conde

See also: Conde and condé

English

Noun

conde (plural condes)

1. Alternative spelling of conn
2. The duty of directing a ship, usually used with the verb to have or to take and accompanied by the article "the."

   The officer of the deck has the conde of the vessel.

   The captain took the conde when he reached the bridge.

Verb

conde (third-person singular simple present condes, present participle conding, simple past and past participle conded)

1. (transitive, rare) To direct a ship.

   The pilot conded the ship safely into the harbor.

Anagrams

• CODEN, coend, coned, decon, onced

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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin comes, comitem.

Noun

conde m (plural condes)

1. count (the male ruler of a county)

Related terms

• condáu

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese conde (“count”), from Latin comitem, accusative of comes (“companion”).

Noun

conde m (plural condes, feminine condesa, feminine plural condesas)

1. count (the male ruler of a county)

Related terms

• condado

Further reading

• “conde” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.de/, [ˈkɔn.dɛ]

Verb

conde

1. second-person singular present active imperative of condō

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Middle Dutch

Verb

conde

1. first/third-person singular past indicative/subjunctive of connen

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• comde (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese conde (“count”), from Latin comitem, accusative of comes (“companion”).

Pronunciation

• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkõ.de/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkõ.dɨ/

Noun

conde m (plural condes, feminine condessa, feminine plural condessas)

1. count (the male ruler of a county)

Related terms

• condado

Further reading

• “conde” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin comitem (the 'o' being stressed and the 'i' disappearing), accusative of comes (“companion”). Ultimately cognate to English count (nobility).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkonde/, [ˈkõn̪d̪e]

Noun

conde m (plural condes, feminine condesa, feminine plural condesas)

1. count (nobility); countess in the feminine sense.

Related terms

• vizconde
• condado

See also

• duque
• barón
• marqués
• nobleza

Further reading

• “conde” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.