comté

See also: comte

French

Etymology

From Middle French comté, conté, from Old French conté, from Latin comitātus. Respelled comté with a medial m in Middle French to more closely match the original Latin spelling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.te/

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Noun

comté m (plural comtés)

1. county
2. (Canada) riding
3. Comté cheese

Related terms

• comte

Further reading

• “comté”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Middle French

Alternative forms

• conté

Etymology

From Old French conté.

Noun

comté f (plural comtés)

1. county

Descendants

• French: comté