conte

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

conte m (feminine contesa)

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

• vizconte
• condato

From Latin computus, or from the verb contar.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.tə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.te/

conte m (plural contes)

1. tale; story

   Synonym: rondalla

• conte d’indis
• contista

• “conte” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “conte”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “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.

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃t/

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• Homophones: comptent, comptes, comte, comtes, compte, content, contes

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

conte m (plural contes)

1. tale; story

• conte de bonne femme
• conte de fées (“fairy-tale”)
• conte moral

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

conte

1. inflection of conter:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkon.te/
• Rhymes: -onte
• Hyphenation: cón‧te

From Latin comitem.

conte m (plural conti, feminine contessa)

1. count (rank)
2. earl

• contado
• visconte

• duca
• barone
• marchese

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

conte

1. plural of conta

• 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

• cento, tecno-

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.te/, [ˈkɔn̪t̪ɛ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.te/, [ˈkɔn̪t̪e]

conte

1. vocative singular of contus

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

conte f

1. vagina, also generally sex organ

• Dutch: kont

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

conte

1. Alternative form of cunte

From Old French conte, compte.

conte f (plural contes)

1. story; tale; fable

From Old French comte.

conte m (plural contes)

1. count (nobleman)

• French: comte

• cunte (all senses, Anglo-Norman)

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

conte 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

See comte.

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

1. Alternative form of comte

• Hyphenation: con‧te

conte

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

From French comte.

conte m (plural conți)

1. count, earl