French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k.te/

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• Homophone: compter

Verb

conter

1. to recount (tell a story)

Conjugation

Related terms

• compter

Further reading

• "conter" in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• contre, contré
• cornet

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese cont?er, from Latin contin?re, present active infinitive of contine? ("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

Related terms

Old French

Alternative forms

• (Anglo-Norman) cunter

Etymology

From Latin comput?re, present active infinitive of comput? ("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 Portuguese cont?er, from Latin contin?re, present active infinitive of contine?.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.'te?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.'te(?)/, [kõ.'t?e(?)]
• 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 using this term, see Citations:conter.

Related terms

• continente
• continência
• contenças
• conteúdo
• ter

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French conter, from Latin comput?, computare ("compute").

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')	tu (t')	i (il) / ele	dji (dj') / nos	vos	i (il)
	present	conte	contes	conte	contans	contez	contnut or contèt
	imperfect	conteve	conteves	conteve	contins	contîz	contint
	preterit	conta	contas	conta	contîs	contîz	contît
	future	contrè	contrès	contrè	contrans	controz	contront
	conditional	contreu	contreus	contreut	contrins	contrîz	contrint
subjunctive		ki dj'	ki t'	k' i (il) / k' ele	ki dj' / ki nos	ki vos	k' i (il)
	present	conte	contes	conte	contanxhe	contexhe	contnuxhe or contèxhe
	present	contaxhe	contaxhes	contaxhe	continxhe	contîxhe	continxhe
imperative		--	tu	--	dji / nos	vos	--
	affirmative		conte		contans	contez