compte

See also: compté

Catalan

Etymology

    Semi-learned borrowing from Latin computus. Compare French compte.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): (Northern) [ˈkum.tə]
    • IPA(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈkom.tə]
    • IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈkom.te]
    • Audio (Catalonia):(file)
    • Homophones: comte, compta

    Noun

    compte m (plural comptes)

    1. count (act of counting or tallying something)
    2. count (a quantity counted)
    3. care (close attention)
      Synonyms: cura, atenció
      caldrà anar amb compte ― you have to be careful
    4. (finance, computing) account
      compte de usuari ― user account
    5. bill, invoice

    Derived terms

    Interjection

    compte

    1. watch out!, be careful!

    Further reading

    French

    Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    compte m (plural comptes)

    1. account (bank or user account)
    2. count (the action of counting)

    Derived terms

    Verb

    compte

    1. inflection of compter:
      1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
      2. second-person singular imperative

    Further reading

    Latin

    Participle

    cōmpte

    1. vocative masculine singular of cōmptus

    References

    • “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.

    Middle English

    Noun

    compte

    1. alternative form of counte (“computation”)

    Middle French

    Etymology 1

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

    Noun

    compte m (plural comptes)

    1. account (financial)
    2. tale; story

    Etymology 2

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

    Noun

    compte m (plural comptes)

    1. alternative form of conte (nobleman)

    Norman

    Etymology

    Borrowed from French compte, from Latin computus.

    Noun

    compte m (plural comptes)

    1. (Jersey) account
      • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎[1], page 519:
        I' n'en prend ni compte ni taille.
        He takes no account nor tally.