conte

See also: Conte, conté, and Conté

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin comitem (the 'o' being stressed and the 'i' disappearing), accusative of comes (“companion”). Ultimately cognate to English count (nobility).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkonte/ [ˈkõn̪.t̪e]

Noun

conte m (plural contes, feminine contesa, feminine plural contesas)

1. count (nobility); countess in the feminine sense.

Related terms

• vizconte
• condato

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin computus, or from the verb contar.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

conte m (plural contes)

1. tale; story

Derived terms

• contista

Further reading

• “conte” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “conte”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “conte” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “conte” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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French

Etymology

From Middle French conte, from Old French conte, compte, derived from the verb conter, compter, or from Latin computus. See compte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃t/

• Audio:

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Noun

conte m (plural contes)

1. tale; story

Derived terms

• conte de fées (fairy tale)

Verb

conte

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

Further reading

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

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin comes, comitem.

Noun

conte m (plural conti, feminine contessa)

1. count (rank)
2. earl

conte f (plural form)

1. plural of conta

Related terms

• contado
• visconte

See also

• duca
• barone
• marchese

Anagrams

• cento

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) conte

1. vocative singular of contus

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *kunta (“vagina”), from Proto-Germanic *kuntǭ.

Noun

conte f

1. vagina, also generally sex organ

Descendants

• Dutch: kont

Further reading

• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “conte”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

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Middle English

Noun

conte

1. Alternative form of cunte

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Middle French

Etymology 1

From Old French conte, compte.

Noun

conte f (plural contes)

1. story; tale; fable

Etymology 2

From Old French comte.

Noun

conte m (plural contes)

1. count (nobleman)

Descendants

• French: comte

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Old French

Alternative forms

• cunte (all senses, Anglo-Norman)

Etymology 1

First attested circa 980 as compte. Deverbal of conter.

Noun

conte oblique singular, m (oblique plural contes, nominative singular contes, nominative plural conte)

1. story; tale; fable
2. count (record of a number or amount)
   • 12^th Century, Unknown, Raoul de Cambrai:

     Tant en asamble n'en sai conte tenir.

     He got together so many that I can't keep count

Etymology 2

See comte.

Noun

conte oblique singular, m (oblique plural contes, nominative singular cuens, nominative plural conte)

1. Alternative form of comte

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Portuguese

Verb

conte

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