compte

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See also: compté

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Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin computus. Compare French compte.

Pronunciation

Noun

compte m (plural comptes)

  1. count (act of counting or tallying something)
  2. count (a quantity counted)
  3. care (close attention)
    Synonyms: cura, atenció
    caldrà anar amb compte ― you have to be careful
  4. (finance, computing) account
    compte de usuari ― user account
  5. bill, invoice

Derived terms

Related terms

Interjection

compte

  1. watch out!, be careful!

Further reading

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French compte, from Old French conte (with ⟨mp⟩ added back to reflect Latin computus). Cf. also the form conte.

Pronunciation

Noun

compte m (plural comptes)

  1. account (bank or user account)
  2. count (the action of counting)

Derived terms

Verb

compte

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

Further reading

Latin

Participle

cōmpte

  1. vocative masculine singular of cōmptus

References

  • “compte”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • compte in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Middle French

Etymology 1

From Old French conte, with the mp added back to reflect the Latin computus.

Noun

compte m (plural comptes)

  1. account (financial)
  2. tale; story

Etymology 2

From Old French comte, with the p added under the influence of etymology 1. No p in the Latin etymon comes, comitem.

Noun

compte m (plural comptes)

  1. Alternative form of conte (nobleman)

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French compte, from Latin computus.

Noun

compte m (plural comptes)

  1. (Jersey) account
    • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎, page 519:
      I' n'en prend ni compte ni taille.
      He takes no account nor tally.
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