different between conglomerate vs kia

English

Etymology

From Latin conglomer?tus, past participle of conglomer?re (“to pile into a heap, to roll together”), from con- (“prefix indicating a being or bringing together of several objects”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *?óm (“beside, by, near, with”)) + glomer?re (from glomer? (“to pile into a heap, to make into a ball, glomerate”), from glomus (“ball of thread; ball-shaped mass”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to form into a ball; ball”)).

Pronunciation

• Noun, adjective:
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?n??l?m(?)??t/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /k?n??l?m(?)??t/
• Verb:
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?n??l?m??e?t/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /k?n??l?m??e?t/
• Hyphenation: con?glo?mer?ate

Noun

conglomerate (plural conglomerates)

1. A cluster of heterogeneous things.
2. (business) A corporation formed by the combination of several smaller corporations whose activities are unrelated to the corporation's primary activity.
3. (geology) A rock consisting of gravel or pebbles embedded in a matrix.

Translations

See also

• aggregate
• composite

Adjective

conglomerate (comparative more conglomerate, superlative most conglomerate)

1. Clustered together into a mass.
2. (geology) Composed of fragments of rock, pebbles, or stones cemented together.

Translations

Verb

conglomerate (third-person singular simple present conglomerates, present participle conglomerating, simple past and past participle conglomerated)

1. (transitive) To combine together into a larger mass.
2. (transitive, business) To combine together into a larger corporation.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

References

Further reading

• conglomerate (company) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• conglomerate (geology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• conglomerate (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Verb

conglomerate

1. second-person plural present indicative of conglomerare
2. second-person plural imperative of conglomerare
3. feminine plural of conglomerato

Abenaki

Etymology

Cognate to Penobscot kia.

Pronoun

kia

1. you, thou (the singular second person pronoun)

References

• Joseph Laurent (1884) New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues, Quebec: Leger Brousseau
• John Dyneley Prince, The Differentiation Between the Penobscot and the Canadian Abenaki Dialects, in the American Anthropologist, volume 4 (1902)

Esperanto

Etymology

From ki- (interrogative and relative correlative prefix) +? -a (correlative suffix of kind).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kia/
• Hyphenation: ki?a
• Rhymes: -ia
• Audio:

Determiner

kia (accusative singular kian, plural kiaj, accusative plural kiajn)

1. what kind of, which kind of (the interrogative and relative correlative of kind)

Derived terms

• kia ajn (“whatever kind of”)

Usage notes

Like other interrogative and relative correlatives, kia can be combined with ajn, the adverbial particle of generality. Kia ajn thus means whatever kind of.

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tia, from Proto-Oceanic *tia?, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tiha?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ki.a/, [?tij?]

Noun

kia

1. pillar, post

References

• “kia” in the Hawaiian Dictionary, Revised and Enlarged Edition, University of Hawaii Press, 1986

Indonesian

Etymology

From Persian ????? (baxiye, “stitch, suture”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?kia?]
• Hyphenation: kia

Verb

kia

1. (archaic) to stitch.

   Synonym: jahit

Further reading

• “kia” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Inupiaq

Pronoun

kia

1. whose

   Kia aglautaa una?

   Whose pencil is this?

Synonyms

• kisum

Penobscot

Etymology

Cognate to Abenaki kia.

Pronoun

kia

1. you, thou (the singular second person pronoun)

References

• 1902, J. Dyneley Prince, The Differentiation Between the Penobscot and the Canadian Abenaki Dialects, in the American Anthropologist, volume 4

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [ki???]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [ki???]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ki???]

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese ? (“that; those”, SV: kì). Related to kìa.

Adjective

kia • (?)

1. that, over there
2. other, opposite
3. (with time expressions) two removed from the present

See also

Adverb

kia

1. over there

Derived terms

• kia kìa