conter
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French conter, from Latin computāre. Doublet of compter and computer. Semantical shift from "count" to "recount" via the notion of "enumerate facts, go through facts"; compare the same in English tell.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.te/
Audio: (file) - Homophones: comptai, compté, comptée, comptées, compter, comptés, comptez, comté, comtés, contai, conté, contée, contées, contés, contez
Verb
conter
- to recount (tell a story)
Conjugation
infinitive | simple | conter | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | contant /kɔ̃.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | conté /kɔ̃.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | conte /kɔ̃t/ |
contes /kɔ̃t/ |
conte /kɔ̃t/ |
contons /kɔ̃.tɔ̃/ |
contez /kɔ̃.te/ |
content /kɔ̃t/ |
imperfect | contais /kɔ̃.tɛ/ |
contais /kɔ̃.tɛ/ |
contait /kɔ̃.tɛ/ |
contions /kɔ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
contiez /kɔ̃.tje/ |
contaient /kɔ̃.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | contai /kɔ̃.te/ |
contas /kɔ̃.ta/ |
conta /kɔ̃.ta/ |
contâmes /kɔ̃.tam/ |
contâtes /kɔ̃.tat/ |
contèrent /kɔ̃.tɛʁ/ | |
future | conterai /kɔ̃.tʁe/ |
conteras /kɔ̃.tʁa/ |
contera /kɔ̃.tʁa/ |
conterons /kɔ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
conterez /kɔ̃.tʁe/ |
conteront /kɔ̃.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | conterais /kɔ̃.tʁɛ/ |
conterais /kɔ̃.tʁɛ/ |
conterait /kɔ̃.tʁɛ/ |
conterions /kɔ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
conteriez /kɔ̃.tə.ʁje/ |
conteraient /kɔ̃.tʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | conte /kɔ̃t/ |
contes /kɔ̃t/ |
conte /kɔ̃t/ |
contions /kɔ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
contiez /kɔ̃.tje/ |
content /kɔ̃t/ |
imperfect2 | contasse /kɔ̃.tas/ |
contasses /kɔ̃.tas/ |
contât /kɔ̃.ta/ |
contassions /kɔ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
contassiez /kɔ̃.ta.sje/ |
contassent /kɔ̃.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | conte /kɔ̃t/ |
— | contons /kɔ̃.tɔ̃/ |
contez /kɔ̃.te/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “conter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese contẽer, from Latin continēre, present active infinitive of contineō (“I contain”).
Pronunciation
Verb
conter (first-person singular present conteño, first-person singular preterite contiven, past participle contido)
conter (first-person singular present contenho, first-person singular preterite contivem or contive, past participle contido, reintegrationist norm)
- to contain
Conjugation
1Less recommended.
Related terms
Old French
Alternative forms
- (Anglo-Norman) cunter
Etymology
From Latin computāre, present active infinitive of computō (“compute”).
Verb
conter
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.
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | conter | avoir conté | |||||
gerund | en contant | gerund of avoir + 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 | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + 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 | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | conte | — | contons | contez | — |
Descendants
- Middle French: compter
- Middle English: counten, compt, compten, count, counte, cownt, cownte, cowntone, cowntyn, kownt
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese contẽer, from Latin continēre.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: con‧ter
Verb
conter (first-person singular present contenho, first-person singular preterite contive, past participle contido)
Conjugation
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:conter.
Related terms
Walloon
Etymology
From Old French conter, from Latin computō, computare (“compute”).
Pronunciation
Verb
conter
- to count
Conjugation
infinitive | simple | conter | |||||
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compound | aveur + past participle | ||||||
gerund | simple | contant | |||||
compound | åyant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | conté | contêye | |||||
plural | contés | contêyes | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | dji (dj') | ti (t') | i (il) / ele | dji (dj') / nos | vos | i (il) | |
(simple tenses) |
present | conte | contes | conte | contans | contez | contnut or contèt |
imperfect | contéve | contéves | contéve | conténs | contîz | contént | |
preterite | conta | contas | conta | contîs | contîz | contît | |
future | contrè | contrès | contrè | contrans | controz | contront | |
conditional | contreu | contreus | contreut | contréns | contrîz | contrént | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of aveur + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of aveur + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite indicative of aveur + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of aveur + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of aveur + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | ki dj' | ki t' | k' i (il) / k' ele | ki dj' / ki nos | ki vos | k' i (il) | |
(simple tenses) |
present | conte | contes | conte | contanxhe | contoxhe | contnuxhe or contèxhe |
imperfect | contaxhe | contaxhes | contaxhe | conténxhe | contîxhe | conténxhe | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of aveur + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of aveur + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | ti | – | dji / nos | vos | – | |
conte! | contans! | contez! |
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