conte
Catalan
Derived terms
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.
- “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.
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 (file)
Derived terms
- conte de fées (fairy tale)
Verb
conte
Further reading
- “conte” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology
From Latin comes, comitem.
Latin
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *kunta (“vagina”), from Proto-Germanic *kuntǭ.
Descendants
- Dutch: kont
Middle English
Old French
Alternative forms
- cunte (all senses, Anglo-Norman)
Noun
conte m (oblique plural contes, nominative singular contes, nominative plural conte)
- story; tale; fable
- count (record of a number or amount)
- 12th Century, Unknown, Raoul de Cambrai:
- Tant en asamble n'en sai conte tenir.
- He got together so many that I can't keep count
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References
- “compte” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Etymology 2
See comte.
Portuguese
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