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

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Noun

content (countable and uncountable; plural contents)

1. (uncountable) That which is contained.
2. Subject matter; substance.
3. The amount of material contained.
4. (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).
5. See contents.

Translations

that which is contained

Arabic: محتوى (ar) (muḥtawā) m. Bulgarian: съдържание (bg) n. Catalan: contingut m. Chinese: Mandarin: 內容 (zh), 内容 (zh) (nèiróng) Croatian: sȁdržāj (hr) m. Czech: obsah (cs) m. Danish: indhold (da) n. Dutch: inhoud (nl) m. Estonian: sisu (et) Finnish: sisältö (fi) French: contenu (fr) m. 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) Malayalam: ഉള്ളടക്കം (uLLatakkam) Persian: محتوی (fa) (muhtavi) Polish: zawartość (pl) f. Portuguese: conteúdo (pt) m. Romanian: conținut n. Russian: содержание (ru) (soderžánije) n., содержимое (ru) (soderžímoje) n. 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) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 內容 (zh), 内容 (zh) (nèiróng) Croatian: sȁdržāj (hr) m. Dutch: inhoud (nl) m. French: contenu (fr) m. Hungarian: tartalom (hu)

Japanese: コンテンツ (ja) (kontentsu) Romanian: conținut n. Russian: содержание (ru) (soderžánije) n., сущность (ru) (súščnost’) f., (neologism, e.g. media) контент (ru) (kóntent) m. Scottish Gaelic: susbaint (gd) f. Tagalog: laman (tl), nilalaman (tl)

the amount of material contained

Bulgarian: вместимост (bg) f., капацитет (bg) m. Estonian: sisaldus (et)

French: contenu (fr) m. Hungarian: tartalom (hu)

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/, 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) 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 afterward.

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.

Translations

satisfy

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

Italian: soddisfare (it) Portuguese: contentar (pt), satisfazer (pt) Romanian: mulțumi (ro) Scottish Gaelic: sàsaich (gd) 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. (f. contente, m. plural contents, f. plural contentes)

1. content, satisfied, pleased

Verb

content

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