conte
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)
Related termsEdit
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Latin computus, or from the verb contar.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
conte m (plural contes)
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “conte” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “conte”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “conte” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “conte” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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)
Derived termsEdit
- conte de bonne femme
- conte de fées (“fairy-tale”)
- conte moral
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
VerbEdit
conte
- inflection of conter:
Further readingEdit
- “conte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
ItalianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
conte m (plural conti, feminine contessa)
Related termsEdit
See alsoEdit
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
NounEdit
conte
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
Middle DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Dutch *kunta (“vagina”), from Proto-Germanic *kuntǭ.
NounEdit
conte f
DescendantsEdit
- Dutch: kont
Further readingEdit
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “conte”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Middle EnglishEdit
NounEdit
conte
- Alternative form of cunte
Middle FrenchEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old French conte, compte.
NounEdit
conte f (plural contes)
Etymology 2Edit
From Old French comte.
NounEdit
conte m (plural contes)
- count (nobleman)
DescendantsEdit
- French: comte
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)
- story; tale; fable
- 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
- ^ 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)
- Alternative form of comte
PortugueseEdit
PronunciationEdit
- Hyphenation: con‧te
VerbEdit
conte
- inflection of contar:
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
conte m (plural conți, feminine equivalent contesă)