Translingual

Symbol

Co

1. (chemistry) Symbol for cobalt.

English

Abbreviation

Co

1. company , Alternative form of Co.

Alternative forms

• co , co. , Co.

Dutch

Proper noun

Co ?

1. A female given name, diminutive of Jacoba.

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ/

Etymology

Min Nan Hokkien 許 ‎(Khó).

Proper noun

Co

1. A surname​ of Chinese origin.

See also

• Ko

English

Noun

co ‎(plural cos)

1. (slang) company

Alternative forms

• co. , Co , Co.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: kō, IPA^(key): /koʊ/

Pronoun

co ‎(third-person singular, gender-neutral, reflexive coself)

1. (neologism, nonstandard) they (singular). Gender-neutral subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
   • 1983, Ingrid Komar, Living the Dream:

     Co consistently does less than cos share of the Community work. 4. Co absents coself from the Community for more than three weeks [...]

   • 1996, Brett Beemyn, Mickey Elianon, Queer studies: a lesbian, gay, bisexual, & transgender anthology, page 74:

     At the very least, an individual might have to use different terms to describe coself in a heterosexual context than co uses in a sexual minority context [...]

   • 2004 April 1, "Pieira dos Lobos" (username), "Fern's Story two", alt.magick.serious, Usenet:

     A youngster of my own introduction had been rejected by an object of preadolescent craving and had killed coself by leaping at the ceiling of co's quarters. Co was a rising Large Game star, her spring was powerful, our gravity flux was low - co's head struck the surface with enough force to kill on impact.

2. (neologism, nonstandard) them (singular). Gender-neutral object pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns him and her.

Hyponyms

• (as subject): he, she
• (as object): him, her

Derived terms

• cos
• coself

See also

• other attested and proposed gender-neutral pronouns

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *čьto, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷid, *kʷis.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

co

1. what

   Co se děje?‎

   What's up?

   Co se stalo?‎

   What happened?

Conjunction

co

1. that

   Od té doby, co jsme spolu...‎

   Since we’ve been together... (lit.) Since the time that we’ve been together...

2. what

   Ví, co chce.‎

   He knows what he wants.

Particle

co

1. (indeclinable) isn't it so, don't you think?

   To je pěkné, co?‎

   That’s nice, isn’t it?

Declension

Derived terms

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin quod.

Pronoun

co

1. what

Esperanto

Noun

co ‎(accusative singular co-on, plural co-oj, accusative plural co-ojn)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter C/c.

See also

• (Latin script letter names) litero; a, bo, co, ĉo, do, e, fo, go, ĝo, ho, ĥo, i, jo, ĵo, ko, lo, mo, no, o, po, ro, so, ŝo, to, u, ŭo, vo, zo ^{(Category: eo:Latin letter names)}

Galician

Etymology

From contraction of preposition con ‎(“with”) + masculine definite article o ‎(“the”)

Contraction

co m ‎(feminine coa, masculine plural cos, feminine plural coas)

1. with the

Gallo

Etymology

From Old French coc.

Noun

co m

1. rooster, cockerel, cock

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tso/

Pronoun

co ‎(plural ci)

1. Alternative form of ico

Lojban

Cmavo

co ‎(rafsi col)

1. tanru inverter: written between the components of a compound words, it swaps the logical order

   zdani cukta‎

   book with the house-property

   zdani co cukta‎

   house with the book-property

   ti du lo bitmu poi selzbasu fi lo kitybli‎

   This is a wall which is made of bricks.

   ti bitmu co selzbasu fi lo kitybli‎

   This is a wall which is made of bricks.

Usage notes

• A tanru of the form "A co B" might not always be a mere substitute of "B (ke) A", because whereas a tanru of the form "B (ke) A" inherits its place structure from A, a tanru of the form "A co B" inherits its place structure from B.

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sɔ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *čьto, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷid, *kʷis.

Pronoun

co

1. what (interrogative)

Declension

Etymology 2

Inflected form of kśěś.

Verb

co

1. third-person singular present of kśěś

Norman

Etymology 1

From Old French colp, coup, from Vulgar Latin *colpus, from Classical Latin colaphus ‎(“blow with the fist; cuff”), from Ancient Greek κόλαφος ‎(kólaphos, “blow, slap”).

Noun

co m ‎(plural cos)

1. (Jersey) blow

Alternative forms

• coup

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old French coq, coc.

Noun

co m ‎(plural cos)

1. (Jersey) cockerel

Derived terms

• co journieaux

Etymology 3

From Old French col, from Latin collum ‎(“neck”).

Noun

co m ‎(plural cos)

1. (Jersey, Guernsey, Normandy, anatomy) neck

Alternative forms

• ko (Sark)

Old Irish

Adverb

co

1. (interrogative) how?

   Co·bbia mo ḟechtas?‎ ― How will my expedition be?

Usage notes

Is followed by the dependent form of the verb, which is neither nasalized nor lenited.

Descendants

• Irish: go
• Scottish Gaelic: gu
• Manx: dy

Preposition

co

1. to, toward

Descendants

• Irish: chuig, chun, go
• Scottish Gaelic: gu

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *čьto, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷid, *kʷis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡s̪ɔ/

Pronoun

co

1. what

Declension

Related terms

• coś
• nic
• kto

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) che
• (Sutsilvan) ca
• (Surmiran) tgi
• (Puter) cu

Conjunction

co

1. (Vallader) than

Spanish

Noun

co m ‎(plural cos)

1. (Aragon, colloquial) dude, friend

Related terms

• compañero
• colega
• compa

Pronoun

co

1. Misspelling of có.

Venetian

Alternative forms

• con

Etymology

From Latin cum. Compare Italian con

Preposition

co

1. with, together

See also

• có