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Etymology 1

From Latin contentus (“satisfied, content”), past participle of continere (“to hold in, contain”); see contain.

Pronunciation

(RP) IPA: /ˈkɒn.tɛnt/, X-SAMPA: /"kQn.tEnt/
(US) enPR: kŏn'tĕnt, IPA: /ˈkɑn.tɛnt/, X-SAMPA: /"kAntEnt/
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Noun

content (countable and uncountable; plural contents)

(uncountable) That which is contained.
Subject matter; substance.
The amount of material contained; contents.
(mathematics) The n-dimensional space contained by an n-dimensional polytope (called volume in the case of a polyhedron and area in the case of a polygon).

Translations

that which is contained

Arabic: محتوى (ar) (muḥtawā) m
Bulgarian: съдържание (bg) (sǎdǎržanie) n
Catalan: contingut m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 內容 (cmn), 内容 (cmn) (nèiróng)
Czech: obsah (cs) m
Danish: indhold (da) n
Dutch: inhoud (nl) m
Estonian: sisu (et)
Finnish: sisältö (fi)
French: contenu (fr) m
Georgian: შიგთავსი (ka) (šigt’avsi)
German: Inhalt (de) m
Hebrew: תכולה (he) (tkhula) f
Hungarian: tartalom (hu)

Italian: contenuto (it) m
Japanese: 内容 (ja) (ないよう, naiyō), コンテンツ (ja) (kontentsu)
Korean: 내용 (ko) (naeyong) (內容 (ko)), 콘텐츠 (ko) (kontencheu)
Malay: kandungan (ms)
Malayalam: ഉള്ളടക്കം (uLLatakkam)
Persian: محتوا (fa) (mohtava)
Polish: zawartość (pl) f
Portuguese: conteúdo (pt) m
Romanian: conținut n
Russian: содержание (ru) (soderžánije) n, содержимое (ru) (soderžímoje) n
Serbo-Croatian: sȁdržāj (sh) m
Spanish: contenido (es) m
Swedish: innehåll (sv) n
Tagalog: laman (tl), nilalaman (tl)
Vietnamese: nội dung (vi) (內容 (vi))

subject matter

Bulgarian: същност (bg) (sǎštnost) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 內容 (cmn), 内容 (cmn) (nèiróng)
Dutch: inhoud (nl) m
Finnish: sisältö (fi), substanssi (fi)
French: contenu (fr) m
Hungarian: tartalom (hu)
Japanese: コンテンツ (ja) (kontentsu)

Polish: treść (pl) f
Romanian: conținut n
Russian: содержание (ru) (soderžánije) n, сущность (ru) (súščnost’) f, (neologism, e.g. media) контент (ru) (kóntɛnt) m
Scottish Gaelic: susbaint (gd) f
Serbo-Croatian: sȁdržāj (sh) m
Tagalog: laman (tl), nilalaman (tl)

the amount of material contained

Bulgarian: вместимост (bg) (vmestimost) f, капацитет (bg) (kapacitet) m
Estonian: sisaldus (et)
Finnish: sisältö (fi)
French: contenu (fr) m

Hungarian: tartalom (hu)
Polish: pojemność (pl) f, ilość (pl) f
Portuguese: teor (pt) m

mathematics: space contained by a polytope

Dutch: inhoud (nl) m

Etymology 2

From Middle English, from Old French content, from Latin contentus (“satisfied, content”), past participle of continere (“to hold in, contain”); see contain.

Pronunciation

enPR: kəntĕnt', IPA: /kənˈtɛnt/, X-SAMPA: /k@n"tEnt/

Adjective

content (comparative more content, superlative most content)

Satisfied; in a state of satisfaction.

Derived terms

contentment

Synonyms

(satisfied): contented, pleased, satisfied

Translations

satisfied

Arabic: مبصوط (ar) (mabSuuT), قانع (ar) (faani`), محتوى (ar) (muHtawaa)
Armenian: գոհ (hy) (goh)
Bulgarian: доволен (bg) (dovolen)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 滿足 (cmn), 满足 (cmn) (mǎnzú), 滿意 (cmn), 满意 (cmn) (mǎnyì), 知足 (cmn) (zhīzú)
Czech: spokojený (cs) m
Danish: tilfreds (da)
Dutch: tevreden (nl)
Finnish: tyytyväinen (fi)
French: content (fr) m, contente (fr) f
German: zufrieden (de)

Hungarian: elégedett (hu)
Ido: kontenta (io)
Italian: contento (it)
Japanese: (verb) 満足している (ja) (manzoku shite iru)
Norwegian: fornøyd (no), tilfreds (no)
Portuguese: contente (pt), satisfeito (pt)
Romanian: mulțumit (ro)
Russian: довольный (ru) (dovól'nyj)
Spanish: contento (es)
Swedish: nöjd (sv), tillfreds (sv), tillfredsställd (sv)
Tagalog: kuntento (tl)

Etymology 3

From Old French contente (“content, contentment”), from contenter; see content as a verb.

Noun

content (plural contents)

Satisfaction; contentment
They were in a state of sleepy content after supper.
- Shakespeare
  Such is the fullness of my heart's content.
(obsolete) acquiescence without examination
- Alexander Pope
  The sense they humbly take upon content.
That which contents or satisfies; that which if attained would make one happy.
- Shakespeare
  So will I in England work your grace's full content.
(UK, House of Lords) An expression of assent to a bill or motion; an affirmate vote.
(UK, House of Lords) A member who votes in assent.

Derived terms

Etymology 4

From Old French contenter, from Medieval Latin contentare (“to satisfy”), from Latin contentus (“satisfied, content”); see content as an adjective.

Verb

content (third-person singular simple present contents, present participle contenting, simple past and past participle contented)

(transitive) To give contentment or satisfaction; to satisfy; to gratify; to appease.
You can't have any more - you'll have to content yourself with what you already have.