contente

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See also: contenté

English

Adjective

contente (comparative more contente, superlative most contente)

  1. Obsolete spelling of content

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

Adjective

contente

  1. feminine singular of content

Verb

contente

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

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /konˈtɛn.te/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnte
  • Hyphenation: con‧tèn‧te

Adjective

contente

  1. feminine plural of contento

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From contentus, participle of contendō (“stretch, strain”).

Adverb

contentē (comparative contentius, superlative contentissimē)

  1. earnestly, vehemently, with exertion

Related terms

References

  • “contente”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “contente”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • contente in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)

Participle

contente

  1. vocative masculine singular of contentus

Norman

Adjective

contente

  1. feminine singular of content

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese contente, contento, borrowed from Latin contentus.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: con‧ten‧te

Adjective

contente m or f (plural contentes, comparable, comparative mais contente, superlative o mais contente or contentíssimo)

  1. happy
    Synonyms: alegre, feliz
  2. content, satisfied
    Synonym: satisfeito

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

contente

  1. inflection of contentar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

contente

  1. second-person singular imperative of contener combined with te
  2. inflection of contentar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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