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

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    rareTo study or examine carefully, especially in order to gain knowledge of; to learn, or learn by heart.

    For Caſſius is a-weary of the World: / Hated by one he loues, brau'd by his Brother, / Check'd like a bondman, all his faults obſeru'd, / Set in a Note-booke, learn'd, and con'd by roate / To caſt into my Teeth.

    At length, himself unsettling, he the pond / Stirred with his staff, and fixedly did look / Upon the muddy water, which he conned, / As if he had been reading in a book

    I did not come into parliament to con my lesson. I had earned my pension before I set my foot in St. Stephen's chapel.

    During these delectable entertainments, Miss Wirt and the chaperon sate by, and conned over the peerage, and talked about the nobility.

  2. 2

    obsolèteTo know; understand; acknowledge.

    Of Muses Hobbinol, I conne no skill

Étymologie

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥néh₃ti Proto-Germanic *kunnaną Proto-West Germanic *kunnan Old English cunnan 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.

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

    pros and cons

Étymologie

Abbreviation of Latin contrā (“against”).

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    argotA convicted criminal, a convict.

Étymologie

Clipping of convict.

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

    My heart is breaking for my sister And the con that she called "love"

    Leavers will be attracted to that story because it spares them the discomfort of admitting that they voted for a con, and then made a prime minister of the con artist.

Étymologie

From con trick, shortened from confidence trick.

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    familierTo trick, lie or defraud, usually for personal gain.

    Neoliberalism has conned us into fighting climate change as individuals [title]

    Taiwan man soaks feet in dry ice for 10 hours to con insurance firms, causing amputation […] A man in Taiwan shocked the internet after attempting to defraud five insurance companies by immersing his feet in a bucket of dry ice for 10 hours, resulting in the amputation of both feet.

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    Variante de connAlternative form of conn (“direct a ship”).

Étymologie

From earlier cond; see conn.

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    Variante de connAlternative form of conn (“navigational direction of a ship”).

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

    I can't speak for Faye as ed of FHAPA, but it would be really swell of someone could send us a set of Intersection daily newszines, plus any con flyers or other fannish papers that were there to had for the picking up: fannish things, you know, not including media, gaming, filking or costuming, fine fun but not my cup of blog, thank you.

Étymologie

Clipping of convention or conference.

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    familierThe conversion of part of a building.

    We're getting a loft con done next year.

Étymologie

Clipping of conversion.

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    familierConsumption; pulmonary tuberculosis.

Étymologie

Clipping of consumption.

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    obsolèteSquirrel, particularly the red squirrel.

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    obsolèteA squirrel's nest.

Étymologie

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”).

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    A political conservative.

    own the cons

Étymologie

Clipping of conservative; compare lib.

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    Variante de consolidationAbbreviation of consolidation: only used in naming.

Étymologie

Clipping of consolidation or consolidated.

adjectif

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    Variante de consolidatedAbbreviation of consolidated: only used in naming.

Formes

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cons
passé
conned
participe passé
conned
participe présent
conning
3ᵉ personne du singulier
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Les pages voisinesL'ordre alphabétique suit les règles de la langue, pas la valeur des octets : un accent ne départage que deux mots par ailleurs identiques, et l'espagnol range le Ñ comme une lettre à part entière.

Contenu lexical issu du Wiktionary, sous licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · Entrée d'origine · Version des données 2026-08-23

Rang parmi les mots du corpus OpenSubtitles 2018 — des sous-titres de films et de séries, donc de la langue parlée et non écrite (CC BY-SA 3.0).