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English
Noun
conde (plural condes)
- Alternative spelling of conn
- The duty of directing a ship, usually used with the verb to have or to take and accompanied by the article "the."
The officer of the deck has the conde of the vessel.
The captain took the conde when he reached the bridge.
Verb
conde (third-person singular simple present condes, present participle conding, simple past and past participle conded)
- (transitive, rare) To direct a ship.
The pilot conded the ship safely into the harbor.
Anagrams
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin comes, comitem.
Noun
conde m (plural condes)
- count (the male ruler of a county)
Related terms
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese conde (“count”), from Latin comitem, accusative of comes (“companion”).
Pronunciation
Noun
conde m (plural condes, feminine condesa, feminine plural condesas)
- count (the male ruler of a county)
Related terms
References
- “conde” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “conde” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “conde” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “conde” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “conde” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Further reading
Latin
Pronunciation
Verb
conde
- second-person singular present active imperative of condō
Middle Dutch
Verb
conde
- first/third-person singular past indicative/subjunctive of connen
Portuguese
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese conde (“count”), from Latin comitem (“companion”).
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -õdɨ, (Brazil) -õd͡ʒi
- Hyphenation: con‧de
Noun
conde m (plural condes, feminine condessa, feminine plural condessas)
- count (the male ruler of a county)
Related terms
Further reading
Etymology 2
Verb
conde
- inflection of condir:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkonde/
- Rhymes: -onde
- Syllabification: con‧de
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin comitem (> */ˈkɔm(e)de/ > /ˈkonde/). Old Spanish also had a diphthongized form cuende. Cognate with English count.
Noun
conde m (plural condes, feminine condesa, feminine plural condesas)
- count, earl (nobility); countess in the feminine sense
Related terms
See also
Etymology 2
Verb
conde
- inflection of condir:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading