conter
French
Etymology
From Old French conter, from Latin computāre, present active infinitive of computō. Doublet of compter and computer. Semantical shift from "to count" to "to enumerate facts, to go through facts".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.te/
audio (file) - Homophone: compter
Verb
conter
- to recount (tell a story)
Conjugation
Conjugation of conter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | conter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | contant /kɔ̃.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | conté /kɔ̃.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | conte /kɔ̃t/ | contes /kɔ̃t/ | conte /kɔ̃t/ | contons /kɔ̃.tɔ̃/ | contez /kɔ̃.te/ | content /kɔ̃t/ |
| imperfect | contais /kɔ̃.tɛ/ | contais /kɔ̃.tɛ/ | contait /kɔ̃.tɛ/ | contions /kɔ̃.tjɔ̃/ | contiez /kɔ̃.tje/ | contaient /kɔ̃.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | contai /kɔ̃.te/ | contas /kɔ̃.ta/ | conta /kɔ̃.ta/ | contâmes /kɔ̃.tam/ | contâtes /kɔ̃.tat/ | contèrent /kɔ̃.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | conterai /kɔ̃.tʁe/ | conteras /kɔ̃.tʁa/ | contera /kɔ̃.tʁa/ | conterons /kɔ̃.tʁɔ̃/ | conterez /kɔ̃.tʁe/ | conteront /kɔ̃.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | conterais /kɔ̃.tʁɛ/ | conterais /kɔ̃.tʁɛ/ | conterait /kɔ̃.tʁɛ/ | conterions /kɔ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | conteriez /kɔ̃.tə.ʁje/ | conteraient /kɔ̃.tʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | conte /kɔ̃t/ | contes /kɔ̃t/ | conte /kɔ̃t/ | contions /kɔ̃.tjɔ̃/ | contiez /kɔ̃.tje/ | content /kɔ̃t/ |
| imperfect2 | contasse /kɔ̃.tas/ | contasses /kɔ̃.tas/ | contât /kɔ̃.ta/ | contassions /kɔ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ | contassiez /kɔ̃.ta.sje/ | contassent /kɔ̃.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | conte /kɔ̃t/ | — | contons /kɔ̃.tɔ̃/ | contez /kɔ̃.te/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
- conter fleurette
Related terms
- compter
Further reading
- “conter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- contre, contré
- cornet
Galician
Etymology
From Old Portuguese contẽer, from Latin continēre, present active infinitive of contineō (“I contain”).
Verb
conter (first-person singular present conteño, first-person singular preterite contiven, past participle contido)
- to contain
- first-person singular personal infinitive of conter
- third-person singular personal infinitive of conter
Conjugation
Conjugation of conter
| singular | plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| Infinitive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| impersonal | conter | |||||
| personal | conter | conteres | conter | contermos | conterdes | conteren |
| Gerund | ||||||
| contendo | ||||||
| Past participle | singular | plural | ||||
| masculine | contido | contidos | ||||
| feminine | contida | contidas | ||||
| Indicative | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| present | conteño | contés | contén | contemos | contendes | conteñen |
| imperfect | contiña | contiñas | contiña | contiñamos | contiñades | contiñan |
| preterite | contiven | contiveches | contivo | contivemos | contivestes | contiveron |
| pluperfect | contivera | contiveras | contivera | contiveramos | contiverades | contiveran |
| future | conterei | conterás | conterá | conteremos | conteredes | conterán |
| conditional | contería | conterías | contería | conteriamos | conteriades | conterían |
| Subjunctive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| present | conteña | conteñas | conteña | conteñamos | conteñades | conteñan |
| preterite | contivese | contiveses | contivese | contivésemos | contivésedes | contivesen |
| future | contiver | contiveres | contiver | contivermos | contiverdes | contiveren |
| Imperative | – | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| affirmative | – | contén | conteña | conteñamos | contede, contende | conteñan |
| negative | – | conteñas | conteña | conteñamos | conteñades | conteñan |
Related terms
- abster
- ater
- deter
- entreter
- manter
- reter
- soster
- ter
Old French
Alternative forms
- (Anglo-Norman) cunter
Etymology
From Latin computāre, present active infinitive of computō (“compute”).
Verb
conter
- to tell; to say
- to recount (tell a story)
- to add up (count)
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of conter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | conter | avoir conté | |||||
| gerund | en contant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | contant | ||||||
| past participle | conté | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | cont | contes | conte | contons | contez | content |
| imperfect | contoie, conteie, contoe, conteve | contoies, conteies, contoes, conteves | contoit, conteit, contot, conteve | contiiens, contiens | contiiez, contiez | contoient, conteient, contoent, contevent | |
| preterite | contai | contas | conta | contames | contastes | conterent | |
| future | conterai | conteras | contera | conterons | conteroiz, contereiz, conterez | conteront | |
| conditional | conteroie, contereie | conteroies, contereies | conteroit, contereit | conteriiens, conteriens | conteriiez, conteriez | conteroient, contereient | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses | present | cont | conz | cont | contons | contez | content |
| imperfect | contasse | contasses | contast | contissons, contissiens | contissoiz, contissez, contissiez | contassent | |
| compound tenses | past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | conte | — | contons | contez | — | ||
Descendants
- Middle French: compter
- French: conter, compter
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese contẽer, from Latin continēre.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõˈte(ʁ)/ [kõˈte(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kõˈte(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kõˈte(ʁ)/ [kõˈte(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kõˈte(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kõˈteɾ/
- Hyphenation: con‧ter
Verb
conter (first-person singular present contenho, first-person singular preterite contive, past participle contido)
- to contain, hold, carry
- to include
Conjugation
Conjugation of conter (irregular) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | conter | |||||
| Personal | conter | conteres | conter | contermos | conterdes | conterem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| contendo | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | contido | contidos | ||||
| Feminine | contida | contidas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | contenho | conténs | contém | contemos | contendes | contêm |
| Imperfect | continha | continhas | continha | contínhamos | contínheis | continham |
| Preterite | contive | contiveste | conteve | contivemos | contivestes | contiveram |
| Pluperfect | contivera | contiveras | contivera | contivéramos | contivéreis | contiveram |
| Future | conterei | conterás | conterá | conteremos | contereis | conterão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| conteria | conterias | conteria | conteríamos | conteríeis | conteriam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | contenha | contenhas | contenha | contenhamos | contenhais | contenham |
| Imperfect | contivesse | contivesses | contivesse | contivéssemos | contivésseis | contivessem |
| Future | contiver | contiveres | contiver | contivermos | contiverdes | contiverem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | contém | contenha | contenhamos | contende | contenham | |
| Negative (não) | não contenhas | não contenha | não contenhamos | não contenhais | não contenham | |
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:conter.
Related terms
- continente
- continência
- contenças
- conteúdo
- ter
Walloon
Etymology
From Old French conter, from Latin computō, computare (“compute”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.ˈte/
Verb
conter
- to count
Conjugation
— 
— Conjugation of the verb conter in Walloon — Codjowaedje do viebe conter e walon| infinitive | conter | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | contant | ||||||
| auxiliary | aveur | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | conté | conteye | |||||
| plural | contés | conteyes | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | dji (dj') | tu (t') | i (il) / ele | dji (dj') / nos | vos | i (il) | |
| present | conte | contes | conte | contans | contez | contnut or contèt | |
| imperfect | conteve | conteves | conteve | conteins | contiez | conteint | |
| preterit | conta | contas | conta | conteins | contiez | conteint | |
| future | contrai | contrais | contrai | contrans | controz | contront | |
| conditional | contreu | contreus | contreut | contreins | contriez | contreint | |
| subjunctive | ki dj' | ki t' | k' i (il) / k' ele | ki dj' / ki nos | ki vos | k' i (il) | |
| present | conte | contes | conte | contanxhe | contexhe | contnuxhe or contèxhe | |
| present | contaxhe | contaxhes | contaxhe | conteinxhe | contiexhe | conteinxhe | |
| imperative | — | tu | — | dji / nos | vos | — | |
| affirmative | conte | contans | contez | ||||