A French count.
comte
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for comte.
Editorial note
Marx replied he was not August Comte and did not write recipes for the cookshops of the future.
Quick take
A French count.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of comte gathered in one view.
A surname from French.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for comte.
noun
A French count.
noun
A surname from French.
Example sentences
Marx replied he was not August Comte and did not write recipes for the cookshops of the future.
Can't beat a good aged Comte (a raw milk cheese), but it's not everyday cheese.
My love for French actually started with The Count of Monte Cristo which made want to learn French just so as to read the original Le Comte de Monte-Cristo.
Thinking about French too, con is pretty close to comte, although I don't know the history, and con is not obscene like in English currently.
Cromwell Earl of Essex, Sir Thomas Moore, Duke of Alva, Comte Eglemont, Duke of Guise, Duke of Parma and the Earl of Essex.
> Comte set year 1 of his new calendar as the first year of the > truly modern age: 1789, the first year of the Great Crisis.
> Comte argues that the sciences can be categorized into a hierarchy beginning with the natural sciences up through the social sciences, similar to other attempts to explain the unity of science.
'Le Comte de Monte Cristo' was better (way better), but the colour filters,the lack of sound (or the music too loud and too epic), the useless sword fight and the 'reading letter' trick, all inspired by Hollywood action movies pushed it down from Good movie to 'almost as bad as Marvel' imho.
Quote examples
"The little book of atheist spirituality" from André Comte-Sponville, touches on this subject, and many others.
Expanding further, one can trace earlier foundational works, such as “The Primary Group as Cooley Defines It” [3], and even earlier sociological contributions by thinkers like Auguste Comte.
Proper noun examples
Believe it or not, world elites were once on the brink of adopting the International Fixed Calendar, which was basically the same as Comte's.
Comte, Roquefort, Gruyere, Epoisses, Parmesan, even many (most?) small-producer Cheddars.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use comte in a sentence?
Marx replied he was not August Comte and did not write recipes for the cookshops of the future.
What does comte mean?
A French count.
What part of speech is comte?
comte is commonly used as noun.