con

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

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

Noun

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

Noun

A convicted criminal, a convict.

Noun

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

Noun

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

Noun

An organized gathering, such as a convention, conference, or congress.

Noun

The conversion of part of a building.

Noun

Consumption; pulmonary tuberculosis.

Noun

1. (dialectal, obsolete) Squirrel, particularly the red squirrel.
2. (Northern-England, obsolete) A squirrel's nest.

Noun

A political conservative.

Noun

Abbreviation of consolidation: only used in naming.

Adj

Abbreviation of consolidated: only used in naming.

Concepts

escroquer

contre

duper

charlatanerie

tromper

escroquerie

con

bagnard

mémoriser

duperie

arnaquer

rouler

tromperie

truander

abus de confiance

apprendre par coeur

arnaque

blouser

étudier soigneusement

fausseté

gruger

inconvénient

inconvénients

supercherie

taulard

entourloupe

entuber

condamnée

fallace

apprendre

condemné

apprendre par cœur

condamné

désavantage

détenu

fourbe

fourberie

frauder

leurrer

piloter

🧑‍✈️

prisonnier

Synonymes

trick

deceive

swindle

cheat

dupe

defraud

hoodwink

hoax

bamboozle

convict

scam

gyp

fool

delude

mislead

diddle

conference

convention

conductor

bunco

flimflam

bilk

inmate

cheating

prisoner

memorize

con game

learn

humbug

double-cross

gull

victimize

deception

fraud

sham

sting

rook

nobble

mulct

pervert

constant

console

connection

jailbird

memorise

distort

confidence trick

goldbrick

confidence game

hustle

Traductions

betrügen

truffare

engañar

contro

estafar

Schwindel

bedriegen

carcerato

Kontra

frodare

Verurteilter

Bauernfängerei

αποστηθίζω

απατώ

imbroglio

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/kɒn/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: connen

Hérité de ancien anglais: cunnan

In summary

Etymology tree
Middle English connen
English con
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.