"conn" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kɑn/ [General-American], /kɒn/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: conns [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒn Etymology: Variant of cond, from Middle English conduen, condien, from Anglo-Norman conduire, from Latin condūcō (“lead, bring or draw together”), from con- (“with, together”) + dūcō (“lead”). Doublet of conduce. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dewk-}}, {{m|en|cond}} cond, {{inh|en|enm|conduen}} Middle English conduen, {{m|enm|condien}} condien, {{der|en|xno|conduire}} Anglo-Norman conduire, {{der|en|la|condūcō||lead, bring or draw together}} Latin condūcō (“lead, bring or draw together”), {{prefix|la|con|dūcō|gloss1=with, together|gloss2=lead|nocat=1}} con- (“with, together”) + dūcō (“lead”), {{doublet|en|conduce}} Doublet of conduce Head templates: {{en-noun}} conn (plural conns)
  1. The duty of directing a ship, usually used with the verb to have or to take and accompanied by the article "the." Derived forms: have the conn (english: have the con), take the conn (english: take the con)
    Sense id: en-conn-en-noun-nanWkl~v
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: con

Verb

IPA: /kɑn/ [General-American], /kɒn/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: conns [present, singular, third-person], conning [participle, present], conned [participle, past], conned [past]
Rhymes: -ɒn Etymology: Variant of cond, from Middle English conduen, condien, from Anglo-Norman conduire, from Latin condūcō (“lead, bring or draw together”), from con- (“with, together”) + dūcō (“lead”). Doublet of conduce. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dewk-}}, {{m|en|cond}} cond, {{inh|en|enm|conduen}} Middle English conduen, {{m|enm|condien}} condien, {{der|en|xno|conduire}} Anglo-Norman conduire, {{der|en|la|condūcō||lead, bring or draw together}} Latin condūcō (“lead, bring or draw together”), {{prefix|la|con|dūcō|gloss1=with, together|gloss2=lead|nocat=1}} con- (“with, together”) + dūcō (“lead”), {{doublet|en|conduce}} Doublet of conduce Head templates: {{en-verb}} conn (third-person singular simple present conns, present participle conning, simple past and past participle conned)
  1. (transitive) To direct a ship; to superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer (especially through a channel, etc, rather than steer a compass direction). Tags: transitive Derived forms: conning line, conning officer, conning tower Translations (to direct a ship): ohjata laivaa (Finnish), ein Schiff steuern (German), הוֹלִיךְ (holikh oniya) [masculine] (Hebrew), управля́ть (upravljátʹ) (alt: кораблём, су́дном) (Russian), вести́ (vestí) (alt: кора́бль, су́дно) (Russian), lotsa (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-conn-en-verb-EpghXVrX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Old Irish entries with incorrect language header, Primitive Irish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of Old Irish entries with incorrect language header: 26 58 1 13 1 Disambiguation of Primitive Irish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 27 56 2 14 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: con

Inflected forms

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        [
          "superintend",
          "superintend"
        ],
        [
          "helmsman",
          "helmsman"
        ],
        [
          "channel",
          "channel"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To direct a ship; to superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer (especially through a channel, etc, rather than steer a compass direction)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɑn/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɒn/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "con"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒn"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "con"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to direct a ship",
      "word": "ohjata laivaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to direct a ship",
      "word": "ein Schiff steuern"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "holikh oniya",
      "sense": "to direct a ship",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "הוֹלִיךְ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "кораблём, су́дном",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "upravljátʹ",
      "sense": "to direct a ship",
      "word": "управля́ть"
    },
    {
      "alt": "кора́бль, су́дно",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vestí",
      "sense": "to direct a ship",
      "word": "вести́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to direct a ship",
      "word": "lotsa"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Conn (nautical)"
  ],
  "word": "conn"
}

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