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French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French comté, conté, from Old French conté, from Latin comitātus. Respelled comté with a medial m in Middle French to more closely match the original Latin spelling.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.te/
- Homophones: comptai, compté, comptée, comptées, compter, comptés, comptez, comtés, contai, conté, contée, contées, conter, contés, contez
Noun
comté m (plural comtés)
- county
- (Canada) riding
- Comté cheese
Further reading
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French conté.
Noun
comté f (plural comtés)
- county
Descendants