conter

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French conter, from Latin computāre. Doublet of compter and computer. Semantical shift from "count" to "recount" via the notion of "enumerate facts, go through facts"; compare the same in English tell.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.te/

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• Homophones: comptai, compté, comptée, comptées, compter, comptés, comptez, comté, comtés, contai, conté, contée, contées, contés, contez

Verb

conter

1. to recount (tell a story)

Conjugation

Derived terms

• conter fleurette
• raconter

Related terms

• compter

Further reading

• “conter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Anagrams

• contre, contré
• cornet

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese contẽer, from Latin continēre, present active infinitive of contineō (“I contain”).

Verb

conter (first-person singular present conteño, first-person singular preterite contiven, past participle contido)
conter (first-person singular present contenho, first-person singular preterite contivem or contive, past participle contido, reintegrationist norm)

1. to contain

Conjugation

Related terms

Old French

Alternative forms

• (Anglo-Norman) cunter

Etymology

From Latin computāre, present active infinitive of computō (“compute”).

Verb

conter

1. to tell; to say
2. to recount (tell a story)
3. to add up (count)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

• Middle French: compter
  • French: conter, compter

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese contẽer, from Latin continēre.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: con‧ter

Verb

conter (first-person singular present contenho, first-person singular preterite contive, past participle contido)

1. to contain, hold, carry
2. to include

Conjugation

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:conter.

Related terms

• continente
• continência
• contenças
• conteúdo
• ter

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French conter, from Latin computō, computare (“compute”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.ˈte/

Verb

conter

1. to count

Conjugation

   —         —   Conjugation of the verb conter in Walloon   —   Codjowaedje do viebe conter e walon

infinitive			conter
gerund			contant
auxiliary			aveur
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		conté		conteye
		plural		contés		conteyes
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		dji (dj')	ti (t')	i (il) / ele	dji (dj') / nos	vos	i (il)
	present	conte	contes	conte	contans	contez	contnut or contèt
	imperfect	contéve	contéves	contéve	conténs	contîz	contént
	preterit	conta	contas	conta	contîs	contîz	contît
	future	contrè	contrès	contrè	contrans	controz	contront
	conditional	contreu	contreus	contreut	contréns	contrîz	contrént
subjunctive		ki dj'	ki t'	k' i (il) / k' ele	ki dj' / ki nos	ki vos	k' i (il)
	present	conte	contes	conte	contanxhe	contoxhe	contnuxhe or contèxhe
	imperfect	contaxhe	contaxhes	contaxhe	conténxhe	contîxhe	conténxhe
imperative		—	ti	—	dji / nos	vos	—
	affirmative		conte!		contans!	contez!