Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cond

/kɑnd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.65 in modern English

Syllables: cond
IPA: /kɑnd/

7

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Clipping of conditional.

verb

Obsolete spelling of con (“direct or steer a ship”).

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Sometimes he who conds the ship will be speaking to him at helm at every little yaw; which the sea-faring men love not, as being a kind of disgrace to their steerage; then in mockage they will say, sure the channel is narrow he conds so thick […]"

Etymology

Clipping.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: conduen, conducere

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /kɑnd/
British English: /kɒnd/

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

conds (present, singular) conding (participle, present) conded (participle, past) conded (past)

Derived Forms

conder

Homonyms

conned

Rhymes With

beyond bond respond blonde pond across the pond fond blond correspond wand spawned conned

Questions

How do you pronounce cond?: The recorded pronunciation is /kɑnd/.
What does cond mean?: Clipping of conditional.
Where does cond come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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