Etymology

From ItalianCategory:English terms borrowed from Italian#CONTECategory:English terms derived from Italian#CONTE conte. Doublet of comes, comte, and countCategory:English doublets#CONTE.

Noun

conte (plural contes)Category:English lemmas#CONTECategory:English nouns#CONTECategory:English countable nouns#CONTECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CONTECategory:Pages with entries#CONTECategory:Pages with 13 entries#CONTE

1. An Italian count.

   Coordinate term: contessa

   • 1895 July 13, Charlotte M[ary] Yonge, “The Long Vacation”, in The Churchman: An Illustrated Weekly News-Magazine, volume LXXII, number 2 (whole 2634), New York, N.Y.: M. H. Mallory & Co., chapter XXVIII (Rocca Marina), page 52 (24), column 3:

     So she led the way through a marble hall, pillared in different colors, rich and rare, with portraits of ancient contes and contessas on the walls, up a magnificent stone stair with a carved balustrade, to a suite indeed, where, at the entrance, Sibby was found very happy at her welcome from Mrs. Mount, who was equally glad to receive a countrywoman.

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   • 1986, Heather Graham Pozzessere, The Di Medici Bride, Silhouette Intimate Moments, →ISBN, page 130:

     “Aspirin. It will help you to sleep tonight if you have aches and pains, or cold clammy dreams about dead contes and contessas,” he teased.

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   • 2006, Mark Lamster, Spalding’s World Tour: The Epic Adventure That Took Baseball Around the Globe—and Made It America’s Game, PublicAffairs™, →ISBN:

     The announcement of the game had put Florentine society “in a flurry,” and two thousand spectators—including enough contes and contessas to fill half the palaces of Florence—made the trip beyond the city limits to view the match.

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Anagrams

• cento, oncet, Ecton, Noteć, tecno-, et con, et con., netco, cteno-, etcon, c-note, c note

Etymology

From LatinCategory:Aragonese terms inherited from Latin#CONTECategory:Aragonese terms derived from Latin#CONTE comitem (the 'o' being stressed and the 'i' disappearing), accusative of comes (“companion”). Ultimately cognate to English count (nobility).

Noun

conte m (feminine contesa)Category:Aragonese lemmas#CONTECategory:Aragonese nouns#CONTECategory:Aragonese entries with incorrect language header#CONTECategory:Aragonese masculine nouns#CONTECategory:Pages with entries#CONTECategory:Pages with 13 entries#CONTE

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

Etymology

Inherited from LatinCategory:Catalan terms inherited from Latin#CONTECategory:Catalan terms derived from Latin#CONTE computus, or deverbal from contarCategory:Catalan deverbals#CONTE.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈkon.tə]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#CONTE
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈkon.te]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#CONTE

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

conte m (plural contes)Category:Catalan lemmas#CONTECategory:Catalan nouns#CONTECategory:Catalan countable nouns#CONTECategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#CONTECategory:Catalan masculine nouns#CONTECategory:Pages with entries#CONTECategory:Pages with 13 entries#CONTE

1. tale; story

   Synonym: rondalla

Further reading

• “conte”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “conte”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃t/Category:French 1-syllable words#CONTECategory:French terms with IPA pronunciation#CONTE

• Audio:

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• Audio (Switzerland (Valais)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Somain)):

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• Homophones: compte, comptent, comptes, comte, comtes, content, contesCategory:French terms with homophones#CONTE

Etymology 1

French  Wikisource has original text related to this entry:

Catégorie:Contes

Inherited from Middle FrenchCategory:French terms inherited from Middle French#CONTECategory:French terms derived from Middle French#CONTE conte, from Old FrenchCategory:French terms inherited from Old French#CONTECategory:French terms derived from Old French#CONTE conte, compte, derived from the verb conter, compter, or from LatinCategory:French terms inherited from Latin#CONTECategory:French terms derived from Latin#CONTE computus. See compte.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Further reading

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

Verb

conteCategory:Galician non-lemma forms#CONTECategory:Galician verb forms#CONTECategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#CONTECategory:Pages with entries#CONTECategory:Pages with 13 entries#CONTE

1. inflection of contar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkon.te/Category:Italian 2-syllable words#CONTECategory:Italian terms with IPA pronunciation#CONTE
• Rhymes: -onteCategory:Rhymes:Italian/onte#CONTECategory:Rhymes:Italian/onte/2 syllables#CONTE
• Hyphenation: cón‧te

Etymology 1

From LatinCategory:Italian terms inherited from Latin#CONTECategory:Italian terms derived from Latin#CONTE comitem.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Further reading

• conte in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• conte in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• conte in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• conte in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• conte in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• conte in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• cento, tecno-

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔn.tɛ]Category:Latin 2-syllable words#CONTECategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#CONTE
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔn.te]Category:Latin 2-syllable words#CONTECategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#CONTE

Noun

conteCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#CONTECategory:Latin noun forms#CONTECategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#CONTECategory:Pages with entries#CONTECategory:Pages with 13 entries#CONTE

1. vocative singular of contus

Etymology

From Old DutchCategory:Middle Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch#CONTECategory:Middle Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch#CONTE *kunta (“vagina”), from Proto-GermanicCategory:Middle Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#CONTECategory:Middle Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic#CONTE *kuntǭ.

Noun

conte fCategory:Middle Dutch lemmas#CONTECategory:Middle Dutch nouns#CONTECategory:Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header#CONTECategory:Middle Dutch feminine nouns#CONTECategory:Pages with entries#CONTECategory:Pages with 13 entries#CONTE

1. vagina, also generally sex organ

Further reading

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

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Etymology 1

From Old FrenchCategory:Middle French terms inherited from Old French#CONTECategory:Middle French terms derived from Old French#CONTE conte, compte.

Etymology 2

From Old FrenchCategory:Middle French terms inherited from Old French#CONTECategory:Middle French terms derived from Old French#CONTE comte.

Alternative forms

• cunte (all senses, Anglo-Norman)

Etymology 1

First attested circa 980 as compte. Deverbal of conter.^[1]

Etymology 2

See comte.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Hyphenation: con‧te

Verb

conteCategory:Portuguese non-lemma forms#CONTECategory:Portuguese verb forms#CONTECategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#CONTECategory:Pages with entries#CONTECategory:Pages with 13 entries#CONTE

1. inflection of contar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Etymology

Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from French#CONTECategory:Romanian terms derived from French#CONTE comte.

Noun

conte m (plural conți, feminine equivalent contesă)Category:Romanian lemmas#CONTECategory:Romanian nouns#CONTECategory:Romanian nouns with red links in their headword lines#CONTECategory:Romanian countable nouns#CONTECategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#CONTECategory:Romanian masculine nouns#CONTECategory:Pages with entries#CONTECategory:Pages with 13 entries#CONTE

1. count, earl