con

(Engels)

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.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/kɒn/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: connen

Overgenomen van Oudengels: 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.

Concepten

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Synoniemen

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