comte
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French comte. Doublet of count.
NounEdit
comte (plural comtes)
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin comes, comitem. Compare Occitan comte, French comte.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
comte m (plural comtes, feminine comtessa)
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “comte” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French comte, conte, from Latin comitem, accusative of comes.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
comte m (plural comtes, feminine comtesse)
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- → Turkish: kont
Further readingEdit
- “comte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
OccitanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Occitan comte, from Latin comitem, accusative of comes.
PronunciationEdit
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NounEdit
comte m (plural comtes)
Derived termsEdit
Old FrenchEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin comitem, accusative singular of comes (the nominative singular cuens or cons is from the Latin nominative comes).
NounEdit
comte m (oblique plural comtes, nominative singular cuens, nominative plural comte)
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
Old OccitanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin comes, comitem.
NounEdit
comte m (oblique plural comtes, nominative singular comtes, nominative plural comte)
- count (nobleman)
DescendantsEdit
- Occitan: comte