compte

From Latin computus.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈkom.tə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈkom.te/
• Homophones: comte, compta

compte m (plural comptes)

1. count (act of counting or tallying something)
2. count (a quantity counted)
3. care (close attention)

   Synonym: cura

4. account (sum of money deposited at a bank)
5. bill, invoice

• tenir en compte

• comptar

compte

1. watch out!, be careful!

• “compte” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From Middle French compte, from Old French conte (with the 'mp' added back to reflect Latin computus). Cf. also the form conte.

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃t/

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• Homophones: comptent, comptes, comte, comtes, conte, content, contes

compte m (plural comptes)

1. an account
2. a count (ie. the action of counting)

compte

1. first-person singular present indicative of compter
2. third-person singular present indicative of compter
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of compter
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of compter
5. second-person singular imperative of compter

• “compte” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

compte

1. vocative masculine singular of comptus

• compte in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• compte in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

From Old French conte, with the mp added back to reflect the Latin computus.

compte m (plural comptes)

1. account (financial)
2. tale; story

From Old French comte, with the p added under the influence of etymology 1. No p in the Latin etymon comes, comitem.

compte m (plural comptes)

1. Alternative form of conte (nobleman)

Borrowed from French compte, from Latin computus.

compte m (plural comptes)

1. (Jersey) account