Italian

Proper noun

Conte ?

1. A surname​.
2. Antonio Conte, Italian football trainer

Catalan

Noun

conte m ‎(plural contes)

1. tale; story

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

conte m ‎(plural contes)

1. tale; story

Derived terms

• conte de fées (fairy tale)

Verb

conte

1. first-person singular present indicative of conter
2. third-person singular present indicative of conter
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of conter
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of conter
5. second-person singular imperative of conter

Italian

Etymology

From Latin comes, comitem.

Noun

conte m ‎(plural conti)

1. count (rank)
2. earl
3. (heraldry) rabbit, coney

conte f ‎(plural form)

1. plural of conta

See also

• contessa

Anagrams

• cento

Latin

Noun

conte

1. vocative singular of contus

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Noun

conte f

1. ****, also generally sex organ

Descendants

• Dutch: kont

References

• INL, Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek (online), "CONTE". Accessed November 14th 2015.

Middle French

Etymology 1

From Old French conte, compte.

Noun

conte f (plural contes)

1. story; tale; fable

Etymology 2

From Old French comte.

Noun

conte m (plural contes)

1. count (nobleman)

Old French

Alternative forms

• cunte (all senses, Anglo-Norman)

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

References

1. ↑ “compte” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology 2

See comte.

Noun

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

1. Alternative form of comte

Portuguese

Verb

conte

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of contar
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of contar
3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of contar
4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of contar