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Champenois

(Troyen) to count
to recount
to think
to believe

References

Daunay, Jean (1998), Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)‎ (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
Baudoin, Alphonse (1885), Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux‎ (in French), Troyes

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French Category:French terms inherited from Old French#CONTER Category:French terms derived from Old French#CONTER conter, from Latin Category:French terms inherited from Latin#CONTER Category:French terms derived from Latin#CONTER computāre. Doublet of compter and computerCategory:French doublets#CONTER. Semantical shift from "count" to "recount" via the notion of "enumerate facts, go through facts"; compare the same in English tell.

Verb

conterCategory:French lemmas#CONTER Category:French verbs#CONTER Category:French entries with incorrect language header#CONTER Category:Pages with entries#CONTER Category:Pages with 6 entries#CONTER

to recount (tell a story)

Conjugation

Conjugation of conter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	conter
present participle or gerund¹	simple	contant /kɔ̃.tɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		conté /kɔ̃.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	conte /kɔ̃t/	contes /kɔ̃t/	conte /kɔ̃t/	contons /kɔ̃.tɔ̃/	contez /kɔ̃.te/	content /kɔ̃t/
	imperfect	contais /kɔ̃.tɛ/	contais /kɔ̃.tɛ/	contait /kɔ̃.tɛ/	contions /kɔ̃.tjɔ̃/	contiez /kɔ̃.tje/	contaient /kɔ̃.tɛ/
	past historic²	contai /kɔ̃.te/	contas /kɔ̃.ta/	conta /kɔ̃.ta/	contâmes /kɔ̃.tam/	contâtes /kɔ̃.tat/	contèrent /kɔ̃.tɛʁ/
	future	conterai /kɔ̃.tʁe/	conteras /kɔ̃.tʁa/	contera /kɔ̃.tʁa/	conterons /kɔ̃.tʁɔ̃/	conterez /kɔ̃.tʁe/	conteront /kɔ̃.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	conterais /kɔ̃.tʁɛ/	conterais /kɔ̃.tʁɛ/	conterait /kɔ̃.tʁɛ/	conterions /kɔ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	conteriez /kɔ̃.tə.ʁje/	conteraient /kɔ̃.tʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior²	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	conte /kɔ̃t/	contes /kɔ̃t/	conte /kɔ̃t/	contions /kɔ̃.tjɔ̃/	contiez /kɔ̃.tje/	content /kɔ̃t/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	contasse /kɔ̃.tas/	contasses /kɔ̃.tas/	contât /kɔ̃.ta/	contassions /kɔ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/	contassiez /kɔ̃.ta.sje/	contassent /kɔ̃.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	conte /kɔ̃t/	—	contons /kɔ̃.tɔ̃/	contez /kɔ̃.te/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
¹ The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
² In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Category:French verbs with conjugation -er#CONTER Category:French first group verbs#CONTER

Derived terms

Related terms

Anagrams

contre, contré
cornet

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese Category:Galician terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese#CONTER Category:Galician terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese#CONTER contẽer, from Latin Category:Galician terms inherited from Latin#CONTER Category:Galician terms derived from Latin#CONTER continēre.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [koŋˈteːɾ]Category:Galician terms with IPA pronunciation#CONTER

Verb

to contain

Conjugation

Conjugation of conter (irregular)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	conter
Personal	conter	conteres	conter	contermos	conterdes	conteren
Gerund
	contendo
Past participle
Masculine	contido			contidos
Feminine	contida			contidas
Indicative
Present	conteño	contés	contén	contemos	contendes, contedes	conteñen
Imperfect	contiña	contiñas	contiña	contiñamos	contiñades	contiñan
Preterite	contiven	contiveches	contivo	contivemos	contivestes	contiveron
Pluperfect	contivera	contiveras	contivera	contiveramos	contiverades	contiveran
Future	conterei	conterás	conterá	conteremos	conteredes	conterán
Conditional	contería	conterías	contería	conteriamos	conteriades	conterían
Subjunctive
Present	conteña	conteñas	conteña	conteñamos	conteñades	conteñan
Imperfect	contivese	contiveses	contivese	contivésemos	contivésedes	contivesen
Future	contiver	contiveres	contiver	contivermos	contiverdes	contiveren
Imperative
Affirmative		contén	conteña	conteñamos	contende, contede	conteñan
Negative (non)		non conteñas	non conteña	non conteñamos	non conteñades	non conteñan

Category:Galician verbs ending in -er#CONTER Category:Galician irregular verbs#CONTER

Reintegrated conjugation of conter (irregular) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	conter
Personal	conter	conteres	conter	contermos	conterdes	conterem
Gerund
	contendo
Past participle
Masculine	contido			contidos
Feminine	contida			contidas
Indicative
Present	contenho	contés, conténs	contém	contemos	contendes	contenhem, contêm, contém¹
Imperfect	continha	continhas	continha	contínhamos	contínhades, contínheis, contínhais¹	continham
Preterite	contivem, contive	contiveste, contiveche¹	contivo, conteve	contivemos	contivestes	contivérom, contiveram
Pluperfect	contivera	contiveras	contivera	contivéramos	contivérades, contivéreis, contivérais¹	contiveram
Future	conterei	conterás	conterá	conteremos	conteredes, contereis	conterám, conterão
Conditional	conteria	conterias	conteria	conteríamos	conteríades, conteríeis, conteríais¹	conteriam
Subjunctive
Present	contenha	contenhas	contenha	contenhamos	contenhades, contenhais	contenham
Imperfect	contivesse	contivesses	contivesse	contivéssemos	contivéssedes, contivésseis	contivessem
Future	contiver	contiveres	contiver	contivermos	contiverdes	contiverem
Imperative
Affirmative		contém	contenha	contenhamos	contende	contenham
Negative (nom)		nom contenhas	nom contenha	nom contenhamos	nom contenhades, nom contenhais	nom contenham

¹Less recommended.

Category:Galician verbs ending in -er#CONTER Category:Galician irregular verbs#CONTER

Related terms

Old French

Alternative forms

(Anglo-Norman) cunter

Etymology

Category:Old French terms inherited from Latin#CONTER Category:Old French terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pewH-#CONTER Category:Old French terms derived from Proto-Italic#CONTER Category:Old French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#CONTER Category:Old French terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *ḱóm#CONTER Category:Old French terms derived from Latin#CONTER Category:Pages using etymon with no ID#CONTER

From Latin Category:Old French terms inherited from Latin#CONTER Category:Old French terms derived from Latin#CONTER computāre.

Verb

conterCategory:Old French lemmas#CONTER Category:Old French verbs#CONTER Category:Old French entries with incorrect language header#CONTER Category:Pages with entries#CONTER Category:Pages with 6 entries#CONTER

to tell; to say
to recount (tell a story)
to add up (count)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Conjugation of conter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		conter			avoir conté
gerund		en contant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		contant
past participle		conté
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	cont	contes	conte	contons	contez	content
	imperfect	contoie, conteie, contoe, conteve	contoies, conteies, contoes, conteves	contoit, conteit, contot, conteve	contiiens, contiens	contiiez, contiez	contoient, conteient, contoent, contevent
	preterite	contai	contas	conta	contames	contastes	conterent
	future	conterai	conteras	contera	conterons	conteroiz, contereiz, conterez	conteront
	conditional	conteroie, contereie	conteroies, contereies	conteroit, contereit	conteriiens, conteriens	conteriiez, conteriez	conteroient, contereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	cont	conz	cont	contons	contez	content
simple tenses	imperfect	contasse	contasses	contast	contissons, contissiens	contissoiz, contissez, contissiez	contassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
imperative		—	conte	—	contons	contez	—

Category:Old French verbs with weak-a preterite#CONTER Category:Old French first group verbs#CONTER Category:Old French verbs ending in -er#CONTER

Descendants

Middle French: compter
- French: conter, compter
Middle English: counten, compt, compten, count, counte, cownt, cownte, cowntone, cowntyn, kownt
- English: count
- Scots: coont, count

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese Category:Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese#CONTER Category:Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese#CONTER contẽer, from Latin Category:Portuguese terms inherited from Latin#CONTER Category:Portuguese terms derived from Latin#CONTER continēre.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈte(ʁ)/ [kõˈte(h)]Category:Portuguese 2-syllable words#CONTERCategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#CONTER
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kõˈte(ɾ)/Category:Portuguese 2-syllable words#CONTER Category:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#CONTER
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kõˈte(ʁ)/ [kõˈte(χ)]Category:Portuguese 2-syllable words#CONTER Category:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#CONTER
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /kõˈte(ɻ)/Category:Portuguese 2-syllable words#CONTER Category:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#CONTER

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈteɾ/Category:Portuguese 2-syllable words#CONTERCategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#CONTER
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈte.ɾi/Category:Portuguese 3-syllable words#CONTER Category:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#CONTER

Hyphenation: con‧ter

Verb

conter (first-person singular present contenho, first-person singular preterite contive, past participle contido)Category:Portuguese lemmas#CONTER Category:Portuguese verbs#CONTER Category:Portuguese verbs ending in -er#CONTER Category:Portuguese irregular verbs#CONTER Category:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#CONTER Category:Pages with entries#CONTER Category:Pages with 6 entries#CONTER

Conjugation

Conjugation of conter (irregular) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	conter
Personal	conter	conteres	conter	contermos	conterdes	conterem
Gerund
	contendo
Past participle
Masculine	contido			contidos
Feminine	contida			contidas
Indicative
Present	contenho	conténs	contém	contemos	contendes	contêm
Imperfect	continha	continhas	continha	contínhamos	contínheis	continham
Preterite	contive	contiveste	conteve	contivemos	contivestes	contiveram
Pluperfect	contivera	contiveras	contivera	contivéramos	contivéreis	contiveram
Future	conterei	conterás	conterá	conteremos	contereis	conterão
Conditional	conteria	conterias	conteria	conteríamos	conteríeis	conteriam
Subjunctive
Present	contenha	contenhas	contenha	contenhamos	contenhais	contenham
Imperfect	contivesse	contivesses	contivesse	contivéssemos	contivésseis	contivessem
Future	contiver	contiveres	contiver	contivermos	contiverdes	contiverem
Imperative
Affirmative		contém	contenha	contenhamos	contende	contenham
Negative (não)		não contenhas	não contenha	não contenhamos	não contenhais	não contenham

Category:Portuguese verbs ending in -er#CONTER Category:Portuguese irregular verbs#CONTER

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:conter.

Related terms

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French Category:Walloon terms inherited from Old French#CONTER Category:Walloon terms derived from Old French#CONTER conter, from Latin Category:Walloon terms inherited from Latin#CONTER Category:Walloon terms derived from Latin#CONTER computō, computare (“compute”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.ˈte/Category:Walloon terms with IPA pronunciation#CONTER

Verb

conterCategory:Walloon lemmas#CONTER Category:Walloon verbs#CONTER Category:Walloon entries with incorrect language header#CONTER Category:Pages with entries#CONTER Category:Pages with 6 entries#CONTER

to count

Conjugation

—

— Conjugation of the verb conter in Walloon — Codjowaedje do viebe conter e walon

infinitive	compound	aveur + past participle
infinitive	simple	conter
gerund¹	simple	contant
gerund¹	compound	åyant + past participle
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		conté		contêye
		plural		contés		contêyes
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		dji (dj')	ti (t')	i (il) / ele	dji (dj') / nos²	vos	i (il)
(simple tenses)	present	conte	contes	conte	contans	contez	contèt or contnut³
	imperfect	contéve	contéves	contéve	conténs	contîz	contént
	preterite	conta	contas	conta	contîs	contîz	contît
	future	contrè	contrès	contrè	contrans	controz	contront
	conditional	contreu	contreus	contreut	contréns	contrîz	contrént
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of aveur + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of aveur + past participle
	past anterior	preterite indicative of aveur + past participle
	future perfect	future of aveur + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of aveur + past participle
subjunctive		ki dj'	ki t'	k' i (il) / k' ele	ki dj' / ki nos²	ki vos	k' i (il)
(simple tenses)	present	conte	contes	conte	contanxhe	contoxhe	contèxhe or contnuxhe³
(simple tenses)	imperfect	contaxhe	contaxhes	contaxhe	conténxhe	contîxhe	conténxhe
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of aveur + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of aveur + past participle
imperative		–	ti	–	~~dji / nos~~	~~vos~~	–
simple		—	conte!	—	contans!	contez!	—
compound		—	simple imperative of aveur + past participle	—	simple imperative of aveur + past participle	simple imperative of aveur + past participle	—
¹ The Walloon gerund is usable only with the preposition tot (Eastern, Southern) or e (Central, Western).
² The second person plural dji is used in Central and Southern dialects
³ The form -èt/-exhe is used in Eastern and Southern dialects, the form -nut/-nuxhe is used in Central and Western dialects.

Category:Walloon verbs

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conter

Champenois

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French

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Galician

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Old French

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Portuguese

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Walloon

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