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- [kohn-tey, kon-tee; French kawn-tey]
- /koʊnˈteɪ, ˈkɒn ti; French kɔ̃ˈteɪ/
- /ˈkɒnt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kohn-tey, kon-tee; French kawn-tey]
- /koʊnˈteɪ, ˈkɒn ti; French kɔ̃ˈteɪ/
Definitions of conte word
- noun conte a tale or short story, esp of adventure 3
- noun conte a hard crayon used by artists, etc, made of clay and graphite and often coloured a reddish-brown 3
- noun conte a short fictional story; often, esp., a tale more imaginative or didactic than realistic in emphasis 3
- abbreviation CONTE count2 3
- noun conte a hard crayon made of clay and graphite, usually black, gray, or brown 3
- noun plural conte Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown. 1
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Origin of conte
First appearance:
before 1850 One of the 32% newest English words
1850-55; named after N. J. Conté, 18th-century French chemist, who invented it
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Parts of speech for Conte
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
conte popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 61% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
conte usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for conte
noun conte
- version — a particular account of some matter, as from one person or source, contrasted with some other account: two different versions of the accident.
- fantasy — imagination, especially when extravagant and unrestrained.
- fable — a short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters; apologue: the fable of the tortoise and the hare; Aesop's fables.
- biography — A biography of someone is an account of their life, written by someone else.
- information — knowledge communicated or received concerning a particular fact or circumstance; news: information concerning a crime.
Antonyms for conte
noun conte
- truth — the true or actual state of a matter: He tried to find out the truth.
- non-fiction — the branch of literature comprising works of narrative prose dealing with or offering opinions or conjectures upon facts and reality, including biography, history, and the essay (opposed to fiction and distinguished from poetry and drama).
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