conte

¹

[ kawn-te ]

noun

, Italian.

, plural con·ti [kawn, -tee].

1. count ².

Conté

²

[ kohn-tey, kon-tee; French kawn-tey ]

, plural Con·tés [kohn-, teyz, kon, -teez, kaw, n, -, tey].

1. Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.

conte

¹

/ kɔ̃t /

noun

1. a tale or short story, esp of adventure

Conté

²

/ ˈkɒnteɪ; kɔ̃te /

noun

1. a hard crayon used by artists, etc, made of clay and graphite and often coloured a reddish-brown Also calledconté-crayon

Word History and Origins

Origin of conte¹

1850–55; named after N. J. Conté, 18th-century French chemist, who invented it

Word History and Origins

Origin of conte¹

C19: named after N.J. Conté, 18th-century French chemist

Example Sentences

Jack Conte of the band Pomplamoose breaks down what it costs to hit the road.

From The Daily Beast

So Conte conceived of a solution: what if you built a website that connected potential patrons to content creators?

From The Daily Beast

“I knew it was going to get at least 250,000 views and that that would generate me $18 of ad income [on YouTube],” says Conte.

From The Daily Beast

Actually for Conte, who has a passionate aversion to labeling, that may be a bit too much categorization for his liking.

From The Daily Beast

Patreon co-founder Jack Conte says that all it takes is the right person to notice your cause.

From The Daily Beast

We believe it all happened—we know that it must have happened, for our faith in the Sieur de Conte never for an instant wavers.

From Project Gutenberg

The Conte, or tale in verse, needs no description, and the nature of the Pastourelle also is self-evident.

From Project Gutenberg

It was named and described by Le Conte in 1853 and has been generally recognized as a distinct species by later botanists.

From Project Gutenberg

This was a gentleman, once a great favorite of M. le Conte, and in whom I myself was not a little interested.

From Project Gutenberg

Signor Conte, I have heard of levellers, but I have never seen one: all are disposed to level down, but nobody to level up.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• adventure
• anecdote
• article
• autobiography
• biography
• book
• comedy
• description
• drama
• fable
• fantasy
• feature
• fiction
• history
• information
• legend
• memoir
• myth
• narrative
• novel