comte

See also: Comte, Comté, and comté

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French comte. Doublet of count.

Noun

comte (plural comtes)

  1. A French count.

Coordinate terms

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin comes, comitem. Compare Occitan comte, French comte.

Pronunciation

Noun

comte m (plural comtes, feminine comtessa)

  1. count, earl

References

  • “comte” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

From Old French comte, conte, from Latin comitem, accusative of comes.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃t/
  • (file)

Noun

comte m (plural comtes, feminine comtesse)

  1. count, earl

Descendants

  • Arabic: كونت (kōnt)
  • Azerbaijani: kont
  • Ottoman Turkish: قونت (kont)
  • Persian: کنت (kont)
  • Uzbek: kont

Further reading

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan comte, from Latin comitem, accusative of comes.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

comte m (plural comtes)

  1. (Languedoc, Limousin, Auvergne, Vivaro-alpine, Gascony) count

Derived terms

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin comitem, accusative singular of comes (the nominative singular cuens or cons is from the Latin nominative comes).

Noun

comte m (oblique plural comtes, nominative singular cuens, nominative plural comte)

  1. count; earl

Descendants

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin comes, comitem.

Noun

comte m (oblique plural comtes, nominative singular comtes, nominative plural comte)

  1. count (nobleman)

Descendants

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