Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

como

/kˈoʊmoʊ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.20 in modern English

Syllables: co-mo
IPA: /kˈoʊmoʊ/

8

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

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A city and comune, the capital of the province of Como, Lombardy.

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A province of Lombardy, Italy.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Como.

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

COMOs (plural)

Synonyms

CADM CDRE Cmdre

Rhymes With

homo cuomo romo sumitomo majordomo perdomo bellomo palomo crisostomo shomo bencomo buonomo

Questions

How do you pronounce como?: The recorded pronunciation is /kˈoʊmoʊ/.
What does como mean?: A city and comune, the capital of the province of Como, Lombardy.
Where does como come from?: Borrowed from Italian Como.

How to pronounce como

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