conte
noun
conte
1 American
[kawn-te]
/ ˈkɔn tɛ /
noun
Italian.
conti
plural
Conté
2
American
[kohn-tey, kon-tee, kawn -tey]
/ koʊnˈteɪ, ˈkɒn ti, kɔ̃ˈteɪ /
Contés
plural
Conté
1
British
/ kɔ̃te, ˈkɒnteɪ /
noun
conte
2
British
/ kɔ̃t /
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of Conté
1850–55; named after N. J. Conté, 18th-century French chemist, who invented it
Example Sentences
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Heavily worked in conte crayon and ink, like an exceedingly muscular Seurat, it shows a boy breaking bread with two shifty-looking men.
From New York Times • Jan. 29, 2010
J. P. Donleavy's conte philosophique demonstrates that the things a man does not believe in can be as crippling as false faith.
From Time Magazine Archive
My title is hereditary," explained the new conte who is a U. S. citizen naturalized in 1914, "and my wife is now of course a countess.
From Time Magazine Archive
Their nails shone, their skin glowed, and the hair beneath their elaborately crocheted skullcaps looked drawn on with conte crayon.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
This was a direct development of the earlier conte, and consisted usually of the treatment, in a humorous, satirical, and not always over-decent fashion, of contemporary foibles, beliefs, philosophies and occupations.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various
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