comte

See also: Comte and comté

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French comte. Doublet of count.

Noun

comte (plural comtes)

1. a French count

Anagrams

• Comet, comet

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Catalan

Etymology

From , from Latin comes, comitem.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

comte m (plural comtes, feminine comtessa)

1. count, earl

Related terms

• comtat

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French

Etymology

From Old French comte, conte, from Latin comitem, accusative of comes.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃t/

Noun

comte m (plural comtes, feminine comtesse)

1. count, earl

Related terms

• comté (“county”)
• vicomte (“viscount”)

 

Further reading

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

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Old French

Alternative forms

• cante, conte, cunte

Etymology

From Latin comitem, accusative singular of comes (the nominative singular cuens or cons is from the Latin nominative comes).

Noun

comte oblique singular, m (oblique plural comtes, nominative singular cuens, nominative plural comte)

1. count; earl

Related terms

• conté

Descendants

• → English: count
• Middle French: conte
  • French: comte

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Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin comes, comitem.

Noun

comte m (oblique plural comtes, nominative singular comtes, nominative plural comte)

1. count (nobleman)

Descendants

• Catalan: comte
• Occitan: comte