See also: Conte, conté, and Conté

AragoneseEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

conte m (feminine contesa)

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

Related termsEdit

CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

Inherited from Latin computus, or from the verb contar.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

conte m (plural contes)

  1. tale; story
    Synonym: rondalla

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Inherited from Middle French conte, from Old French conte, compte, derived from the verb conter, compter, or from Latin computus. See compte.

NounEdit

conte m (plural contes)

  1. tale; story
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

VerbEdit

conte

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

Further readingEdit

ItalianEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkon.te/
  • Rhymes: -onte
  • Hyphenation: cón‧te

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin comitem.

NounEdit

conte m (plural conti, feminine contessa)

  1. count (rank)
  2. earl
Related termsEdit
See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

NounEdit

conte

  1. plural of conta

Further readingEdit

  • conte in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • conte in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • conte in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • conte in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • conte in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • conte in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

AnagramsEdit

LatinEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

conte

  1. vocative singular of contus

Middle DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Dutch *kunta (vagina), from Proto-Germanic *kuntǭ.

NounEdit

conte f

  1. vagina, also generally sex organ

DescendantsEdit

  • Dutch: kont

Further readingEdit

Middle EnglishEdit

NounEdit

conte

  1. Alternative form of cunte

Middle FrenchEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old French conte, compte.

NounEdit

conte f (plural contes)

  1. story; tale; fable

Etymology 2Edit

From Old French comte.

NounEdit

conte m (plural contes)

  1. count (nobleman)
DescendantsEdit

Old FrenchEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • cunte (all senses, Anglo-Norman)

Etymology 1Edit

First attested circa 980 as compte. Deverbal of conter[1].

NounEdit

conte m (oblique plural contes, nominative singular contes, nominative plural conte)

  1. story; tale; fable
  2. count (record of a number or amount)
    • 12th Century, Unknown, Raoul de Cambrai:
      Tant en asamble n'en sai conte tenir.
      He got together so many that I can't keep count

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Etymology and history of “compte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Etymology 2Edit

See comte.

NounEdit

conte m (oblique plural contes, nominative singular cuens, nominative plural conte)

  1. Alternative form of comte

PortugueseEdit

PronunciationEdit

 

  • Hyphenation: con‧te

VerbEdit

conte

  1. inflection of contar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French comte.

NounEdit

conte m (plural conți, feminine equivalent contesă)

  1. count, earl

DeclensionEdit