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See also: Comte, Comté, and comté

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French comte. Doublet of comes, conte, and count.

Noun

comte (plural comtes)

  1. A French count.

Coordinate terms

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin comitem. Compare Occitan comte, French comte. Doublet of còmit.

Pronunciation

Noun

comte m (plural comtes, feminine comtessa, feminine plural comtesses)

  1. count, earl

References

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

Etymology

Inherited from Old French comte, conte, from Latin comitem.

Pronunciation

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

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 oblique singular, 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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