comte
noun
comte
1 American
[kawn t]
/ kɔ̃t /
noun
French.
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comtes
plural
Comte
2
American
[kawn t, kawn t]
/ kɔ̃t, kɔ̃t /
noun
Comte
British
/ kɔ̃t /
noun
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Widespread drought and record-breaking heatwaves have forced France to relax some of its famously strict rules on cheese production, with authorities announcing Wednesday special measures for abondance, beaufort and comte.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
The Library of Congress does note that a French military officer, the comte de Rochambeau, threw a ball celebrating Washington’s 50th birthday in 1782.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 17, 2024
I had a stunning dessert at Lutece a month ago: the honey semifreddo with comte and honeycomb.
From Salon ● May 24, 2023
For your consideration: “lobster & fries,” rich bites of seafood crowded together with thick-cut, cayenne-ignited fries; comte cheese; and a wine sauce incorporating marinated tomatoes — shades of poutine, only showier.
From Washington Post ● May 9, 2017
This new creation became extinct on the death of the comte de Chambord in 1883.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various
There he was stymied by the formidable governor-general of New France, the Comte de Frontenac, along with bad weather and smallpox.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
But even for Comte, the United States is a country full of uncertainty and risk.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
Most of us have heard of the 18th-century taxonomist Carl Linnaeus and his systems of categorization; less familiar is his rival, the French mathematician and naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon.
From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2024
This was all toasted at a banquet - blue lobster to start - where even the cheeses had to be balanced with one British, Stilchelton, and one French, Comte.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2023
The first attempt at measurement that could be called remotely scientific was made by the Frenchman Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, in the 1770s.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
"Your Majesties, Your Highness, ministers, comtes and comtesses, barons and baronesses, ladies and gentlemen of the court, people of Orléans, welcome to our kingdom's most notable tradition, the Beauté Carnaval."
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
Mary celebrated his determination in a couplet, written both in French and in Latin: "Il y a des comtes, des rois, des ducs aussi, Ce't assez pour moy d'estre Signeur de Seton."
From Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II. by Mrs. Thomson
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