content

English

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Etymology 1

From Latin contentus (“satisfied, content”), past participle of continere (“to hold in, contain”); see contain.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈkɒn.tɛnt/, X-SAMPA: /"kQn.tEnt/
• (US) enPR: kŏn'tĕnt, IPA: /ˈkɑn.tɛnt/, X-SAMPA: /"kAntEnt/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Noun

content (countable and uncountable; plural contents)

1. (uncountable) That which is contained.
2. Subject matter; substance.
   • Grew

     I shall prove these writings […] authentic, and the contents true, and worthy of a divine original.

3. The amount of material contained; contents.
4. capacity for holding
   • Francis Bacon

     Strong ships, of great content.

5. (mathematics) The n-dimensional space contained by an n-dimensional polytope (called volume in the case of a polyhedron and area in the case of a polygon).

Translations

that which is contained

• Arabic: محتوى (ar) (muḥtawā) m
• Bulgarian: съдържание (bg) (sǎdǎržanie) n
• Catalan: contingut m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 內容 (cmn), 内容 (cmn) (nèiróng)

• Czech: obsah (cs) m
• Danish: indhold (da) n
• Dutch: inhoud (nl) m
• Estonian: sisu (et)
• Finnish: sisältö (fi)
• French: contenu (fr) m
• Georgian: შიგთავსი (ka) (šigt’avsi)
• German: Inhalt (de) m
• Hebrew: תכולה (he) (tkhula) f
• Hungarian: tartalom (hu)

• Italian: contenuto (it) m
• Japanese: 内容 (ja) (ないよう, naiyō), コンテンツ (ja) (kontentsu)
• Korean: 내용 (ko) (naeyong) (內容 (ko)), 콘텐츠 (ko) (kontencheu)
• Malay: kandungan (ms)
• Malayalam: ഉള്ളടക്കം (uLLatakkam)
• Persian: محتوا (fa) (mohtava)
• Polish: zawartość (pl) f
• Portuguese: conteúdo (pt) m
• Romanian: conținut n
• Russian: содержание (ru) (soderžánije) n, содержимое (ru) (soderžímoje) n
• Serbo-Croatian: sȁdržāj (sh) m
• Spanish: contenido (es) m
• Swedish: innehåll (sv) n
• Tagalog: laman (tl), nilalaman (tl)
• Vietnamese: nội dung (vi) (內容 (vi))

subject matter

• Bulgarian: същност (bg) (sǎštnost) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 內容 (cmn), 内容 (cmn) (nèiróng)

• Dutch: inhoud (nl) m
• Finnish: sisältö (fi), substanssi (fi)
• French: contenu (fr) m
• Hungarian: tartalom (hu)
• Japanese: コンテンツ (ja) (kontentsu)

• Polish: treść (pl) f
• Romanian: conținut n
• Russian: содержание (ru) (soderžánije) n, сущность (ru) (súščnost’) f, (neologism, e.g. media) контент (ru) (kóntɛnt) m
• Scottish Gaelic: susbaint (gd) f
• Serbo-Croatian: sȁdržāj (sh) m
• Tagalog: laman (tl), nilalaman (tl)

the amount of material contained

• Bulgarian: вместимост (bg) (vmestimost) f, капацитет (bg) (kapacitet) m
• Estonian: sisaldus (et)
• Finnish: sisältö (fi)
• French: contenu (fr) m

• Hungarian: tartalom (hu)
• Polish: pojemność (pl) f, ilość (pl) f
• Portuguese: teor (pt) m

mathematics: space contained by a polytope

• Dutch: inhoud (nl) m

Etymology 2

From Middle English, from Old French content, from Latin contentus (“satisfied, content”), past participle of continere (“to hold in, contain”); see contain.

Pronunciation

• enPR: kəntĕnt', IPA: /kənˈtɛnt/, X-SAMPA: /k@n"tEnt/

Adjective

content (comparative more content, superlative most content)

1. Satisfied; in a state of satisfaction.

Derived terms

• contentment

Synonyms

• (satisfied): contented, pleased, satisfied

Translations

satisfied

• Arabic: مبصوط (ar) (mabSuuT), قانع (ar) (faani`), محتوى (ar) (muHtawaa)
• Armenian: գոհ (hy) (goh)
• Bulgarian: доволен (bg) (dovolen)
• Catalan: content (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 滿足 (cmn), 满足 (cmn) (mǎnzú), 滿意 (cmn), 满意 (cmn) (mǎnyì), 知足 (cmn) (zhīzú)

• Czech: spokojený (cs) m
• Danish: tilfreds (da)
• Dutch: tevreden (nl)
• Finnish: tyytyväinen (fi)
• French: content (fr) m, contente (fr) f

• German: zufrieden (de)
• Hungarian: elégedett (hu)
• Ido: kontenta (io)
• Italian: contento (it)
• Japanese: (verb) 満足している (ja) (manzoku shite iru)
• Norwegian: fornøyd (no), tilfreds (no)
• Portuguese: contente (pt), satisfeito (pt)
• Romanian: mulțumit (ro)
• Russian: довольный (ru) (dovól'nyj)
• Spanish: contento (es)
• Swedish: nöjd (sv), tillfreds (sv), tillfredsställd (sv)
• Tagalog: kuntento (tl)

Etymology 3

From Old French contente (“content, contentment”), from contenter; see content as a verb.

Noun

content (plural contents)

1. Satisfaction; contentment

   They were in a state of sleepy content after supper.

   • Shakespeare

     Such is the fullness of my heart's content.

2. (obsolete) acquiescence without examination
   • Alexander Pope

     The sense they humbly take upon content.

3. That which contents or satisfies; that which if attained would make one happy.
   • Shakespeare

     So will I in England work your grace's full content.

4. (UK, House of Lords) An expression of assent to a bill or motion; an affirmate vote.
5. (UK, House of Lords) A member who votes in assent.

Derived terms

• discontent
• malcontent

Etymology 4

From Old French contenter, from Medieval Latin contentare (“to satisfy”), from Latin contentus (“satisfied, content”); see content as an adjective.

Verb

content (third-person singular simple present contents, present participle contenting, simple past and past participle contented)

1. (transitive) To give contentment or satisfaction; to satisfy; to gratify; to appease.

   You can't have any more - you'll have to content yourself with what you already have.

   • Bible, Mark xv. 15

     Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them.

   • I. Watts

     Do not content yourselves with obscure and confused ideas, where clearer are to be attained.

2. (transitive, obsolete) To satisfy the expectations of; to pay; to requite.
   • Shakespeare

     Come the next Sabbath, and I will content you.

Translations

satisfy

• Bulgarian: задоволявам (bg) (zadovoljavam)
• Danish: stille tilfreds (da), tilfredsstille (da)
• Dutch: vergenoegen, tevredenstellen
• Finnish: tyydyttää (fi)
• French: satisfaire (fr)
• Hungarian: kielégít (hu)

• Italian: soddisfare (it)
• Portuguese: contentar (pt), satisfazer (pt)
• Romanian: mulțumi (ro)
• Scottish Gaelic: sàsaich (gd)
• Spanish: contentar (es)
• Swedish: nöja (sv)

External links

• content in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• content in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contentus.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɔ̃.tɑ̃/

• audio

  (file)

• Homophones: comptant, contant, contents

Adjective

content m (feminine contente, masculine plural contents, feminine plural contentes)

1. content, satisfied, pleased

Verb

content

1. third-person plural present indicative of conter
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of conter

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Jèrriais

Etymology

From Latin contentus (“having been held together, contained”), from contineō, continēre (“hold or keep together, surround, contain”).

Adjective

content m (feminine contente, masculine plural contents, feminine plural contentes)

1. happy

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Middle French

Adjective

content m (feminine singular contente, masculine plural contens, feminine plural contentes)

1. happy; satisfied; content