comte
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French comte. Doublet of comes, conte, and count.
Noun edit
comte (plural comtes)
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Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin comitem. Compare Occitan comte, French comte. Doublet of còmit.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
comte m (plural comtes, feminine comtessa)
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References edit
- “comte” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French comte, conte, from Latin comitem.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
comte m (plural comtes, feminine comtesse)
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Descendants edit
- → Arabic: كونت (kōnt)
- → Azerbaijani: kont
- → Ottoman Turkish: قونت (kont)
- Turkish: kont
- → Persian: کنت (kont)
- → Uzbek: kont
Further reading edit
- “comte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Occitan edit
Etymology edit
From Old Occitan comte, from Latin comitem, accusative of comes.
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Noun edit
comte m (plural comtes)
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Old French edit
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Etymology edit
From Latin comitem, accusative singular of comes (the nominative singular cuens or cons is from the Latin nominative comes).
Noun edit
comte oblique singular, m (oblique plural comtes, nominative singular cuens, nominative plural comte)
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Old Occitan edit
Etymology edit
From Latin comes, comitem.
Noun edit
comte m (oblique plural comtes, nominative singular comtes, nominative plural comte)
- count (nobleman)
Descendants edit
- Occitan: comte