conte

Meaning

Concepts

tale
story
fairy tale
fable
legend
short story
fairytale

popular tale

fairy story

hank
lie
narration
narrative
news
📰
novella
allegorist
recital
recounting
report
song
🎶
taradiddle
theater
theatre
yarn
🧶
song and dance
tarradiddle
history

Fiction

parabole
prevarication
allegory
bedtime story
cock-and-bull story
confession
count
🔢
description
fib
folktale
Synonyms

histoire
A1
fable
27k
récit
C1
légende
B2
anecdote
C2
conte de fées
nouvelle
A1
narration
32k

histoire courte

bobard
30k
compte rendu
conte de fée
dit
A1

histoire à dormir debout

histoires
B1

longue histoire

menterie

théatre

craque
C1

petit mensonge

recit

allégorie

histoire abracadabrante

baratin
C2
chanson
A2
🎶

conte bleu

conte populaire

étage
B1
mensonge
B1
proverbe
C2
relation
A2
auprès
B1
boniment
47k
Translations

cuento
Märchen
racconto
Erzählung
Geschichte
conto
favola
fiaba
sprookje
história
estória
verhaal
conte
storia
Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kɔ̃t/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle French
conte
Inherited from Old French
conte
Inherited from Latin
Latin
computus
In summary

Inherited from Middle French conte, from Old French conte, compte, derived from the verb conter, compter, or from Latin computus. See compte.

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