English Explanatory Dictionary

con-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. Unite: to unite into a collection indicated by the root word.
  2. Together: the root is done together.
  3. Having commonality, having the same property indicated by the root.
  4. Belonging to the same group indicated by the root.
  5. Synchronous or simultaneous with the root.
  6. A fellow kind of the root.
  7. To do the root.
  8. Intensifying the root.
  9. Indicating a common origin:
  10. Found with. What is found with the root.
  11. From, coming from the root.
  12. When one entity is put into another, or one entity affects the other.
prefix
  1. attached to certain words to obtain new, informal, subcultural words in which con- conveys a notion of:
  2. constructed, artificial
  3. hypothetical, fictional
  4. related to conlangs, conworlds, etc.

Pronunciation

/ˌkən/ /ˈkʌn/ /ˌkɑːn/ /ˈkɒn/

Word forms

con- com- cor- Ꝯ

Etymology

Etymology tree Old French con-bor. Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con-bor. Middle English con- English con- Inherited from Middle English con-, from Latin con-, from cum (“with”).

Synonyms

co- com- col- cor- syn- syl- sym- inter-

Derived words

conculture conlang conlanger conlanging conlangistan conpeople conperson conreligion con-script conscript consociety conworld concause concentric concolonial concurvity concyclic confocal congenerate congenetic congenial connascence connatural consignificant consignification consimilar consimilitude consubstantiate conterminable conterminant conterraneous concentre concorporate conflow conglobation conglobulate conglutination conjoin constellate contesseration conarticular concelebrate concelebration conjubilant conrotatory con-sensual consignify consubsist contour collocal concorporeal confamilial confamiliar consanguineous conspecific consubgeneric consubspecific contypic convariety conduplicate

Translations

Chinese: 並 /并- Chinese: 協 /协- Chinese: 共- Chinese: 同- Danish: kon- Danish: sam- French: con- German: kon- German: mit- Middle English: con- Norwegian Bokmål: kon- Norwegian Bokmål: sam- Norwegian Nynorsk: kon- Old Norse: sam- Swedish: kon- Swedish: sam-
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