le

masculine

/kɔ̃t/

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Translation

count, earl

Word origin

From Latin comes, comitem ('companion'), the title of an officer who travelled with the emperor.

Origin: Latin
Root: comes
English cognates: count, county

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluralcomtes

Examples

The count has always lived in the castle.

The counts of the region married among themselves for centuries.

She married an Italian count.

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This count gambled away all his land.

Two counts were waiting before the king.

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This word is part of lesson 49.