compte

See also: compté

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin computus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈkom.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈkom.te]
• Homophones: comte, compta

Noun

compte m (plural comptes)

1. count (act of counting or tallying something)
2. count (a quantity counted)
3. care (close attention)

   Synonym: cura

4. account (sum of money deposited at a bank)
5. bill, invoice

Derived terms

• tenir en compte

Related terms

• comptar

Interjection

compte

1. watch out!, be careful!

Further reading

• “compte” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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French

Etymology

From Middle French compte, from Old French conte (with the 'mp' added back to reflect Latin computus). Cf. also the form conte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃t/

• audio:

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• Homophones: comptent, comptes, comte, comtes, conte, content, contes

Noun

compte m (plural comptes)

1. an account
2. a count (ie. the action of counting)

Derived terms

• au bout du compte
• bon compte
• compté
• comtesse
• prendre en compte
• se rendre compte
• s’en être quitté en bon compte
• vicomte

 

Verb

compte

1. first-person singular present indicative of compter
2. third-person singular present indicative of compter
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of compter
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of compter
5. second-person singular imperative of compter

Further reading

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

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Latin

Participle

(deprecated template usage) cōmpte

1. vocative masculine singular of cōmptus

References

• “compte”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• compte in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Middle French

Etymology 1

From Old French conte, with the mp added back to reflect the Latin computus.

Noun

compte m (plural comptes)

1. account (financial)
2. tale; story

Etymology 2

From Old French comte, with the p added under the influence of etymology 1. No p in the Latin etymon comes, comitem.

Noun

compte m (plural comptes)

1. Alternative form of conte (nobleman)

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Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French compte, from Latin computus.

Noun

compte m (plural comptes)

1. (Jersey) account