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Conn
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Conn
Conn
Irish
Proper noun
Conn m (genitive Choinn)
- A male given name used in Ireland.
- (historical) Conn Céadchathach (Conn of the Hundred Battles), a semi-mythical medieval High King of Ireland
Derived terms
- Cró Choinn (“Conn's fold”) (name for Ireland)
- Connachta (“Connacht”) (one of the five traditional provinces of Ireland)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| Conn | Chonn | gConn |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kon͈/
Proper noun
Conn m
- A male given name used in Ireland.
- (historical) Conn Cétchathach (Conn of the Hundred Battles), a semi-mythical medieval High King of Ireland
Derived terms
- Connachta (“Connacht”) (one of the five traditional provinces of Ireland)
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| Conn | Chonn | Conn pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
conn
conn
English
Noun
conn (plural conns)
- The duty of directing a ship, usually used with the verb to have or to take and accompanied by the article "the."
- The officer of the deck has the conn of the vessel; the captain took the conn when he reached the bridge.
Verb
conn (third-person singular simple present conns, present participle conning, simple past and past participle conned)
- (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.
- The pilot conned the ship safely into the harbor.
- 1724, Daniel Defoe, Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress, chapter 8
- “Ay,” says I, “you’ll allow me to steer, that is, hold the helm, but you’ll conn the ship, as they call it; that is, as at sea, a boy serves to stand at the helm, but he that gives him the orders is pilot.”