conter

French

Etymology

From Old French conter, from Latin computāre, present active infinitive of computō. Doublet of compter and computer. Semantical shift from "to count" to "to enumerate facts, to go through facts".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.te/
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  • Homophone: compter

Verb

conter

  1. to recount (tell a story)

Conjugation

Further reading

Anagrams

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese conteer, 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)

  1. to contain
  2. first-person singular personal infinitive of conter
  3. third-person singular personal infinitive of conter

Conjugation

Old French

Alternative forms

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.

    Conjugation of conter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive conter avoir conté
gerund en contant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle contant
past participle conté
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present cont contes conte contons contez content
imperfect contoie, conteie, contoe, conteve contoies, conteies, contoes, conteves contoit, conteit, contot, conteve contiiens, contiens contiiez, contiez contoient, conteient, contoent, contevent
preterite contai contas conta contames contastes conterent
future conterai conteras contera conterons conteroiz, contereiz, conterez conteront
conditional conteroie, contereie conteroies, contereies conteroit, contereit conteriiens, conteriens conteriiez, conteriez conteroient, contereient
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present cont conz cont contons contez content
imperfect contasse contasses contast contissons, contissiens contissoiz, contissez, contissiez contassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— conte — contons contez —

Descendants

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese conteer, from Latin continēre, present active infinitive of contineō.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kõˈteɾ/
  • Hyphenation: con‧ter

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:conter.

Walloon

Etymology

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

Verb

conter

  1. to count
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