conte
conte noun: an Italian count.
Noun (1)
conte (plural contes)
- An Italian count.
- So she led the way through a marble hall, pillared in different colors, rich and rare, with portraits of ancient contes and contessas on the walls, up a magnificent stone stair with a carved balustrade, to a suite indeed, where, at the entrance, Sibby was found very happy at her welcome from Mrs....1895 July 13, Charlotte M[ary] Yonge, “The Long Vacation”, in The Churchman: An Illustrated Weekly News-Magazine, volume LXXII, number 2 (whole 2634), New York, N.Y.: M. H. Mallory & Co., chapter...
- “Aspirin. It will help you to sleep tonight if you have aches and pains, or cold clammy dreams about dead contes and contessas,” he teased.1986, Heather Graham Pozzessere, The Di Medici Bride, Silhouette Intimate Moments, →ISBN, page 130
Noun (2) capitalized: Conte
Conte (countable and uncountable, plural Contes)
- Alternative form of Conté.
Forms of conte
| plural | contes |
|---|---|
| plural | Contes |
Origin of conte
From Italian conte. Doublet of comes, comte, and count.
Phrases with conte
Questions about conte
- What does conte mean?
- Conte means an Italian count.
- What part of speech is conte?
- Conte is a noun.
- What is the plural of conte?
- The plural of conte is contes.
Words near conte in the dictionary
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