếu wuê ngử pháp thiểng Mường) [Understanding Muong grammar]‎^[11] (FlashPaper; overall work in Vietnamese and Muong), Thanh Sơn–Phú Thọ Province Continuing Education Center, archived from the original on 19 September 2016

Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin cunnus.

Noun

con oblique singular, m (oblique plural cons, nominative singular cons, nominative plural con)

1. (vulgar) cunt (human female genitalia)

Descendants

• French: con

See also

• landie

Etymology 2

Conjunction

con

1. alternative form of come (“as, like”)

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cum, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kõ/

Preposition

con

1. with

Descendants

• Fala: con
• Galician: con
• Portuguese: com (see there for further descendants)

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kon/

Noun

con m

1. genitive singular/dual/plural of cú

Conjunction

con

1. alternative form of co (“so that”)
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 12^c38

Mutation

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kon/

Preposition

con

1. with

Descendants

• Ladino: kon
• Spanish: con

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰɔn/

Noun

con

1. genitive plural of cù

Mutation

References

• Colin Mark (2003) “cù”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 184

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Preposition

con

1. with

   Antonym: sin

2. on

   Yo cuento con ustedes. ― I count on you.

Derived terms

See also

• conmigo
• consigo
• contigo

Further reading

• “con”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• DiPerú | Diccionario de peruanismos en línea

Vietnamese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Vietic *kɔːn, from Proto-Austroasiatic *koan. Cognate with Muong Bi con, Thavung กอน, Mon ကွေန် (kon), Khmer កូន (koun), Bahnar kon, Khasi khun, Central Nicobarese kōan. Doublet of non (“young, juvenile”), which is from an infixed form of the root.

Attested in Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經, c. 12th cent.) as 昆 (MC kwon) (modern SV: côn). Attested in the Annan Jishi (安南即事, 13th century) as 乾 (MC kan) (modern SV: can).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kɔn˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kɔŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kɔŋ˧˧]
• Homophone: coong (Southern Vietnam)

Noun

(classifier đứa) con • (𡥵, 昆)

1. child (daughter or son)

   con cái ― children

   con nuôi ― adopted child

   gà con ― chick
2. (rare, chiefly in translations of ancient texts) son

   Coordinate term: con gái

3. (only in compounds, in fixed expressions) build; stature

Derived terms

Noun

con • (𡥵, 昆)

1. (rare, only in compounds) a small thing

   con quay ― a spinning top

   con lắc ― a pendulum

Derived terms

See also

• tử

Pronoun

con • (𡥵, 昆)

1. I/me (used by children when talking to their parents)
2. (chiefly Central Vietnam and Southern Vietnam) I/me (used when talking to someone significantly older than the speaker)
3. you (used by parents when talking to their children)
4. (chiefly Central Vietnam and Southern Vietnam) you (used when talking to some significantly younger than the speaker)

Usage notes

• Sense (4) is chiefly used in Central and Southern Vietnam, perhaps extensively to North Central Vietnam. In Northern Vietnam, cháu is used instead. Some Northerners, however, do use con, especially when talking to Southern children on Southern TV shows.

Synonyms

• (you (4)): cháu

Classifier

con • (𡥵, 昆)

1. Indicates animals (including humans).
2. (disrespectful) Indicates female people.

   Antonym: thằng

   một thằng, hai con ― one guy, two girls

3. Indicates knives, ships, boats, trains and eye pupils.

   con dao ― a knife

4. Indicates roads, rivers, streams and waves.

   trên con đường đến hạnh phúc ― on the road/path to happiness

5. (somewhat literary) Indicates written characters.

   con chữ ― a character or letter

6. (colloquial) Indicates any piece of technology, especially with the brand name.
   1. Indicates electronic devices.

      Con Iphone của em đấy. ― This is my Iphone.

   2. Indicates wheeled vehicles.

   3. Indicates video games and movies.

Usage notes

• Even though con người is used, it is generally thought of as a noun phrase on its own, and người does not require a classifier because it is itself a classifier (compare Japanese 人 (nin)). Một con người "a person" does not sound dehumanizing, but even literary, while một người sounds casual enough.
• The phrase con người is popularly employed as a philosophical trope or device to bring up discussions about what it means to be human as opposed to being an animal, even though it is not really semantically convincing given the fact that humans are, zoologically, animals, and there are non-animal things going with this classifier.

Derived terms

See also

• cái

Zazaki

Etymology

Related to Persian جان (jân).

Noun

con

1. soul