concomitant

== English == === Etymology === First attested 1607; from Middle French concomitant, from Latin concomitāns, the present participle of concomitor (“to accompany”), from con- (“together”) + comitor (“to accompany”), from comes (“companion”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kənˈkɒmɪtənt/ (General American, Atlantic Canada) IPA(key): /kənˈkɑmətənt/ (Canada, dialects of the US) IPA(key): /kənˈkɒmətənt/ (Australian) IPA(key): /kənˈkɔmətənt/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /kənˈkɒmətənt/, [kənˈkɔ̟mətənt] === Adjective === concomitant (not comparable) Accompanying; conjoining; attending; concurrent. [from early 17th c.] Synonyms: accompanying, adjoining, attendant, incidental (grammar) Of or relating to the grammatical aspect which expresses that a secondary action is occurring simultaneously to the primary action of the statement. ==== Translations ==== === Noun === concomitant (plural concomitants) Something happening or existing at the same time. Synonyms: accompaniment, co-occurrence (algebra) An invariant homogeneous polynomial in the coefficients of a form, a covariant variable, and a contravariant variable. ==== Synonyms ==== divariant ==== Related terms ==== concomitance concomitantly concomitate ==== Translations ==== === References === “concomitant”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. == French == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin concomitāns, the present participle of Latin concomitor (“to accompany”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔ̃.kɔ.mi.tɑ̃/ === Adjective === concomitant (feminine concomitante, masculine plural concomitants, feminine plural concomitantes) concomitant ==== Derived terms ==== concomitamment concomitance === Further reading === “concomitant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012