Masculine
Meaning

  1. (masculine) county
  2. (Canada, masculine) riding
  3. (masculine) Comté cheese

Synonyms

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kɔ̃.te/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Middle French comté, conté, from Old French conté (a feminine word, as can be seen in Franche-Comté). Morphologically, from comte + -é. Compare Medieval Latin comitātus. Doublet of comtat.

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