counte
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]counte (plural countes)
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[edit]Middle English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Anglo-Norman conte, counte, from Latin computus; reinforced through aphesis of acounte.
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]counte (plural countes)
- A measurement, especially a count or enumeration.
- An account (monetary registry)
- (figuratively) The reckoning of one's deeds at Judgement Day.
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “cǒunte, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Anglo-Norman conte, counte, from Latin comes, comit-.
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]counte (plural *countes)
Usage notes
[edit]- The usual word for "count" in Middle English is erl.
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- English: count
References
[edit]- “cǒunte, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 3
[edit]Borrowed from Anglo-Norman counté, from Latin comitātus; equivalent to counte (“count”) + -te.
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]counte (plural countes) (chiefly Late Middle English)
- A county or earldom (domain of a count)
- Synonym: erldom
- A traditional county or shire of England, Ireland, Scotland, or Wales.
- (law) A session of the shire court.
Descendants
[edit]- English: county
References
[edit]- “cǒuntẹ̄, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 4
[edit]Noun
[edit]counte
- Alternative form of cunte
Etymology 5
[edit]Verb
[edit]counte
- Alternative form of counten
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- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English obsolete forms
- Middle English terms borrowed from Anglo-Norman
- Middle English terms derived from Anglo-Norman
- Middle English terms derived from Latin
- Middle English aphetic forms
- Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns
- Middle English terms with rare senses
- Middle English terms suffixed with -te
- Late Middle English
- enm:Law
- Middle English verbs
- enm:Accounting
- enm:Administrative divisions
- enm:Afterlife
- enm:Feudalism
- enm:Ireland
- enm:Nobility
- enm:Occupations
- enm:United Kingdom