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comte

See also: Comte, Comté, and comté

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French comte. Doublet of comes, conte, and count.

Noun

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comte (plural comtes)

  1. A French count.

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin comitem. Compare Occitan comte, French comte. Doublet of còmit.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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comte m (plural comtes, feminine comtessa)

  1. count, earl
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References

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  • “comte” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French comte, conte, from Latin comitem.

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Noun

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comte m (plural comtes, feminine comtesse)

  1. count, earl
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Descendants

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  • → Arabic: كونت (kōnt)
  • → Azerbaijani: kont
  • → Ottoman Turkish: قونت (kont)
  • → Persian: کنت (kont)
  • → Uzbek: kont

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Occitan

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Etymology

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From Old Occitan comte, from Latin comitem, accusative of comes.

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Noun

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comte m (plural comtes)

  1. (Languedoc, Limousin, Auvergne, Vivaro-alpine, Gascony) count

Derived terms

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Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin comitem, accusative singular of comes (the nominative singular cuens or cons is from the Latin nominative comes).

Noun

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comte oblique singular, m (oblique plural comtes, nominative singular cuens, nominative plural comte)

  1. count; earl
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Old Occitan

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Etymology

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From Latin comes, comitem.

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comte m (oblique plural comtes, nominative singular comtes, nominative plural comte)

  1. count (nobleman)

Descendants

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