# com
## English
### Alternative forms

* com., COM, COM.

### Noun

com (plural coms)
* Abbreviation of committee.
    Synonyms: cmte, comm
* Abbreviation of communication.
    Synonym: comm
* Abbreviation of command.
    Synonym: cmd
* Abbreviation of comedy.
* Abbreviation of company.

#### Derived terms

* com sec
* intercom
* quad com
* rom com
* rom-zom-com
* sim-com
* telecom
* zom-com

### Adjective

com
* (Internet) Abbreviation of commercial; as in .com (the most known Internet top-level domain).
* Abbreviation of common.
    l. com. car. a. ― left common carotid artery

#### Derived terms

* dot-com

### See also

* com ruou

### Anagrams

* CMO, MCO, MOC, OMC, moc

## Catalan
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *quomō, from classical Latin quōmodō. Cognate with Spanish como. See also French comme and Italian come.

#### Alternative forms

* còm (obsolete)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈkɔm]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈkom]
* Audio:(file)

#### Adverb

com
* (interrogative) how
* like
* (in comparisons, tan ... com) as ... as

##### Derived terms

* com a
* com a màxim
* com a mínim
* com a molt
* com ara
* com està
* com estàs
* com et dius
* com l'anell al dit
* com que
* com una exhalació
* com va
* tal com

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Gaulish *kumbos (“curved”). Related to *kumbā (“valley”).

#### Alternative forms

* cóm (pre-2016 spelling)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkom]

#### Noun

com m (plural coms)
* trough, manger
    Synonym: obi
* (geography) a steep-sided glacial valley with a level floor
    Synonym: vall d'obi

##### Related terms

* coma

### Further reading

* “com” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
* “cóm” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
* “com”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “com” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Chinese
### Alternative forms

* 襟 (kam$^1$)

### Etymology

Possibly from clipping of English compromise.

### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): kam$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kam$^1$
*** Yale: kām
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kam$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kem$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɐm⁵⁵/

### Verb

com
* (Hong Kong Cantonese) to reach consensus; to agree on common terms; to discuss
** 2014, 嶺南人‎, number 115:傾／com庄：商討籌組一支侯選內閣。(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 2017, 嶄越報‎, number 24:由com莊、nom莊，去到promotion period，經過polling day，再過埋AGM，正式上莊，到依家都差唔多一年，經歷咗好多唔同嘅事 […](please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Derived terms

* com莊 / com庄

## Highland Popoluca
### Noun

com
* pitchfork

### Further reading

* Elson, Benjamin F., Gutiérrez G., Donaciano (1999) Diccionario popoluca de la Sierra, Veracruz (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 41)‎ (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., →ISBN, page 14

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* (Ulster) IPA: /kʌmˠ/

### Noun

com m (genitive singular coim or coma, nominative plural comanna)
* Ulster form of coim (“waist”)

#### Declension

As a first-declension noun:
bare forms
singular
plural
nominative
com
comanna
vocative
a choim
a chomanna
genitive
coim
comanna
dative
com
comanna
forms with the definite article
singular
plural
nominative
an com
na comanna
genitive
an choim
na gcomanna
dative
leis an gcom don chom
leis na comanna :
As a third-declension noun:
bare forms
singular
plural
nominative
com
comanna
vocative
a chom
a chomanna
genitive
coma
comanna
dative
com
comanna
forms with the definite article
singular
plural
nominative
an com
na comanna
genitive
an choma
na gcomanna
dative
leis an gcom don chom
leis na comanna :

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 24

## Italian
### Adverb

com (apocopated)
* (obsolete) Apocopic form of come

### Conjunction

com (apocopated)
* (obsolete) Apocopic form of come

### Anagrams

* OMC

## Latin
### Etymology

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

### Preposition

com (+ ablative)
* Old Latin form of cum

### References

* com in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Lower Sorbian
### Alternative forms

* cu

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [t͡sɔm]

### Verb

com
* first-person singular present of kśěś

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /koːm/

### Verb

cōm
* first/third-person singular past indicative of cuman

## Old Occitan
### Alternative forms

* con
* cum

### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *quomo, from classical Latin quomōdo. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French con, cum, etc.

### Conjunction

com
* like; as

### Adverb

com
* how (in what fashion)
** 12th century, Bernard de Ventadour, E mainh genh se volv e's vira
    No sai com me contenhaI don't know how to act

### References

* Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “quomodo”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 1542

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* c, c/ (abbreviation)
* cum (eye dialect)
* cõ (obsolete, abbreviation)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese con, from Latin cum (“with”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“next to, at, with, along”). Compare Fala and Galician con and Spanish con.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kõ/, /kũ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kõ/
* Rhymes: -õ
* Hyphenation: com

### Preposition

com
* with; against
    Synonym: contra
    Antonym: a favor de
    Lutamos com os nossos inimigos.We fight [against] our enemies.
** 2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 282:Tenho coisas mais importantes a discutir com você hoje à noite.I have more important things to discuss with you tonight.
* with; alongside; together with (in the company of)
    Synonyms: junto de, junto com, ao lado de
    Lutamos com os nossos amigos.We fight alongside our friends.
* with (as a part or accessory of)
    Antonym: sem
    Compramos uma casa com uma garagem e com dois andares.We bought a house with a garage and with two storeys.
* with (in support of)
    Synonym: a favor de
    Antonym: contra
    Quero saber se meus amigos estão comigo.I want to know whether my friends are with me.
* with; using (by means of)
    Synonyms: a, usando
    Antonym: sem
    Escrevi o artigo com um lápis.I wrote the article with a pencil.
* with (as a consequence of)
    Synonyms: por causa de, devido a
    Com a falência da fábrica, ficamos desempregados.With the bankruptcy of the factory, we ended up unemployed.
* with; having
    Synonym: tendo
    Antonym: sem
    Estou com a pior dor de cabeça que o mundo já viu.I have the worst headache the world has ever seen.

#### Usage notes

The following com + prepositional pronoun phrases have mandatory contractions:
* com + mim → comigo
* com + ti → contigo
* com + si → consigo
The following are mandatory except when the phrase is qualified by an adjective phrase, such as mesmos or todos:
* com + nós → connosco (Portugal), conosco (Brazil)
* com + vós → convosco
Com + article contraction are colloquial, but are common in speech:
* com + o → co
* com + os → cos
* com + a → ca
* com + as → cas
* com + um → cum
* com + uns → cuns
* com + uma → cuma
* com + umas → cumas

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:com.

#### Derived terms

* ca (nonstandard, com + a)
* co (nonstandard, com + o)
* comigo
* conosco
* consigo
* contigo
* convosco

#### Descendants

* Guinea-Bissau Creole: ku
* Kabuverdianu: ku
* Macanese: co
* Papiamentu: ku, cu

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Old Irish comm. Cognate with Irish coim.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʰɔum/

### Noun

com m (genitive singular cuim, plural cuim)
* bosom, breast, chest
* trunk (body)
* stomach

#### Derived terms

* teanntachd-cuim

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 coim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Faclair.com

## Wari'
### Pronunciation

* (Oro Naoʼ, Oro Mon) IPA: /kom/

### Noun

com n
* water

### References

* 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]‎ (in Portuguese), Guajará-Mirim: Fundação Universidade Federal de Rondônia-UNIR, page 74.

## Zazaki
### Etymology

Related to Persian جام (jâm).

### Noun

com
* glass