Conte Definition

kôɴt
contes, conte
noun
A short story or novella.
American Heritage
A medieval tale of adventure.
Webster's New World
Esp. in France,
Webster's New World

Count.

Webster's New World
A hard crayon made of clay and graphite, usually black, gray, or brown.
Webster's New World

Origin of Conte

  • French from Old French conter to relate, recount count1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Conte Sentence Examples

  • Zanichellis Scritti del Conte di Cavour (Bologna, 1892) are very important, and so are Prince Metternichs 7ff moires (7 vols., Paris, f881).

  • Of the Perceval-Grail romances the oldest from the point of view of manuscript preservation is the Perceval or Conte del Graal of Chretien de Troyes.

  • On Santa Cruz Professor Joseph Le Conte found 248 species, nearly all of which are distinctively Californian, 48 being peculiar to the surrounding islands and 28 peculiar to Southern California.

  • Shortly after the coronation the great cathedral of St. Sophia at Nicosia was formally consecrated by the Latin archbishop, Jean del Conte.

  • Cruise lines i is in the prone to becoming liners Rex conte.

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Words Starting With

CCOCON

Words Ending With

ETENTE

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conte

Words Starting With C and Ending With E

Starts With C & Ends With EStarts With CO & Ends With EStarts With C & Ends With TE

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