See also: compté

Catalan edit

Etymology edit

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin computus. Compare French compte.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

compte m (plural comptes)

  1. count (act of counting or tallying something)
  2. count (a quantity counted)
  3. care (close attention)
    Synonyms: cura, atenció
    caldrà anar amb compteyou have to be careful
  4. (finance, computing) account
    compte de usuariuser account
  5. bill, invoice

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Interjection edit

compte

  1. watch out!, be careful!

Further reading edit

French edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Middle French compte, from Old French conte (with ⟨mp⟩ added back to reflect Latin computus). Cf. also the form conte.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

compte m (plural comptes)

  1. account (bank or user account)
  2. count (the action of counting)

Derived terms edit

Verb edit

compte

  1. inflection of compter:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading edit

Latin edit

Participle edit

cōmpte

  1. vocative masculine singular of cōmptus

References edit

  • compte”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • compte in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Middle French edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old French conte, with the mp added back to reflect the Latin computus.

Noun edit

compte m (plural comptes)

  1. account (financial)
  2. tale; story

Etymology 2 edit

From Old French comte, with the p added under the influence of etymology 1. No p in the Latin etymon comes, comitem.

Noun edit

compte m (plural comptes)

  1. Alternative form of conte (nobleman)

Norman edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French compte, from Latin computus.

Noun edit

compte m (plural comptes)

  1. (Jersey) account
    • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore[1], page 519:
      I' n'en prend ni compte ni taille.
      He takes no account nor tally.