conter

French

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /kɔ̃.te/
• Homophone: compter

Etymology

Old French conter.

Verb

conter

1. to count (tell a story)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of conter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		conter			avoir conté
gerund		en contant			en ayant conté
present participle		contant
past participle		conté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	conte	contes	conte	contons	contez	content
	imperfect	contais	contais	contait	contions	contiez	contaient
	past historic1	contai	contas	conta	contâmes	contâtes	contèrent
	future	conterai	conteras	contera	conterons	conterez	conteront
	conditional	conterais	conterais	conterait	conterions	conteriez	conteraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	conte	contes	conte	contions	contiez	content
	imperfect1	contasse	contasses	contât	contassions	contassiez	contassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	conte	—	contons	contez	—
1literary tenses

Anagrams

• contre, contré
• cornet

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin continēre, present active infinitive of contineō (“I contain”)

Verb

conter (first-person sg present conteño, first-person sg preterite contiven, past participle contido)

1. to contain
2. first-person singular personal infinitive of conter
3. third-person singular personal infinitive of conter

Conjugation

    Conjugation of conter (irregular)

infinitive			conter
gerund			contendo
past participle			contido
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		eu	ti	el / ela	nós	vós	eles / elas
	present	conteño	contes	conten	contemos	contendes, contedes	conteñen
	imperfect	contiña	contiñas	contiña	contiñamos	contiñades	contiñan
	preterite	contiven	contiveches	contivo	contivemos	contivestes	contiveron
	pluperfect	contivera	contiveras	contivera	contiveramos	contiverades	contiveran
	future	conterei	conterás	conterá	conteremos	conteredes	conterán
	conditional	contería	conterías	contería	conteriamos	conteriades	conterían
subjunctive		eu	ti	el / ela	nós	vós	eles / elas
	present	conteña	conteñas	conteña	conteñamos	conteñades	conteñan
	preterite	contivese	contiveses	contivese	contivésemos	contivésedes	contivesen
	future	contiver	contiveres	contiver	contivermos	contiverdes	contiveren
imperative		eu	ti	el / ela	nós	vós	eles / elas
		—	conten	—	—	contede, contende	—
personal infinitive		eu	ti	el / ela	nós	vós	eles / elas
		conter	conteres	conter	contermos	conterdes	conteren

Related terms

abster ater deter entreter

manter reter soster ter

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Old French

Alternative forms

• (Anglo-Norman) cunter

Etymology

From Latin computare, present active infinitive of computō (“compute”).

Verb

conter

1. to tell; to say
2. to recount (tell a story)
3. to add up (count)

Conjugation

• Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

   Conjugation of conter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		conter			avoir conté, contez
gerund		en contant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		contant
past participle		conté, contez
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jeo, jou	tu	il	nos, nous	vos, vous	ils
simple tenses	present	conte, cont	contes, conts	conte, cont	contons	contez, contés	content
	imperfect	contoe, conteie, contoie	contoes, conteies, contoies	contot, conteit, contoit	contions, contiions	contiez, contiiez	contoent, contient, contoient
	past historic	contai	contas	conta	contames	contastes	conterent
	future	conterai	conteras	contera	conterons	conterez, contereiz	conteront
	conditional	conteroe, contereie, conteroie	conteroes, contereies, conteroies	conterot, contereie, conteroie	conterions, conteriions	conteriez, conteriiez	conteroent, contereient, conteroient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jeo, jou	que tu	qu’il	que nos, nous	que vos, vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	conte, cont	contes, conts	conte, cont	contons	contez	content
	imperfect	contasse	contasses	contast	contissons	contissez, contissiez	contassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos, nous	vos, vous	–
		—	conte	—	contons	contez	—

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Portuguese

Verb

conter (first-person singular present indicative contenho, past participle contido)

1. To contain, hold, carry
2. To include

Conjugation

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -er verb conter

Notes:

• This is an irregular verb of the -er group.
• Verbs with this conjugation include: conter, suster.

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	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele/ela/você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles/elas/vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	conter
Personal	conter	conteres	conter	contermos	conterdes	conterem
Gerund
	contendo
Past participle
Masculine	contido			contidos
Feminine	contida			contidas
Indicative
Present	contenho	conténs	contém	contemos	contendes	contêm
Imperfect	continha	continhas	continha	contínhamos	contínheis	continham
Preterite	contive	contiveste	conteve	contivemos	contivestes	contiveram
Pluperfect	contivera	contiveras	contivera	contivéramos	contivéreis	contiveram
Future	conterei	conterás	conterá	conteremos	contereis	conterão
Conditional	conteria	conterias	conteria	conteríamos	conteríeis	conteriam
Subjunctive
Present	contenha	contenhas	contenha	contenhamos	contenhais	contenham
Imperfect	contivesse	contivesses	contivesse	contivéssemos	contivésseis	contivessem
Future	contiver	contiveres	contiver	contivermos	contiverdes	contiverem
Imperative
Affirmative	-	contém	contenha	contenhamos	contende	contenham
Negative (não)	-	contenhas	contenha	contenhamos	contenhais	contenham

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Walloon

Etymology

From Old French conter, from Latin computō, computare (“compute”).

Verb

conter

1. to count